Resumen
Using equalization to improve sound listening experience is a well-established topic among the audio society. Finding a general equalization curve is a difficult task because of spectral content influenced by the reproduction system (loudspeakers and room environment) and personal preference diversity. Listeners? mood is said to be a factor that affects the individual equalization preference. In this study, the effect of a listener?s mood on equalization preference is tried to be investigated. Starting from an experiment with fifty-two listeners, considering five predefined equalization curves and a database of ten music excerpts, the relationship between listeners? mood and preferred sound equalization has been studied. The main findings of this study showed that the ?High-frequency boosting? equalization was the most preferred among participants. However, the ?High-frequency boosting? preference of low-aroused people was slightly lower than the high aroused listeners, increasing the preference of the ?Low-frequency boosting?.