Biography

Kathryn graduated from the Tonmeister course at the University of Surrey in June 2005. She is a keen clarinettist, playing in the department Trad Jazz Band and enjoys baking cakes and other goodies. She joined the IOSR as a research student in October 2005, with the sponsorship of Harman Becker Automotive Systems.

Research Project

Relative importance of timbral and spatial fidelity in automotive sound quality evaluation

Kathryn Beresford
Francis Rumsey
Slawek Zielinski

The research to be conducted by Kathryn will revolve around the importance of timbral and spatial fidelity of audio replayed in an automotive environment. This will focus around the current reference/preference debate which is at the forefront of today's automotive industry.

Certain areas of interest from her undergraduate project, which looked at listener opinions of multichannel classical music, may be incorporated into this research. The idea of purchasability was central to this project and could be linked to consumer preferences in automotive contexts.