I am not a chimp, but try this.

ben62670

OK everyne is different. I have narrow ear canals, and many have larger ear canals. Grab your ear lobs and move them forward and backward. Up, and down. The sound of your system does not change, but nearly everything else does. Just for fun try it. Nobody can see you so have fun.
Ben

obieone

Uh-huh.

NJPOLKER

Ben I think you have been hanging out with the chickens too long.

ben62670

NJPOLKER wrote: »

Ben I think you have been hanging out with the chickens too long.

I eated dem damn cluckers.

BIZILL

all's i know is my ears are big enough as it is. but when i take my hands and cup them so as to be an "extension" of my ears, i can hear alot better.

ben62670

I am not just messing with you guys, but seriously there is a huge difference. Nobody can see you so run it.
Ben

Toolfan66

NJPOLKER wrote: »

Ben I think you have been hanging out with the chickens too long.

No this time it's the squirrels.;)

obieone

"See that hole? Rats used to come out of that hole. Here comes one now. YOU take it!":D

BIZILL

you know ben, i think you only need 25 posts to sell something in the FM. you are well past that minimum requirement by 12,024 posts. wutcha tryin' to sell?

jimmydep

I think you've been hanging out "behind" the chicken coop too long.

engtaz

Toooooo funny

superjunior

not enough sleep last night?

mmadden28

ben62670 wrote: »

...The sound of your system does not change, but nearly everything else does....

I don't get it

ben62670

mmadden28 wrote: »

I don't get it

The system still is the same exact system, but the sound perceived is much different. The purpose of this little exercise is to show that people's perspective of audio is not only based on the systems themselves, but the human perspective of said systems. The whole point is many people argue back and forth about whether you can or cannot hear the differences between equipment, or cables. People go as far as telling other people what they can or can not hear. The whole purpose of this exercise is to show that people process sound differently. This little exercise is just manipulating the shape of your ears. Now think how much different our minds are from each others.
Just a little bit to chew on.
Ben

BaggedLancer

I tried this and while I was doing it I happened to **** really loud and kinda long. It definitely sounded different as I was going back and forth and up and down, but I can assure you it still smelled the same as it always does, terrible.

superjunior

BaggedLancer wrote: »

I tried this and while I was doing it I happened to **** really loud and kinda long. It definitely sounded different as I was going back and forth and up and down, but I can assure you it still smelled the same as it always does, terrible.

I use this technique to get the remote from my wifes hand and chase her out of my man cave..

mmadden28

:D:D

I dig what you saying now--you said the sound does not change so you lost me, but now I know you meant the sound characteristic of your system...

Yeah-I find that leaning forward from the chair a bit changes the sound--no sound bouncing off the back of the chair, etc. Or sometimes I'll cup my hands behind my ears--really accents certain frequencies. Lately I've found that just putting my head down, (looking into my lap), so essentially the speakers are 'above' my ears, really exposes certain sounds I don't normally hear as pronounced.

BIZILL

mmadden28 wrote: »

:D:D

I dig what you saying now--you said the sound does not change so you lost me, but now I know you meant the sound characteristic of your system...

Yeah-I find that leaning forward from the chair a bit changes the sound--no sound bouncing off the back of the chair, etc. Or sometimes I'll cup my hands behind my ears--really accents certain frequencies. Lately I've found that just putting my head down, (looking into my lap), so essentially the speakers are 'above' my ears, really exposes certain sounds I don't normally hear as pronounced.

this. i've noticed many years ago that when i look down at my junk, i can hear treble which i normally can hardly hear at all. i guess that's why i ain't jumped to replace my sl3000's with 198's as most others do.

mmadden28

Yep for me, looking down, its definately the higher frequencies that are louder/clearer.

BIZILL

thus we should never look down (in guilty admission) when our girlfriends/wives scream at us. it'll only lead to deafness sooner.

comfortablycurt

If I lean forward in my listening position, the bass becomes very noticeably stronger, but the SDA effect is very diminished...if I lean back, the SDA effect is fantastic, but the bass gets a little thin. I've always found it amazing that moving my head as little as a few inches can make such a drastic difference.

If I tilt my head back, the mid-range withdraws a bit, and the highs become very forward sounding.

Stew

The upgrade possibilities are endless .... Ben's Audiophile Ear Extenders

concealer404

BIZILL

concealer, that pic reminds me of a guy who grew home-grown and owned a german shepard. LOL.

concealer404

BIZILL wrote: »

concealer, that pic reminds me of a guy who grew home-grown and owned a german shepard. LOL.

TMI!

Ah.. the internet is so glorious.

dudeinaroom

The really strange one is everything sounds muffled when I plug my ears???? Oh yeah, and as far as looking down at my junk the only thing that happens here is I feel depressed.