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Granny says heah.

Last night while listening to my fleazilla in the small room I cupped my hands around my ears. You know just like Granny on the Beverly Hillbillys. The room is 11x 14 and setup to Cardas dimentions and mildly treated.
What I heard amazed me: more dymamics: more foward: more intimacy: a change in spectrum and more. I have some WAF absorbers behind the speakers and at wall first reflection points. It was almost like a mild front horn speaker. What should I do to go in that direction because I can't let her see me like this. Especally when I'm at 95 db. Halp!
lewhite
lewhite OP
156 posts
 
Can this effect be replicated by tuning the room more to a live end/dead end by removing all sound absorbation behind the listener or maybe a more sensitive speaker (more dynamic)? I don't want to go down the horn road.
hifitime
715 posts
 
If not already,try aiming the speakers directly to your listening spot.
buconero117
2,311 posts
 
I remember that years ago some vendor offered 'ears' that you put on your ears to create the 'granny' effect. What it told us, proven by many research projects that are done in the hearing aid field, is that the shape and contours of each person's ears will make a difference in what they hear. Ideally, a set of Obama ears will provide a better hearing experience, not that I believe he ever 'listens'.
glenfihi
525 posts
 
Mofimadness, susgestion, very funny.
fmpnd
468 posts
 
Is it me, or is there no mention anywhere in the link provided by Mofi or on the Yanko Designs website if these Batphone Ear Extensions are actually for sale? I want to buy a pair and crack up my colleague. I do have a problem with my one co-worker who speaks so darn softly I am always asking her to repeat herself. I want to pop into her office one day with these on.

PS - whether I am deaf and in denial or not, I like my system as is and do not like high-backed listening chairs.
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