@inproceedings{RumseyEtAl_ASA08, AUTHOR = "Rumsey, F. and Zielinski, S. and Jackson, P. J. B. and Dewhirst, M. and Conetta, R. and Bech, S. and Meares, D.", TITLE = "Measuring perceived spatial quality changes in surround sound reproduction", BOOKTITLE = "J.~Acoust.\ Soc.\ Am.", VOLUME = "123", NUMBER = "5, Pt.\,2", PAGES = "2980", NOTE = "{Presented at Acoustics'08}", ADDRESS = "Paris", MONTH = "July", YEAR = "2008", CITE = "Rumsey et al.\ (2008)", ABSTRACT = "The spatial quality of audio content delivery systems is becoming increasingly important as service providers attempt to deliver enhanced experiences of spatial immersion and naturalness in audio-visual applications. Examples are virtual reality, telepresence, home cinema, games and communications products. The QESTRAL project is developing an artificial listener that will compare the perceived quality of a spatial audio reproduction to a reference reproduction. The model is calibrated using data from listening tests, and utilises a range of metrics to predict the resulting spatial sound quality ratings. Potential application areas for the model are outlined, together with exemplary results obtained from some of its component parts." }