I just read the OP article in the scientific American.... Short and sweet...
I will resume it with a few words:
They said "dont speak to the wind" in the Bible , but science now say "dont speak into the wind" ... 😊
Listen with your skin.
So today it was a little too warm upstairs where my main system is.
I took off my shirt. That’s better. Hey…wait a minute does the music sound a tiny bit different? Better even?
Well it seems the answer could be YES.
There’s been scientific testing of the skin’s contribution to hearing. Not sure if it applies to listening to music, but it’s worth us subjectively testing it.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/skin-hearing-airflow-puff-sound-perception/
I can see it now. We’ll be able to recognize each other at the next
big audio fair. We’ll be the guys wearing a bathing suit and flip flops.