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The subjectivity of speaker quality

Just for the fun it, while listening to your speakers with your favorite piece of music, cup your hands behind your ears and listen for a few minutes. I am blown away by the incredible change in the sound of the music when I do this. With this in mind it is no wonder that there likely will never be any real agreement on what speakers are the "best" sounding. Maybe all speaker reviewers should first reveal the size of their ears and a copy of their latest hearing test!! It's all fun.
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albertporter
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Years ago some one marketed do-hickeys that slipped behind ones ears to do just what you described. I think they were called "good listeners"

Correct product, wrong name. They were called "Sildenafil Citrate Ears"
timrhu
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I got a haircut the other day and the lady cutting spent an inordinate amount of time removing hair from inside my ears. Wow, amazing sonic improvement. Shaving my head next.
valinar
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MIC-KEY, MOUSE
Anybody have a pair of ears around from the sixties?
maineiac
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If your wife laughs at your audio quirks now, imagine sitting there with Silden.....what Albert said.
unsound
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I knew a guy who had this rectangular plywood rig on wheels that was set up in a vertical manner so the it bisected his speakers and reached the listneing postion. Along the vertical edge he had the frame cut to the proportions of his face. He would sit leaning forward with his face inserted into this rig during listening sessions. He claimed it helped with stereo seperation. I would have paid money if I could have photograohed him with "Sildenafil Citrate Ears" on while leaning into this contraption.
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