Eli5: how do high quality headphones make sound seem like it’s coming from inside your head at low volume?

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Seems like lower quality headphones have the same effect but they need to be loud. I got a higher quality pair and even at low volume the effect seems like it’s not coming from something sitting on my ear but actually coming from inside my head.

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Your brain is trying to figure out if the music is coming from the left side or right side. Because the sound is coming in equally from both sides, your brain feels like the music is “in” your head.

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