From Cheap to Chic: Enhancing Music Playback Quality of Budget Earphones via Hardware-Aware Learning

作者：Changshuo Hu, Huy Pham, Ting Dang, Jiannan Li, Rajesh Balan, Dong Ma · 年份：2026 · DOI：10.1145/3774906.3800476 · 被引用次数：1 · 研究领域：Speech and Audio Processing、Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation、Music Technology and Sound Studies

Low-end earphones are widely spread due to their affordability, but their limited speaker hardware often leads to poor music playback quality. This raises a key question: Can we compensate for hardware limitations to enhance the listening experience without modifying the device? Existing EQ-based approaches attempt this, but they rely on frequency response curves (FRCs) measured under ideal conditions, which fail to capture real-world distortions such as harmonic and intermodulation effects.