do headphones sound diffrent on other planets - Page 3

The communications equipment in astronaut helmuts would not have been affected by the moon's gravity, or lack thereof, and as far as I know from someone I knew at Hamilton Standard (they made the astonaut suits),  the helmut speakers were standard. So I think we can rule out differences due to gravity. Since the space suits were pressurized, we can't say the same about atmospheric conditions. Sound requires air, so thin air equals hollow thin sound, kind of like Grados. (just kidding - don't flame me - I loved my 325's!)

But since us human types would need a space suit to even survive on another planet so that we could hear the music, I think we'll need a new equipment forum, named something like "Sonic Space Suit Gear". On a place like the moon, where things weigh 1/6 of what they do on Earth, we would probably get into some pretty heavy helmut drivers with seriously full bass response. I can see it now....

My Review of the MS1 by Moon Sonic Audio:

I was finally able to try out my MS1 after having them for a full year. My original moon trip was posponed due to an unforeseen meteor shower. Freakin meteors! Anyway, this thing is everything they said and more! The treble is full, rich, yet still tapered slightly to reduce fatigue while still providing accurate reproduction. The mids were a little forward, which really made the vocals  on David Bowie's Space Oddity come alive. But oh the bass - you cannot imagine the bass. It has to be experienced to be believed. The bass was round, warm, clear, and just other worldly. The bass just envelopes your whole body, and at one point even caused a sympathetic vibration inside me, which resulted in me crapping in my suit. No worries though, since the suit has the Intergalactic Waste Management System. I would give the MS1 a 5 star rating. I tried listening to it at home here on Earth, but I couldn't hold my head up for very long. Can't wait to get back to the moon so I can listen to Van Morrison's Moon Dance.

P.S. This post is the result of a fantastic dinner which included a *lot* of wine. I should care, but I'm going to hit submit anyway....

I don't know how any headphone can work in the 450 degrees celcius mean temperature on Venus or the -220 degrees mean temperature on Neptune. And if you use the headphones inside a comfy spacecraft thats pressurised i dont see how the sound will change at all.

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Originally Posted by RexAeterna 

soundwaves can't travel in space.that's why setting off nukes in space or explosions you won't hear it but you will only see it. there is no air for the sound waves to travel in. most planets are made of dangerous gases which makes up the atmosphere,but there is still no air. the cold density will pretty much add intensive acoustic impedance as well where it would make it close to impossible for sound to travel freely cause sound waves actually travel better in humid conditions believe it or not.

Those dangerous gases would act as "air". Sound doesn't need air like our atmosphere, it needs matter. Any matter will do. That's why you can hear things underwater, but it sounds different.

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Originally Posted by Pudu 

I think the more important question here is really - do headphones sound different on a planet with a molten silver surface compared to one with a molten copper surface, and is it worth the higher price?

I think I can get close to solving this age old riddle. I have a firend who works at a metal plating company. There are some fairly large vats used for plating large items. They just happen to have a vat for sliver plating, and also a copper vat I think he can get me in there so I can do some testing. I'll wear my HD-650's and stick my head in the molten silver vat first, then the copper. Somehow I think the differences will be minimal, but we'll see tomorrow.