Most people would agree that headphone purchase decisions are heavily influenced by the brand and styling (size, weight, color, quality of materials). But what is considered stylish and fashionable by me is not shared by my 15-year old daughter (this week donning purple hair), and vice versa. In other words, the perceived visual aesthetic of the headphone is really in the the eyes and mind of the beholder, and this can vary with age, gender, culture, and other demographic catego...| Audio Musings by Sean Olive
The 2014 Loudspeaker Industry Sourcebook came out this week. In it, you can find an article I wrote called "Perceiving and Measuring Headphone Sound Quality: Do Listeners Agree on What Makes a Headphone Sound Good?"| Audio Musings by Sean Olive
To my surprise, this morning an audio friend tweeted a link to an article I recently wrote for our company's internal newsletter entitled, "The Science and Marketing of Sound Quality." My article can be found on a new Harman Innovation website launched today that features articles on current and future disruptive technology that will impact consumers' infotainment experiences. Check it out.| Audio Musings by Sean Olive
Geoffrey Morrison, an audio writer at CNET and Sound & Vision has posted a nice summary of my latest AES paper "Some New Evidence that Teenager and College Students May Prefer Accurate Sound Reproduction" presented at the recent 132nd AES Convention in Budapest, Hungary.| Audio Musings by Sean Olive