Driver head noise

So I was messing about with going back to play as a righty a couple of months back(abandoned) and I bought a cheap driver. Well, cheap is a bit harsh. It's a MD golf 10.5......UST shaft.....Titanium....etc etc. But the thing sounds like a hollow high pitched, BBBOOOIIIINNNKKKK. Like I'd hit the ball with a empty coke can.

My question is does the sound effect performance, cause it sounds like .....crap!

Titanium/metal driver heads are generally filled with a foam that deadens sound.  In the old days this was not the case and is how Ping got it's name - through the distinctive ping sound it made at impact.  I can only guess that your driver head does not incorporate this foam.  Unless your driver head is otherwise defective, this does not affect performance whatsoever.  You can purchase a can of this foam from any component supplier (GolfWorks, Golfsmith, Hireko, etc.) and fill the clubhead through a small drilled hole.

When we went to Callaway last May, one of the guys there told us that they design the sound of the drivers/woods to what they think people like to hear.  (They do focus group testing and everything)  I inferred from that that it has absolutely nothing to do with performance.  Ironically, the sound of my Callaway driver was not terribly to my liking.  Just a dull muted thud.  This year's driver, however, has a more pleasing "ping" sound.  Which reminds me ... time to go change my signature. :)

For the record, the worst sounding driver I've ever owned was a MacGregor V-Foil from the late 90's/early 2000's.