On the relation between actuators located near the pinnas and front/rear identification of sound images

摘要

The front/rear confusion and internalization of sound images sometimes happen with a binaural headphone system when its head related transfer functions (HRTFs) differ from those of a listener. A simple solution to this problem seems to give sounds through miniature loudspeakers a little away from the ears of a listener so as to consider the listener's own HRTFs to a degree. This report notes some relations between the placement of such miniature loudspeakers and the front/rear identification of sound images.