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Why choose MyEars™?

Current problems with 3D audio
Current 3D audio over headphones for games, music and telecommunications is a poor imitation of the real “free field” listening experience, as it causes perceptual problems including poor externalisation, localisation, sound quality and listener fatigue.

Generic HRTFs
The 3D audio products that are currently on the market use a generic or “standard” head-related transfer functions (HRTF) to filter sound over headphones. In these systems, the perceptual quality of the sound depends on the match between the generic HRTFs and the individual listener’s HRTFs. Each person’s ears are slightly different and therefore everyone has different HRTFs, to which their auditory system has become calibrated. As a result, a mismatch between the generic HRTFs and a listeners’ actual HRTFs will produce colouration of the sound and also cause the sound source to appear in the wrong location. This mismatch can also cause sounds to appear inside the head and it reduces the sense of presence and immersion in the virtual world.

The MyEars™ Advantage
MyEars™ is a service that will provide a differentiated listening experience for any particular listener and solves all of the perceptual problems above. This will enable the compelling listening experience produced by Next Generation video games and 5.1 surround sound systems to be successfully reproduced over headphones.