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Steve Temme Featured on THD Podcast – Perceptual Distortion and More

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Steve Temme recently featured on the THD Podcast. In this engaging episode, he discusses his 30+ year career in audio measurement and some of the changes he’s seen in that time. He also talks about the importance of understanding measurements and being able to correlate measurements to audibility. He also demonstrates the latest in perceptual distortion measurement algorithms, and explains how they improve production line yield while still maintaining product quality.

THD Podcast #91: Steve Temme discusses correlation of audio measurements with audibility

Additional Resources for Perceptual Distortion Measurement

All about the enhanced Perceptual Rub & Buzz measurement algorithm discussed in this Podcast.

More about SoundCheck’s audio measurement algorithms.

 

More about Steve Temme and the History of Listen, Inc.

SoundCheck Innovation Timeline – highlights of Listen’s product and algorithm introductions.

Reflections on Listen’s 25th Anniversary (2020) – Reprint of an article from Loudspeaker Industry Sourcebook.

 

About the THD Podcast

The Total Harmonic Discussion / the THD Podcast, hosted by Dave Lindberg and Simon Weston, is a weekly discussion on audio and headphone technologies and the people who bring the technology to market. All episodes can be found on its Youtube Channel, and it’s also available on Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, Rumble, BitChute, Limited, Apple, and Google.

ISEAT 2022,October 29-30 2022, Shenzhen, China.

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Listen President, Steve Temme, will be presenting a paper entitled ‘Enhanced perceptual rub & buzz measurement for loudspeaker production test’.  Due to Covid-19 regulations, this paper will be presented by video.

ISEAT Web Site

 

Q&A with Steve Temme – Loudspeaker Industry Sourcebook 2022

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Want to get to know Listen Founder and President, Steve Temme, a little better? Each year, Loudspeaker Industry Sourcebook features interviews with industry leaders in which they ask their opinions on current events, issues and trends in the audio industry. Read what Steve Temme had to say.
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The Evolution of Production Line Rub & Buzz Measurements

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Steve Temme discusses the evolution of production line Rub & Buzz measurements in this April 2022 issue of AudioXpress. Starting with  simultaneous analysis of higher order harmonics, he explains the progression of improvements including the greater accuracy offered by normalized distortion measurements, and progressing to the introduction of perceptual metrics. He covers the introduction of the first perceptual distortion algorithm introduced in 2011, and the newest enhancements to this which offer the repeatability necessary for successful end-of-line perceptual distortion measurement, where the reduction in false rejects and resulting higher yields add significant value to speaker and headphone manufacturers.

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Seminar at Sound Hub

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Today, Steve Temme presented on how to measure voice activated devices such as smart speakers, hearables and automotive audio, as well as how to use SoundCheck for basic audio measurements at Sound Hub Denmark, the world’s leading audio innovation hub and co-working space.In the morning, he presented the basics of SoundCheck, and taught attendees (many of whom had access to the SoundCheck system at Sound Hub) how to build a test sequence in SoundCheck. recommendations for the equipment used. After lunch, he explained in depth how to test voice activated devices such as automotive infotainment systems, hearables, and smart speakers. These devices are complex to test as they have numerous wired and wireless connections and often contain signal processing, both on the record and the playback side. In this session, he outlined the test configurations, tools and techniques that enable accurate measurement of the audio performance of such devices under the many various real-world conditions in which they are used.

An Interview with Steve Temme

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Author: Shannon Becker.  Reprinted from the March 2018 issue of Audio Xpress.

Shannon Becker interviews Steve Temme about how he founded Listen, Inc. and grew it from a start-up into an audio measurement leader.
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