[Sursound] New book -- Communication acoustics: An introduction to Speech, Audio and Psychoacoustics

2014-11-24 Thread Pulkki Ville
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Re: [Sursound] Oculus Rift Visual Demo + Ambisonic Audio Available?

2014-11-24 Thread John Leonard
I downloaded it last week and listened to it a few times, but listening on closed-back headphones (MDR7506) it doesn't work that well for me. Although the horizontal localisation is fine, I don't get any vertical clues. I also find the whole recording rather disorientating - not a pleasant exper

Re: [Sursound] Oculus Rift Visual Demo + Ambisonic Audio Available?

2014-11-24 Thread dw
Many thanks for the feedback, John. I doubt whether the headphones make much difference to localization, provided they are of reasonable quality. I bought some Sennheiser HD 25-1 11 so I had some sort of standard, but they sound very similar to the Koss (although with flatter, deeper bass). I d

Re: [Sursound] Oculus Rift Visual Demo + Ambisonic Audio Available?

2014-11-24 Thread John Leonard
The MDR-7506 headphones are effectively the same as the MDR-V6, so that's probably it. Regards, John On 24 Nov 2014, at 20:25, dw wrote: > "I have found only two models of headphones that seem to compromise the > binaural effect, and those are the Sony MDR-V6 and V7. ___

Re: [Sursound] Oculus Rift Visual Demo + Ambisonic Audio Available?

2014-11-24 Thread dw
You are too kind:-) I improved my Koss KSC75 with a pad of 8 layers of horticultural fleece under the foam. It flattens the bass a little, and attenuates hf reflections. On 24/11/2014 21:16, John Leonard wrote: The MDR-7506 headphones are effectively the same as the MDR-V6, so that's probabl

Re: [Sursound] Oculus Rift Visual Demo + Ambisonic Audio Available?

2014-11-24 Thread Paul Hodges
--On 24 November 2014 21:16 + John Leonard wrote: > The MDR-7506 headphones are effectively the same as the MDR-V6, so > that's probably it. I don't find binaural demos very effective; and guess what - I use MDR-7506 headphones! Paul -- Paul Hodges ___