eli5: Why does music sound louder if its only in one ear?

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When I have both my headsets earphones on, the music sounds normal, but when I take one off the one I still have on sounds extra loud. I have no idea why this is, can someone explain?

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It’s a comparative effort. If the loud music is in both ears all you know is loud, and thereby it’s not as loud as when you only hear it through one ear. You’ve got near silence in one and loudness in the other, so it seems loud because you’re comparing it to nearly silence.

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