Study of Interior Sound Preferences at Acceleration

Accession number;06A0236534
Title;Study of Interior Sound Preferences at Acceleration
Author; NOMURA KOSUKE (Honda R & D Co., Ltd.) YOSHIDA JUNJI (Honda R & D Co., Ltd.)
Journal Title;Honda R&D Tech Rev
Journal Code:L0353A
ISSN:0915-3918
VOL.18;NO.1;PAGE.142-148(2006)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.18, TBL.2, REF.5
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;Japanese
Abstract;This paper describes car interior sound preferences in general public. Subjective evaluation experiments were performed in Japan, Germany and the United States to investigate the interior sound preferences. Two hundred subjects in each country (600 total) participated in the experiment. As a result, four kinds of preferences were found. A sound preference evaluation system was developed to calculate numeric preference values based on sound stimuli recorded using an artificial head microphone. Furthermore, subjects' characteristics in each kind of preference were clarified through questionnaires. The results showed that women, older people and people not interested in cars preferred quiet sound, while men, younger people, and people who like cars preferred powerful sound. (author abst.)