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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
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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
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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.
lornecherry
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could be ... equipment malfunction through power irregularities, reception problems interfence from other stations, FM waves bouncing where they shouldn't (have you ever moved closer/further from a weak FM signal and noticed how the signal and thus the sound changed), intentional recording techniques, room interactions ....

If you can remember the exact time you heard the song, then phone the radio station to get the name of the CD and go out and buy a copy of the music. This is the best suggestion I can make, because judging by your shock/amazement, you probably won't sleep a wink until you know the truth!
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artemus_5
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On the count of three I'm going to snap my fingers. You will be completely awake but you won't recall any of the previous events. Okay: 1.......2......
kublakhan OP
717 posts
 
Hello? Guys? Fellas?

...where's my system?
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