Racing starts and low-gear diesels produce maximal psychoacoustic annoyance

Evidence

Large values of psychoacoustic annoyance are obtained for a racing start (sound 12), a Diesel car at high speed and low gear (sound 3) or Diesel cars at short distance In summary, psychoacoustic annoyance can assess the psychoacoustic elements of sound quality. — Professor Dr.-Ing. Hugo Fastl, Professor Dr.-Ing. Eberhard, Psychoacoustics- Facts and Models, 1843

Categorization

• XREF: Relates to noise-design tradeoffs in sound engineering; connects to the reader’s ongoing thread on urban noise annoyance.