| Title |
A Study on the Influence of Spatial Distributions and Delay Times of Early Reflections on the Perceived Timbre |
| Keywords |
Architectural Acoustics ; Timbre ; Early Reflections ; Subjective Acoustics ; Architectural Environment |
| Abstract |
The acoustic quality of a room cannot easily be determined. As timbre is important in music it is possible that the perceived change in timbral quality of a sound in spaces may form the basis for a measure of acoustic quality. Also, early reflections have been known to be a critical contributor to the acoustic quality of rooms. This study aims at exploring the effects of spatial distributions and delay times of early reflections on the perceived timbre. The just noticeable differences (JNDs) in the static and dynamic timbre of tones were measured using similarity judgment and transformed up-down method for different listening environments in a series of experiments. |