diff --git a/applications/Binaural-HRTF/HRTF_class/@itaHRTF/itaHRTF.m b/applications/Binaural-HRTF/HRTF_class/@itaHRTF/itaHRTF.m
index 5aec57b02f9dc700b1f901265c2cf2bd29780327..7aff59ce5258ee3cfc22a8dfb0486e3ac462bfac 100644
--- a/applications/Binaural-HRTF/HRTF_class/@itaHRTF/itaHRTF.m
+++ b/applications/Binaural-HRTF/HRTF_class/@itaHRTF/itaHRTF.m
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ classdef  itaHRTF < itaAudio
                     earCoords = this.getEar('L').channelCoordinates;
                     switch dirID
                         case {'phi_deg', 'p'}
-                            phiValues = unique(earCoords.phi_deg);
+                            phiValues = uniquetol(earCoords.phi_deg);
                             [~,index] = min(abs(phiValues - dir_deg));
                             exactPhiValue = phiValues(index);
                             tmp = earCoords.n(earCoords.phi_deg == exactPhiValue);
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ classdef  itaHRTF < itaAudio
                             
                             slice = this.findnearestHRTF(thetaU,dir_deg);
                         case {'theta_deg', 't'}
-                            thetaValues = unique(earCoords.theta_deg);
+                            thetaValues = uniquetol(earCoords.theta_deg);
                             [~,index] = min(abs(thetaValues - dir_deg));
                             exactThetaValue = thetaValues(index);
                             tmp = earCoords.n(earCoords.theta_deg == exactThetaValue);
@@ -731,12 +731,12 @@ classdef  itaHRTF < itaAudio
                             slice = this.findnearestHRTF(dir_deg,phiU);
                     end
                 end
-                switch dirID
-                    case {'phi_deg', 'p'}
-                        slice = this.findnearestHRTF(thetaU,dir_deg);
-                    case {'theta_deg', 't'}
-                        slice = this.findnearestHRTF(dir_deg,phiU);
-                end
+%                 switch dirID
+%                     case {'phi_deg', 'p'}
+%                         slice = this.findnearestHRTF(thetaU,dir_deg);
+%                     case {'theta_deg', 't'}
+%                         slice = this.findnearestHRTF(dir_deg,phiU);
+%                 end
             end
             
             function slice = ss(this,dirID,dir_deg)
@@ -915,10 +915,12 @@ classdef  itaHRTF < itaAudio
                             
                             ITD = phasenDiff./(2*pi*repmat(thisC.freqVector,1,size(phase1,2)));
                         else % averaged
-                            phase = unwrap(angle(thisC.freqData));
-                            t0_freq = bsxfun(@rdivide, phase,2*pi*thisC.freqVector);
+                            usedBins = thisC.freq2index(sArgs.filter(1)):thisC.freq2index(sArgs.filter(2));
+                            phase = unwrap(angle(thisC.freqData(2:end,:)));
+                            freqVector = thisC.freqVector;
+                            t0_freq = bsxfun(@rdivide, phase,2*pi*freqVector(2:end));
                             t0_freq = t0_freq(~isnan(t0_freq(:,1)),:);
-                            t0_mean = mean(t0_freq(unique(thisC.freq2index(sArgs.filter(1)):thisC.freq2index(sArgs.filter(2))),:)); %mean is smoother than max; lower freq smooths also the result
+                            t0_mean = mean(t0_freq(usedBins,:)); %mean is smoother than max; lower freq smooths also the result
                             ITD =  t0_mean(thisC.EarSide == 'L') - t0_mean(thisC.EarSide == 'R');
                         end
                     case 'xcorr'