Audelic Norm
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Yeah, that is it, the little oval hole on the outside body of earpiece. That is the port. It is hard to see since it is small black hole in the black rubber. That is what I covered with a tiny piece of clear office tape. No, don't mess with the larger white filter covered hole.
I heard a significant difference, but I was listening to bass heavy electronic music. You know the kind that repeats the same heavy bass loops over and over again. I find this music ideal to listen to sonic changes like this. I listened to the same song, Thousand Nights by Gregor Tresher, with the tape completely on and off the port several times. I noted the dB increased since more sound was trapped. Even with compensation in levels, the bass was much greater, to a point that I believe people that do not like lots of bass will not like the port completely closed off. That is where the needle holes come into play. Each hole you poke into the tape lets out more sound energy and removes bass.
It is the same principle as not getting a good seal in a set of canal phones. The better the seal the greater the bass. JVC opened up an artificial and permanent seal by building a port into the unit. Closing off the port is like getting a better seal on a set of canal phones that are not sealed right in your ears. The bass naturally increases; hence more bass with the mod and thus poking holes in the tape lowers the bass level in controlled increments.
| Originally Posted by taejinshikki /img/forum/go_quote.gif i have a question.. what oval hole are you guys covering up? becasue i covered up the oval hole(the only other hole besides the main speaker hole with white covering) with tape and couldnt notice any difference. |
Yeah, that is it, the little oval hole on the outside body of earpiece. That is the port. It is hard to see since it is small black hole in the black rubber. That is what I covered with a tiny piece of clear office tape. No, don't mess with the larger white filter covered hole.
I heard a significant difference, but I was listening to bass heavy electronic music. You know the kind that repeats the same heavy bass loops over and over again. I find this music ideal to listen to sonic changes like this. I listened to the same song, Thousand Nights by Gregor Tresher, with the tape completely on and off the port several times. I noted the dB increased since more sound was trapped. Even with compensation in levels, the bass was much greater, to a point that I believe people that do not like lots of bass will not like the port completely closed off. That is where the needle holes come into play. Each hole you poke into the tape lets out more sound energy and removes bass.
It is the same principle as not getting a good seal in a set of canal phones. The better the seal the greater the bass. JVC opened up an artificial and permanent seal by building a port into the unit. Closing off the port is like getting a better seal on a set of canal phones that are not sealed right in your ears. The bass naturally increases; hence more bass with the mod and thus poking holes in the tape lowers the bass level in controlled increments.
