So folks answer me this. (This assumes that golfer doesn't have hands of stone and no hearing impairment).
If sound/feel at impact has no importance why don't most average mid to high hdcp'ers use a good 2 piece distance ball low spin off driver 100 compression? ie. older Top Rock It's proven that higher compression balls yield more distance than 2 piece low compression balls but why keep using low compression 2 piece ie. Cally Super Soft, Srixon Soft feel and the like. I have not seen many low compression 2 piece balls spin much more off a wedge than a high compression 2 piece ball unless you have great short iron/wedge technique and in this realm of skill level I don't see it. I am not speaking of urethane here. So why go low compression?
Why do manufacturers come out with goo in irons if sound/feel is of no importance?
Why are mid to high hdcp'ers drawn to use non tip stiff shafts more because it fits their game but also because of the feel/sound off the club because of the non-stiff tip. Think rebar. Many flippers always ask how can I lower the ball flight with shaft but still use non-tip stiff shafts. Throw out technique issues speaking of equipment here.
This all goes back to the forged/cast iron discussion. Folks like the buttery soft feel/sound off a well stuck forged iron shot. Though a well struck cast iron shot may have a docent feel/sound the large GI cast iron will be more off center by mid to high hdcp'er also. Apples to apples both well struck shots the metal compressed in a good forged head just has better feel/sound off the head.
There are other examples. But you get my drift no right or wrong but if sound/feel wasn't a factor then manufacturers would not have brought out low compression golf balls and goo filled iron heads.
Comes back to the sound/feel of a balata wound ball, a persimmon wood head and a center impact forged blade iron. Click!!! 😁