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Originally Posted by jjinh /img/forum/go_quote.gif
did you just cut up a kitchen sponge or something like that?
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Of course not. I cut up a BIG sponge, the kind you wash the car with, the kind they sell at Home Depot. I wouldn't wear a kitchen sponge. That would just be wrong.
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| And this ladies and gentleman is what happens when someone doesnt grow up. |
People who spend thousands of dollars on headphones are in no position to lecture anyone else on how to "grow up." Personally, I've been where you would send me and I'm here to say, neither of us are missing much.
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| A whiskey old-fashioned-related placebo... |
Now, there's an idea . . . .
But seriously, the wider pad really tickles the ears more. I'm getting a lot more kinesthetic action. The bass isn't just pumping into the ear canal. My lobes are having a party. Just listening to Cantaloupe Island, with all its jazzy playfulness, at a relatively low level, my lobes have been wiggling back and forth like palm trees on a windy day. U2's "Red Light," again at a low level, is engaging without having to shout. It isn't just the drums; it's the fingerwork of the bass. The Beatles' "Mr. Kite" doesn't just engage me with the kick drum. The high hat has my ears fluttering. John Lennon's lyrics are like breath on the back of my neck. "Two of Us" from the Beatles' Anthology is fun and so natural, not just from the organic beat established by foot taps, back boards and drums but because of the faint feedback in the mic.
If this is a placebo, pass the sugar pills around. Soul Sauce/Guachi Guara never sounded so textured. Usually, to have this kind of sensory stimulation, you need more than sugar pills. I consider it par for the course that certain listeners, and certain music, define bass in the most primal of terms. I like this wider sense of the term, incorporating a kinesthetic percussiveness that reaches out and grabs you at more than one end of the frequency spectrum. Even on Bread's "Everything I Own," the plucking of acoustic guitar - before the introduction of that soft-rock bass - has a pulse to it, one capable of jiggling the ears. I think the larger pad helps transfer some of that energy so it isn't just sonic liquid; it has a percussive texture to it and, to quote Ronald McDonald, my lobes are "lovin' it."
