Several factors show similar explanatory ability in preference for individual sounds, including visual landscape, functional landscape, age and education, but with only fi ve to six kinds of sound. It indicates that preference for individual sounds is a complex process which may involve more factors, besides the tested ones. As for the overall soundscape preference, both visual and functional landscapes show signifi -cant explanatory ability, and are the only two variables selected,
indicating the importance of landscape effects on soundscape experience. It is noted that, although the regression models show the ability to explain the variations in soundscape experience, the strength of their relationships is rather weak. Thus more factors should be considered in relation to soundscape experience.