Seeing a known loudspeaker erases sensitivity to room-position changes

Evidence

In contrast, in the sighted tests, there were no significant differences in ratings for the two locations, and the ratings themselves showed the same pattern that was evident in the first experiment (Figure 10.1); listeners obviously recognized the loudspeakers and recalled the ratings they had been given in the first experiment. In addition, some of the error bars in the sighted tests are quite short; no thought is required when you know what you are listening to. — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 1060

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships

Related

• Seeing the loudspeakers during evaluation actively stresses trained listeners (similarity 0.91)
• Room differences dominate loudspeaker differences when listeners cannot adapt (similarity 0.89)
• Multichannel spatial information masks loudspeaker coloration in playback (similarity 0.89)
• Listeners can perceptually separate loudspeaker timbre from room coloration in comparisons (similarity 0.89)
• Sighted listeners recall prior ratings and ignore audible position differences (similarity 0.89)
• Rooms shift absolute ratings but not loudspeaker rankings in multiple-loudspeaker comparisons (similarity 0.86)
• Listeners perceptually normalize familiar rooms to judge loudspeakers clearly (similarity 0.86)
• Listeners need some room sound but its required amount is unknown (similarity 0.86)
• Room acoustics and presentation method alter how listeners perceive sounds (similarity 0.86)
• Room acoustics contaminate loudspeaker listening tests needing controlled environments (similarity 0.86)
• Reviewers often conflate the room and program with the loudspeaker’s own sound (similarity 0.85)
• On-axis response alone cannot predict how a loudspeaker sounds in a room (similarity 0.85)
• Mismatched left-right speakers may degrade stereo imaging more than room effects. (similarity 0.85)
• Loudspeakers and rooms act as a combined system that cannot be judged separately (similarity 0.85)
• Listeners can distinguish loudspeaker resonances from instrument resonances (similarity 0.85)

Broader Connections

• Listeners can perceptually separate loudspeaker timbre from room coloration in comparisons #complicates (0.75) — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 1314