Though he talks about the five properties, I tend to disagree with this generalisation - what I like at the moment really depends on my state of mind, mood, time of the day, and what I want to feel like after listening to a few songs. Sometimes I really get into songs with complex patterns and interesting time-signature changes, and at other times I simply settle with some Wes Montgomery. What sounded good to me this morning doesn't work for me now. What I disliked five years ago is something I keep coming back to today.
Age contributes as a very significant factor to what sounds good. Speed metal or power metal was "good" in my teens and twenties, but these days I need to be in a very specific mood with specific energy levels to even consider some Pantera or Megadeth. On the other hand, I can easily get into Sepultura ("Ratamahatta", "Roots bloody roots", etc.) even though they are often much heavier, because there's a kind of easy coexistence with their type of music that I find curious. There are other musicians I liked way back then, but you couldn't pay me money to listen to them today - even the same songs I had on repeat.
Perhaps the prof is on theoretically sound footing, I'm a layman in this field, but I can't experience what he describes.