Eli5: while using my riding mower I tend to listen to podcasts or YouTube videos. For some reason, the bass tends to disappear amidst the engine noise. Deep voices become nasally, and medium and high voices become squeaky. Why does that happen?

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Eli5: while using my riding mower I tend to listen to podcasts or YouTube videos. For some reason, the bass tends to disappear amidst the engine noise. Deep voices become nasally, and medium and high voices become squeaky. Why does that happen?

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This has more to do with the device you’re using to put the sound in your ears. If you’re using bluetooth hearing protection that is at least a little quality, then the only thing that happens is the music gets drowned out a little bit.

There is to some extent play between the soundwaves of specific frequencies canceling out the same frequencies the headphones are supplying.