Trained listeners can draw accurate spectral-balance curves of what they hear

Evidence

Listeners were required to “draw” (using sliders on a computer screen) a frequency response, describing what they thought they heard in terms of spectral balance. This is a task that obviously could not be asked of average listeners, but these listeners had been through a training program (Olive, 1994, 2001) and were able to estimate the frequencies at which audible excesses and deficiencies occurred. When these data were compiled, the results indicated that all the highly rated loudspeakers had been judged to have very flat curves. — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 1217

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