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This ever happen to you?

First let me say, there were no drugs involved in this one.

I was listening to my tuner (old marantz solid state 20/20) on acoustat model 3s. i dont know what song was playing but it was in the alternative trance genre w/ lyrics. my right ear felt like it was connected to the speaker by a tube directly into my eardrum. it sounded exactly like i had one side of a pair of etymotics in my ear. the sound was totally divorced from the speaker and seemed to be coming out of a little tiny speaker situated right in my eardrum. the detail was perfect and the tone of the music seemed almost unreal and lush but with a slight humming (or vibrating) and absolutely personal. even when i moved my head a little it still felt like the sound was right in my right ear. this wasn't happening with my left ear. were there some sort of odd harmonics at work? was this an intentional mixing trick?

WTH?
kublakhan
j_thunders
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Anyone remember that Partrige family episode where one of the bandmembers couldn't play because she was picking up the Rolling Stones in her braces during a gig? You don't wear braces do you Khan? Arthur Salvatore thread look out.
kublakhan OP
717 posts
 
Guys…this is serious. What if there’s something wong with my BWAIN!

This was an absolutely definite concrete experience. Not like people who think power cords actually alter the sound of their system. Du-oh!

I mentioned there was a type of humming along with it. I realized how to describe that sound; it had similar harmonics as the sound of blowing into the top of a glass coke bottle. The music had a reverb that sounded like the source was directly on my eardrum.

Ok, let the jokes fly but dont make me go over to audioreview for the real answers either.
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dekay
5,355 posts
 
OK: Here's what you do. Go to Beverly Hills (you will need a good Ears, N & T and your CA insurance will most likely cover it), have your ears reversed (they will probably have to put them on backwards, but this will aid in the double blind test, so don't sweat it). If this is a real phenomena, then your left ear (not your right) will trick out. Then, we'll go from there.
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glen
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Alright seriously but only for a second. Might you have had water in your ear? That might have caused this phenomenon
kublakhan OP
717 posts
 
So what you're saying dekay, is have my phase inverted? interesting.

glen, i can't remember how long before i had a shower but it may have been two or three hours prior to the experience. but i wasn't aware of that water-in-the-ear feeling.

i think there was definitely something with the sound itself and not the internal wiring of my brain. the sound seemed to be hitting a certain frequency that was unusual. the music was also a bit stereo lab-ish meaning that they played around with certain sounds coming from different channels for odd effect.
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