why does music sound so different through headphones compared to listening in your computer or in your car?

Question

why does music sound so different through headphones compared to listening in your computer or in your car?

In: Technology

Answer 1

Acoustic. headphone pump the sound directly into your ears.

Where as in car, the sound leaves the speaker then propagates to your ears, assuming all quality of speaker are equal.

Here’s an experiment. play a song at the same volume and setting, having the headphone directly to your ear, on your head, and half a meter away from you will produce notable difference.