Subjective Analysis and Objective Evaluation of Vehicle Sound Quality

Abstract:

The interior noise samples from four cars at different positions and different speeds were selected as the evaluation objects. The subjective evaluation test of sound quality preference was carried out with paired comparison method. Several objective psycho-acoustical parameters of these samples were calculated. By way of linear correlation and multi-dimensional regression analysis, an equation between the subjective evaluation of noise preference and the objective psycho-acoustical parameters was established. The results indicate that the vehicle interior sound quality preference under the good highway and the constant-velocity driving conditions is affected mainly by two psycho-acoustical parameters Loudness and Sharpness.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 716)
• Pages: 674-679
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.716.674
• Online since: July 2013
• Authors: Yan Yan Zuo, Shuai Li Zhou, Wen Feng Zhou
• Keywords: Objective Evaluation, Preference, Psychoacoustic, Sound Quality, Subjective Evaluation, Vehicle Interior Noise

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