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  • 1Sydney, Australia jeroen@jeroenbreebaart.com.

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Summary

Headphone price does not correlate with measured frequency response or perceived quality. In-ear and circumaural headphones show better bass response and less deviation from target curves compared to supra-aural models.

Area of Science:

  • Acoustics and Audio Engineering
  • Psychoacoustics
  • Consumer Electronics Analysis

Background:

  • Headphone performance is often assumed to correlate with price, but objective data is limited.
  • Variability in headphone frequency response can impact perceived audio quality.
  • Understanding these relationships is crucial for both manufacturers and consumers.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To quantify variability in measured headphone frequency response patterns.
  • To investigate correlations between headphone type, retail price, and frequency response.
  • To identify objective metrics for perceived audio quality in headphones.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of mean, variance, and covariance of frequency magnitude responses.
  • Correlation analysis with headphone type (in-ear, circumaural, supra-aural) and retail price.

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  • Main Results:

    • No significant correlation found between headphone price and measured frequency response or objective quality metrics.
    • In-ear headphones exhibit higher average bass response compared to circumaural and supra-aural types.
    • In-ear and circumaural headphones show less deviation from target response curves than supra-aural models.

    Conclusions:

    • Headphone retail price is not a reliable indicator of measured acoustic performance.
    • Specific headphone types (in-ear, circumaural) demonstrate distinct response characteristics.
    • A significant portion of headphone response variance can be explained by a few key basis functions, including spectral tilt.