APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADAPTING AUDIO SIGNAL ACCORDING TO USER PREFERENCE

PURPOSE: An apparatus and a method for adapting an audio signal according to a user reference is provided to adapt one audio content to different environment and an user's various tastes by using the user sound field information and the user sound environment information. CONSTITUTION: An apparatus for adapting an audio signal according to a user reference includes a user environment information management unit(107) and an audio adaptation unit(103). The user environment information management unit(107) collects, describes, and manages the audio environment information from a user terminal for consuming audio signals. The audio adaptation unit(103) adapts the audio signals in order to output the audio signals corresponding to the audio environment information to the user terminal. The audio environment information includes the user characteristic information to describe the user's reference to the sound field.