Better sound on rainy days?

I remember listening to it in my school basement, when walking down the stairs to the coffee room... Asking what is this? I was 15 years old studying latin and Greek...  😁😊 And my bad english to this day was learned badly by me  from this very good  school ....

I had never listened to such a sound before... And never after... Hendrix was a poet like Dylan... I am sorry he die so young...

Good point!

My best to you....

@mahgister / etal

With your car performance analogy, I suggest the air, or the O2, density is providing the largest influence. Hence the reason why some car engines are fitted with inlet manifold intercoolers.

H2O injection was a big thing in motorsport several years ago, because of the release of O2 into the combustion chamber increased power output for a given engine capacity, until it was banned by regulation.

Interesting about -ive ions. They will play a part as actual humidity rises.

Cheers, 

BP

Interesting story and beautiful car of this era...I am a bit jealous because i bought my first car at 25 years old to see the woman i will marry...I always wanted a car but cycling cost me less and i needed books...

At 20 i owned 2,500 books evaluated to 12,000 bucks , i computed the numbers and price, and i take a loan of 800 bucks to buy more... This was a pain because it takes me a few years to repay... I lost my job...

My father was desesperate about my deranged mind!

I would have freak him less if i have  bought a car instead of useless books... My father has no education of any kind, a hard tough man....Same is true for the motorcycle i never buy...For the same reason....

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Thanks for your story ....

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@mahgister

My 1st car was a 1958 Ford with a 312 T Bird motor. It had a hood scoop which had an emblem which was just a styling cue. However, I knocked out the emblem and installed screen wire in its place. It was then a real hood scoop.

On a rainy day, that car was very noticeably faster. It was somewhat of a thrill to drive except for one problem. The windshield wipers were vacuum operated. So, if you really accelerated hard, the wipers stopped. That feature probably saved my life. I was 16, wild and crazy and didn’t care. IOW I was the typical 16 yr old...

At 16  myself i cannot afford a bycicle....( i bought only books with my scarce money)

I discovered someday  the cheap house my father, a poor workman, dream to buy without never daring to buy one because of cost...

He buy me a cat.....Instead of a dog to give a reward ... This cat was a tiger and even attack guest, he sleep on my bed only and keep guard....  My dad  did not buy  me a 1958 Ford, Lucky you....I will de dead if he has did so...  😁😊

I prefer temperate temperature with stable constrast without too much humidity...

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And i prefer to supply my own ionization devices than waiting for rain...

In rainy day the car works better because a more ionized mixture of air and fuel than usual mixes improve the fuel’s combustion.

The body of the driver is more relaxed too....

Rainy day,dreamy day....

Temperatire yes, air pressure and then ionization...

Ionization play a role very important because it affect the body too and not only the diffusion of the waves...

Rain is like a waterfall....The atmosphere become ionized...

Ionization act on the body of the listener and in the room physical atmosphere making sound waves traveling and interacting more " easily" in the room ...

«Raining also causes an increase of negative ions in the air; negatively charged particles that come about because of lightning and the friction between the rain and the air. These ions can significantly improve the nervous, cardiovascular, and respiratory systems, helping people feel more comfortable and relaxed.»

I own a grid of ionizers, three different complementary types in my room....With the low cost Schuman generators grid they are my main non-Helmotlzian devices for my room acoustic control... 😁😊 All that at very low cost and with a big impact...

Ionization help a lot to create an intimate sound effect like listening to an headphone but the sound is outside the head 😊 but ionization alone will not be enough, i used a foldable wood screen as a psycho-acoustic devices to work with speakers A and B for ear A and B loke a lense balancing direct waves and reflkected waves.... But it is another matter not related to the OP question...

If you think i am "nut" read this review about Mr. Ishiguro costly acoustic panel using tourmaline as ionization device...And Mr. Ishiguro is anything but nut in Japan audio circles...

https://positive-feedback.com/reviews/hardware-reviews/acoustic-revive-rwl-iii-absolute-acoustic-panel/

What are the audible effect of ionizing the room?

I will borrow the words of the reviewer, they describe better than i would have, the effect of ionization, even if here he spoke also about acoutic panels where the ionizing tourmaline is indeed  integrated...

«The panels do not modify the colors, but they bring them out, they do not add top or bottom, but better focus the edges of the sound spectrum. The sound is much more engaging with them and also more relaxing. Virtually everything is improved—from space, through color, to dynamics.»

This describe well the effect i feel with my ionization devices, i dont claim that my cheap devices can replace three panels costing near 8 ,000 bucks for the three but my ratio S.Q. /price ( under 200 bucks) is over the roof...

I wrote this to motivate people to create their own devices and experiments....