For 40 years, HEAD acoustics has advanced binaural and psychoacoustic methods from early artificial-head measurements to integrated NVH workflows for automotive engineering. These methods became established tools for evaluating sound quality, transfer paths, and structural behavior under real operating conditions. The next step is their transfer to motorcycles. A new binaural measurement approach enables, for the first time, holistic transfer path analysis during motorcycle road tests. This closes a methodological gap and supports the development of sound quality, acoustic feedback, and vibration behavior in a segment facing challenges increasingly similar to those in automotive engineering.

• Discover why binaural and psychoacoustic methods are indispensable tools for understanding and shaping the sound quality of human perception.
• Learn about the latest binaural measurement system of HEAD acoustics – the binaural helmet
• Understand the importance of combining structure- and airborne analyses for the fastest and most comprehensive understanding in development process
• See how established methods of the automotive industry could be used in other segments on a case study of binaural transfer path analysis for 2-wheele
• See the context for the hybrid approach of virtual prototyping and binaural transfer path analysis blocked forces