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There's a questionable assumption in the HRTF article, namely that the transfer function is the same (or similar) for different people in different environments. I don't think the same HRTF would sound convincing indoors and outdoors, even. Let alone differences in ear shapes and sizes.



That assumption is baked into almost all the implementations, except for some which take measurements of your ears.

To be fair I haven't tried one of those systems, but few people ever have and few people ever will because:

1. It's a hassle to measure your ears

2. All the problems with distortion wrecking timbre will still be there.


Sony is working on a version that uses an image of your ear to find a better match. They talked about it in a few PS5 talks.


Its out. WMX-100M4s and a tidal/ deezer/ nugs subscription are all you need.

https://electronics.sony.com/360-reality-audio


I bet that personalized HRTF is locally encrypted and can't be reused outside these services. is anyone know for sure?


That's cool. Is it out for PS5 yet?


They said they might do that in the future, but who knows. PS5 ships with 5 profiles you can test and see which feels best.




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