I was in an anechoic chamber once and let me tell you, you would NOT want to listen to music in it. It'd sound awful.
I bet our ears are used to a certain amount of reflections. I know a lot of audiophilia is minimizing this as much as possible but what if you actually were to achieve it? Sounds in an anechoic chamber just aren't -natural-, if you know what I mean. Your ears are not expecting sound to be like that and it's not pleasant. It's like your ears are stuffed with cotton or something. It's a stuffy, congestive feeling. At least it was for me. Speaking in an anechoic chamber is quite unsettling. It's like turning on a flashlight in a huge pitch-black cavern - it seems no matter how loud you talk or even shout, it isn't enough. As with many things in life, I think it's all about balance. Too much reflection is bad, but so is a highly absorptive acoustic environment. We're just not used to it, not to that degree at least. -- Mark Lanctot ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34415 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
