Distortion Audibility Presentation

Download the distortion measurement tutorial presented April 30th at the AES Bay Area Chapter Meeting.

In this presentation, Steve Temme approaches distortion from a psychoacoustic perspective, explaining how we perceive it, why traditional metrics can fall short, and how methods like Normalized THD better align with human hearing. He also examines the trade-offs introduced by active noise cancellation, demonstrating how reducing one type of distortion can unintentionally impact perceived sound quality.