Media device orchestration (MDO) is the concept of using an ad hoc array of devices to deliver or augment a media experience. This paper describes a multiple stimulus rating experiment designed to evaluate the overall quality of listening experience (QoLE) of a range of common home audio systems (mono, two-channel, and ?ve-channel) and two audio MDO systems. Twenty-six experienced listeners performed the experiment in two listening positions (on and off sweet spot) for three program items. Kruskal-Wallis tests revealed signi?cant differences in QoLE between the evaluated systems. Post-hoc Wilcoxon signed-rank tests suggested that MDO can perform similarly to two- and ?ve-channel systems in the on sweet spot listening position, and improve the QoLE off sweet spot.

Authors: Woodcock, James; Francombe, Jon; Hughes, Richard; Mason, Russell; Davies, William J.; Cox, Trevor J.
Affiliations: University of Salford, Salford, UK; BBC Research and Development, Salford, UK; University of Surrey, Guildford, UK(See document for exact affiliation information.)
AES Conference: 2018 AES International Conference on Spatial Reproduction - Aesthetics and Science (July 2018)
Paper Number: P3-3
Publication Date: July 30, 2018
Session Subject: perception of spatial audio; object-based audio; spatial audio rendering

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