Sound is localized to the first arriving acoustic source despite delayed reinforcement

Evidence

Comb filtering is often thought to be involved in all delayed sounds. However, a delayed sound arriving from a different horizontal angle than the direct sound is perceived as spaciousness, not comb filtering. It adds to the information about the room. — , Toole, Floyd E - Sound reproduction-…, 729 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The first arriving sound wave dominates perceived localization regardless of level — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 1564; Early reflected sound localizes sources while late sound becomes directionless — Eric J. Heller, Why You Hear What You Hear- An…, 2471; The first-arriving direct sound perceptually dominates despite carrying less energy (+6 more)

Related

• Late-arriving room sound becomes omnidirectional and uniformly distributed (similarity 0.93)
• Ear localizes to first-arriving sound unless delayed signal exceeds 12 dB louder (similarity 0.92)
• Delayed sounds arriving from different angles are perceived as spaciousness, not comb filtering (similarity 0.91)
• The first-arriving direct sound perceptually dominates despite carrying less energy (similarity 0.91)
• The first arriving sound wave dominates perceived localization regardless of level (similarity 0.90)
• Coincident delayed sounds are far harder to detect than spatially separated ones (similarity 0.89)
• Early reflected sound localizes sources while late sound becomes directionless (similarity 0.89)
• The sound arriving first dominates perceived direction beyond 673 microseconds of delay (similarity 0.88)
• Delayed loudspeakers preserve direct-sound localization in public venues. (similarity 0.87)
• First-arriving direct sound dominates localization and loudspeaker images are built from mono and double-mono (similarity 0.87)
• Direct sound determines localization, loudness, and perceived spectrum quality (similarity 0.86)
• The first arriving sound wave dominates perceived direction of a source (similarity 0.86)
• Steady-state comb-filter measurements fail to represent how transient sounds are heard (similarity 0.86)
• Precedence fusion suppresses spatial perception but never masks the delayed sound (similarity 0.85)
• Earliest arriving sound dominates localization despite later room reflections (similarity 0.85)

Broader Connections

• The sound arriving first dominates perceived direction beyond 673 microseconds of delay #expands (0.90)
• Inter-loudspeaker delay shifts perceived virtual source position toward the earlier sound. #exemplifies (0.85)
• Delayed sounds arriving from different angles are perceived as spaciousness, not comb filtering #expands (0.80) — , Toole, Floyd E - Sound reproduction-…, 729
• Echoes arise only when reflected sound exceeds a 30-millisecond delay #qualifies (0.75)
• Coincident delayed sounds are far harder to detect than spatially separated ones #expands (0.75)