Acoustical interference is non-minimum-phase but less audible than resonances.

Evidence

However, once the sound has left the loudspeaker system, phase, by itself, turns out not to be a significant audible factor. Because both amplitude and phase information are needed to describe sound pressure as a function of time, this means that we really don’t hear waveforms. Incredible? … Phase shifts and even complete polarity inversions turn out to be “is it there or not?” subjective issues when tested in blind circumstances. Using contrived signals in headphone or anechoic listening, some listeners report hearing a “difference,” but a reliably stated “preference” has been elusive. In normally reflective rooms using music, the differences, if real, become vanishingly small or non-existent. — , Toole, Floyd E - Sound reproduction-…, 504 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The ear is far less sensitive to phase than to amplitude of frequency components; Lower-Q resonances are more audible than high-Q ones despite seeming better-damped — , Toole, Floyd E - Sound reproduction-…, 385; Phase relations of partials do not affect perceived timbre. (+4 more)

Related

• Low-Q resonance detection thresholds are remarkably low, making tonal changes easily audible. (similarity 0.88)
• Humans hear spectral content, not waveform shape or phase shifts (similarity 0.87)
• Resonance Q reductions below about 16 are subjectively imperceptible (similarity 0.86)
• Phase shift is largely inaudible for reproduced music in reflective rooms (similarity 0.86)
• Piano timbre would be unstable if we heard phase changes. (similarity 0.85)
• Tone-control adjustments are easily heard because low-Q resonance thresholds are tiny (similarity 0.84)
• Minimum-phase loudspeaker resonances are correctable with parametric equalization. (similarity 0.84)
• High-Q resonances are rarely heard but catastrophically audible when music hits their exact frequency (similarity 0.84)
• Broad, low-Q resonances are the most audible transducer defects (similarity 0.84)
• Adding damping to a resonance paradoxically makes it more audible by widening its bandwidth (similarity 0.84)
• Lower-Q resonances are more audible than high-Q ones despite seeming better-damped (similarity 0.84)
• Well-damped low-Q resonances are easier to hear than high-Q ones. (similarity 0.83)
• Room resonances, not amplifier phase response, govern audible phase distortion (similarity 0.83)
• Low-Q subwoofer resonances are audible mainly as spectral balance shifts (similarity 0.83)
• The ear’s just-noticeable amplitude difference depends on signal type, level, and frequency (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• Humans hear spectral content, not waveform shape or phase shifts #corroborates (0.85) — , Toole, Floyd E - Sound reproduction-…, 504
• The ear is far less sensitive to phase than to amplitude of frequency components #corroborates (0.82)
• Low-Q resonance detection thresholds are remarkably low, making tonal changes easily audible. #corroborates (0.80)
• Adding damping to a resonance paradoxically makes it more audible by widening its bandwidth #complicates (0.80)
• Phase relations of partials do not affect perceived timbre. #corroborates (0.78)
• Minimum-phase loudspeaker resonances are correctable with parametric equalization. #expands (0.78) — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 510
• Lower-Q resonances are more audible than high-Q ones despite seeming better-damped #corroborates (0.75) — , Toole, Floyd E - Sound reproduction-…, 385