The precedence effect makes the listening room’s first reflections mask the recorded hall’s acoustics

Evidence

Unfortunately the room in which the recorded sound is being listened to is usually much smaller than the original space and this has the effect shown in Figure 7.4. Here the first reflection the listener hears is due to the wall in the listening room and not the acoustic space of the sound that has been recorded. Because of the precedence effect this reflection dominates, and the replayed sound is perceived as com­ ing from a space the size of the listen­ ing room, which is clearly undesirable. — David Howard, Jamie Angus, coustics and Psychoacoustics, 2267

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the precedence effect and how small-room reflections dominate perceived spatial size - relevant to earlier chapters on hearing and source localization. — connects to: A small listening room’s first reflections mask the recorded acoustic space; Listening rooms impose their own acoustics on top of recorded sound — David M. Howard, Jamie Angus, Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, 2278; Small playback rooms impose their own early reflections on recorded sound (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• A small listening room’s first reflections mask the recorded acoustic space #corroborates (0.97)
• Small playback rooms impose their own early reflections on recorded sound #corroborates (0.92)
• Listening rooms impose their own acoustics on top of recorded sound #expands (0.88) — David M. Howard, Jamie Angus, Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, 2278
• The precedence effect reduces masking from reflections in rooms #contradicts (0.85) — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 1574
• The precedence effect suppresses spatial identity of reflections, not their audibility #qualifies (0.84) — , Toole, Floyd E - Sound reproduction-…, 840
• Earlier-arriving sound from a less loud source dominates perceived location. #expands (0.80) — Eric J. Heller, Why You Hear What You Hear- An…, 2537
• Masking occurs when one sound interferes with perceiving another #expands (0.78) — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 392
• Records capture hall reverberation, so home rooms need not add any #qualifies (0.77) — , Toole, Floyd E - Sound reproduction-…, 1123
• Sounds can mask both slightly earlier and later probe sounds #expands (0.75)
• A masker can mask sounds occurring before it is switched on. #expands (0.72) — Professor Dr.-Ing. Hugo Fastl, Professor Dr.-Ing. Eberhard, Psychoacoustics- Facts and Models, 487