I have always listened to music from loudspeakers.
Having to go on a around the world flight I deceided to purchase a pair of Shure earphones. Pretty different sound compared to room loudspeakers. Seemed like the sound location was no longer in front of me, but more located right in the center of my head. Kind of neat but also kind of strange.
But what got me thinking, was the often used term here, fast. To me the term fast is meaningless. If a speaker can reproduce the full audio spectrum then it is capabile of going as fast as it needs to be.
After listening to the earphones I wondered about the effect of the compressability of the large volume of air in a room relative to the very small volume of air in the ear canal when wearing earphones. Kind of like using a surge suppressor in a hydrualic system. Dampens the response. Reduces rise time.
Any thoughts on this?
I have always listened to music from loudspeakers.
Having to go on a around the world flight I deceided to purchase a pair of Shure earphones. Pretty different sound compared to room loudspeakers. Seemed like the sound location was no longer in front of me, but more located right in the center of my head. Kind of neat but also kind of strange.
But what got me thinking, was the often used term here, fast. To me the term fast is meaningless. If a speaker can reproduce the full audio spectrum then it is capabile of going as fast as it needs to be.
After listening to the earphones I wondered about the effect of the compressability of the large volume of air in a room relative to the very small volume of air in the ear canal when wearing earphones. Kind of like using a surge suppressor in a hydrualic system. Dampens the response. Reduces rise time.
Any thoughts on this?