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Sound Researcher Dr. Sean Olive - Tonmeister | NRC, Harman, and Floyd Toole | Target Curves
This week, host Jorden Guth is joined by Dr. Sean Olive, senior fellow at Harman International, to discuss his time at NRC with Dr. Floyd Toole, his move from there to Harman, the development of the Harman target curves for headphones and earphones, and his thoughts on the future of immersive audio and more.
Sources:
Dr. Sean Olive on 35 Years of “Fast Car” by Dennis Burger: https://www.soundstageaccess.com/index.php/feature-articles/1259-dr-sean-olive-on-35-years-of-fast-car
Audio Musings by Sean Olive: https://seanolive.blogspot.com/
Chapters:
00:00:00 Announcement
00:00:28 Introductions
00:04:27 What is a Tonmeister?
00:12:19 Sponsored by Canada’s best and brightest
00:18:10 All roads lead to California
00:24:54 Music break: "Paris Café” by Wesly Thomas
00:26:13 Manager of subjective evaluation
00:36:03 The origins of the Harman target curve
00:42:41 How to train your listeners
00:49:09 “I Will Always Remember You” by Marek Jakubowicz
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This week, host Jorden Guth is joined by Dr. Sean Olive, senior fellow at Harman International, to discuss his time at NRC with Dr. Floyd Toole, his move from there to Harman, the development of the Harman target curves for headphones and earphones, and his thoughts on the future of immersive audio and more.
Sources:
Dr. Sean Olive on 35 Years of “Fast Car” by Dennis Burger: https://www.soundstageaccess.com/index.php/feature-articles/1259-dr-sean-olive-on-35-years-of-fast-car
Audio Musings by Sean Olive: https://seanolive.blogspot.com/
Chapters:
00:00:00 Announcement
00:00:28 Introductions
00:04:27 What is a Tonmeister?
00:12:19 Sponsored by Canada’s best and brightest
00:18:10 All roads lead to California
00:24:54 Music break: "Paris Café” by Wesly Thomas
00:26:13 Manager of subjective evaluation
00:36:03 The origins of the Harman target curve
00:42:41 How to train your listeners
00:49:09 “I Will Always Remember You” by Marek Jakubowicz
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