why does music sound so different through headphones compared to listening in your computer or in your car?
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3 things, first is that bigger speakers can push more air so they can recreate more of the low end than smaller speakers in headphones can
second is the space, headphones directly put the sound in your ears. Where as speakers in a car, some of the sound goes to your ears but some of the sound also reflects off the surfaces in the space your in before hitting your ears and that can change your perception of the sound. If you’ve ever clapped in a large empty space and heard the reverb or echo that’s one way the space can change the sound.
And third, which is related to the second. The way sound moves, it moves as a wave out in every direction from the source. So sound from the right speaker moves out in every direction and when it hits your right ear, some of the sound is still moving and hits your left ear. So both your left and right ear hear what’s in the right speaker. But in headphones you only hear the right speaker in your right ear. So this also effects the perception of the sound
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