N2 - Principal components analysis (PCA) is frequently used for modelling the magnitude of the head-related transfer functions (HRTFs). Assuming that the HRTFs are minimum phase systems, the phase is obtained from the Hilbert transform of the log-magnitude. In recent years, the PCA applied to HRTFs is also used to model individual HRTFs relating the PCA weights with anthropometric measurements of the head, torso and pinnae. The HRTF log-magnitude is the most used format of input data to the PCA, but it has been shown that if the input data is HRTF linear magnitude, the cumulative variance converges faster, and the mean square error (MSE) is smaller. This study demonstrates that PCA applied directly on HRTF complex values is even better than the two formats mentioned above, that is, the MSE is the smallest and the cumulative variance converges faster after the 8th principal component. Different objective experiments around all the median plane put in evidence the differences which, although small, seem to be perceptually detectable. To elucidate this point, psychoacoustic discrimination tests are done between measured and reconstructed HRTFs from the three types of input data mentioned, in the median plane between -45°. and +9°. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/101474/PDF/05_paper.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/101474 PY - 2014 IS - No 4 EP - 482 DO - 10.2478/aoa-2014-0051 KW - HRTF KW - PCA KW - binaural audition KW - auditory perception A1 - Ramos, Oscar Alberto A1 - Tommasini, Fabián Carlos PB - Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Committee on Acoustics VL - vol. 39 DA - 2014 T1 - Magnitude Modelling of HRTF Using Principal Component Analysis Applied to Complex Values SP - 477 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/101474 T2 - Archives of Acoustics