When you put your fingers together, put your hands behind your ears and focus in on the speakers (blocking out the sounds from side and behind), you hear fuller and more detailed music?
Should I treat my room or wear "sound blinders" around my head like the (optical?) ones for the poor horses pulling carriages in NYC?
All kidding aside, would a room pack from 8th Nerve be a good start? Should I wait until their new product becomes available? Or, since I have panelled room, should I replace the woo ...
Hi Woodsyi,
You actually don't have to treat "anything" unless you don't like the sound of what you are hearing without putting your hands up to your ears.
It is called "cupping" and is used quite commonly when seriously evaluating components, to see if they are producing specific HF info that might be "above" our hearing abilties.
First, the "increased clairity" is not so much caused by the blocking of reflected sound, as much as it is caused by the hands making you "pinna" larger
No.... not that
The Pinna is the external ear (the part that sticks out on the side of your head. It is a "sonic collector" and "director" it captures and channels sound as it comes to you. The sound pressure variations are directed to the ear drum where they cause the membrane to vibrate and signals are interpreted through a complex system of tiny bones, a fluid filled resevoir, that has tiny stones (stones of otolith) supended in it, that stimulate cilia, that are directly connected to the auditory nerves and send a signal to the brain which tells you what you're hearing.
Increasing the size of the "external ear" will increase it's collective capacity and increase the stimulation you ultimatly realize.
Most affected will be the high frequencies if they are present in the sound coming at you.
There "have" been devices marketed (every once in a while people joke about them) that are worn, much like a pair of ear muffs, or headphones, but with the front open to allow for this increased collection capacity.
So while room treatment "will" affect the sound, this phenomena can be enjoyed (or not) by simply cupping your hands behind your ears. Many times your notice people who have lost some of their hearing will put their hands behind their ear and turn toward you, as they ask you to repeat what you said.
In years gone by, there were also "horns" for that very purpose (before hearing aids) which looked like "megaphones" which use the concept in reverse.
So, not to discourage you from room treatment, because I am a strong beleiver, but cupping will produce this affect, room treatment, or not.
