Howdy y’all,
I’m doing some investigations preliminary to implementing a room acoustics auralization system and want to get some
input from the community.
Is there any good literature on the perceptual difference between a phantom source (e.g. between a stereo pair) and
a real source (e.g. center channel)? I am interested in more than just simple localization: width, resolution of multiple phantoms, etc.? Is perception of a phantom source the same when panned between a triad or a pair of loudspeakers? My basic understanding
is that phantom sources are wider or blurrier than real ones, has this been specifically tested?
Any opinions or references are welcome.
Have a great summer,
Philip W. Robinson
Environmental Design Analyst
Specialist Modelling Group
Foster + Partners
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Hester Road
London
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