Audio Musings  by Sean Olive
Saturday, November 7, 2015

Factors that Influence Listeners’ Preferred Bass and Treble Levels in Headphones

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Most people would agree that headphone purchase decisions are heavily influenced by the brand and styling (size,  weight, color, quality o...
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

The Influence of Listeners' Experience, Age and Culture on Headphone Sound Quality Preferences

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At the recent 137th convention of the Audio Engineering Society we presented our latest research paper entitled, "The Influence of L...
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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

My Article on Headphone Sound Quality in 2014 LIS

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The 2014 Loudspeaker Industry Sourcebook came out this week. In it, you can find an article I wrote called " Perceiving and Measuring ...
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Interview in Professional Sound: The Lack of Meaningful Loudspeaker & Headphone Specs

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Last October,  I was in Toronto giving a presentation to the local AES section on the perception and measurement of headphones . Afte...
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Monday, January 6, 2014

Do Listeners Agree on What Makes a Headphone Sound Good?

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This past weekend, I attended the ALMA 2014 Winter Symposium in Las Vegas where I gave a talk entitled, " The Perception and Measureme...
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Friday, December 20, 2013

Harman Kardon factory tour: Pure to the art of sound

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Some of the Harman and competitor headphones that we've recently tested. Giving Harman R&D lab tours and presentations to custom...
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Wednesday, July 3, 2013

The Science and Marketing of Sound Quality

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To my surprise, this morning an audio friend   tweeted a link to an article I recently wrote for our company's  internal newsletter  e...
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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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