Judged pleasantness does not track the physical quality of a sound

Evidence

The physical quality of a sound does not match the pleasantness, and such pleasantness, as it results from a listening function, is quite more complicated than the physical quality of a sound. — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology, 1078

Categorization

• APHORISMS: A compressed, durable methodological caution for anyone measuring soundscapes.
• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source
• XREF: connects to: Sound quality means judged preferability, not category membership — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 2311; Listener attitude toward a sound, not just acoustics, shapes perceived pleasantness — Professor Dr.-Ing. Hugo Fastl, Professor Dr.-Ing. Eberhard, Psychoacoustics- Facts and Models, 1374; Sound quality cannot be assessed except through psychophysical experiments with human subjects — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 2331 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Sound quality means judged preferability, not category membership #expands (0.85) — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 2311
• Subjective sound quality is authoritative and measurements must explain it #corroborates (0.85) — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 1049
• Listener attitude toward a sound, not just acoustics, shapes perceived pleasantness #expands (0.82) — Professor Dr.-Ing. Hugo Fastl, Professor Dr.-Ing. Eberhard, Psychoacoustics- Facts and Models, 1374
• Physical sound measurement cannot capture the subjective semantic meaning of a sonic environment #corroborates (0.80) — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology, 1159
• Whether a sound counts as noise depends on subjective interpretation, not acoustics #corroborates (0.80) — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology, 1025
• Sound quality is fundamentally subjective and requires perceptual testing to characterize #expands (0.80)
• Sound quality judgments depend on listener context and expectations #corroborates (0.78) — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 2313
• Sound quality cannot be assessed except through psychophysical experiments with human subjects #expands (0.75) — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 2331
• Harmonic distortion measurements poorly predict audible annoyance from real music. #corroborates (0.75) — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 109