Audio Musings  by Sean Olive
Monday, April 22, 2013

The Relationship between Perception and Measurement of Headphone Sound Quality

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Above: The brands and models of six popular headphones used in this study. In many ways, our scientific understanding of the percepti...
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Friday, November 30, 2012

Behind Harman's Testing Lab

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This past week I had an enjoyable time meeting well-known technology writer Robert Scoble who was visiting our Harman facilities in Northri...
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Thursday, May 10, 2012

More Evidence that Kids (American and Japanese) Prefer Accurate Sound Reproduction

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Geoffrey Morrison, an audio writer at CNET and Sound & Vision has posted a nice summary ...
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Thursday, October 6, 2011

Harman Science of Sound Demonstrations at Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2011

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October 14-16, I will be  giving Science of Sound presentations for the Harman Luxury Audio Group (room #8020)   at the  Rocky Mountain ...
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Thursday, April 21, 2011

Topics Related to Perception and Measurement of Reproduced Sound

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On Tuesday, April 26th 2011, I will be giving a presentation at the meeting of the Los Angeles AES Chapter on several topics related to rec...
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Sunday, April 3, 2011

Version 2.04 of Harman How to Listen Now Available For Download!

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Version 2.04 of Harman How to Listen is now available for download here. This update fixes the problem with the noise and hum attribute test...
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Friday, March 25, 2011

Version 2.03 of Harman How to Listen Now Available For Download!

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You can download the latest update of Harman How to Listen  (version 2.03) here. This update fixes a bug in the Windows version that prom...
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Dr. Sean Olive
Oak Park, California, United States
Sean Olive is Senior Research Fellow for Harman International, a major manufacturer of audio products for consumer, professional and automotive spaces. He directs the Corporate R&D group, and oversees acoustic and psychoacoustic research for Harman. Prior to 1993, he was a research scientist at the National Research Council of Canada where his research focused on the perception and measurement of loudspeakers, listening rooms, and microphones. Sean received a Bachelors degree in Music from the University of Toronto, and his Masters and Ph.D. degrees in Sound Recording from McGill University in Montreal. His Ph.D. research was on room acoustic adaptation and the acoustical interaction between loudspeakers and rooms. Dr. Olive has written over 50 research papers on the perception and measurement of audio for which he was awarded the Audio Engineering Society (AES) Fellowship Award in 1996, two Publication Awards (1990 and 1995), the ALMA Titanium and Harman Achievement Awards. Sean is the past President of the Audio Engineering Society. For more info see www.linkedin.com/in/seanolive
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