Headphone sound preferences are remarkably consistent across countries and ages

Evidence

Figure 15.8 shows the mean headphone preferences across different locations for (a) trained and (b) untrained listeners, (c) different countries 497. and (d) different age groups. The results show that headphone preferences were remarkably consistent across the 11 test locations for both trained and untrained listeners. As expected, the (a) trained listeners were more discriminating and consistent than the (b) untrained listeners. Headphone preferences were also relatively consistent across the (c) different countries and (d) different age groups. — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 1792

Categorization

• XREF: Cross-cultural consistency of audio preferences parallels findings on cross-cultural consistency in music perception and other perceptual judgments.