Isn't this a great hobby?
Re: ear flaps---someone came out and marketed a set of white leather ear flaps to wear when listening to hifi a number of years ago, probably 15-18 yrs ago. I had a set and they definitely improved the fidelity. They have long since been stored or misplaced or, unfortunately, tossed out. I haven't seen them in years, but I've moved 4 or 5 times during this period and they may still be in some unpacked box in my basement. They were quite effective. They attached to each ear. Made you look like a silly version of Mickey Mouse. But they worked.
Also Sam Tellig in Stereophile commented on them several times in his column. He wrote that his daughter borrowed them when she went off to college to help her hear the lecture in one of those massive lecture halls that colleges like to submit frosh to in order to introduce them to the joys of college life. I wonder what her classmates thought about her when they glanced over and saw her wearing these odd flaps on her ears? She must have been to talk of the class!
I hope this doesn't stick a needle into your bubble and cause any deflation of it, cuz you're definitely enjoying your system and the experiments. And, hey, maybe the time is right for you to come out with an "improved" ear flap extender---a pair that doesn't make the wearer look like an escapee from the Star Trek editing/cutting room floor! Keep at it!!!!!
Good listening to you.
Ray
Re: ear flaps---someone came out and marketed a set of white leather ear flaps to wear when listening to hifi a number of years ago, probably 15-18 yrs ago. I had a set and they definitely improved the fidelity. They have long since been stored or misplaced or, unfortunately, tossed out. I haven't seen them in years, but I've moved 4 or 5 times during this period and they may still be in some unpacked box in my basement. They were quite effective. They attached to each ear. Made you look like a silly version of Mickey Mouse. But they worked.
Also Sam Tellig in Stereophile commented on them several times in his column. He wrote that his daughter borrowed them when she went off to college to help her hear the lecture in one of those massive lecture halls that colleges like to submit frosh to in order to introduce them to the joys of college life. I wonder what her classmates thought about her when they glanced over and saw her wearing these odd flaps on her ears? She must have been to talk of the class!
I hope this doesn't stick a needle into your bubble and cause any deflation of it, cuz you're definitely enjoying your system and the experiments. And, hey, maybe the time is right for you to come out with an "improved" ear flap extender---a pair that doesn't make the wearer look like an escapee from the Star Trek editing/cutting room floor! Keep at it!!!!!
Good listening to you.
Ray