Jelle Schrijver
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Hi All,
Neurophone is a different kind of music listening experience. Invented in the 60's it is not a very new technology. It is mostly avertised as a learning devic or meditation apperatus. But i've once read a post somewhere of it's use as a music listening device. Used in conjunction with a normal headphone it reported a very impressive result with a lot more detail to the music.
It works like a AM radio with a carrier wave of +/- 40 khz. This magic frequencie makes the coupling between all the nerves of the cochlea and the single nerve to your brain resonate. The music signal imbedded in the 40 khz wave excites the nerve and you preceive music. The interesting parts is that the preceived sound is bypassed the hole ear system and thus induvidual notes can be detected. (The ear normaly collectes all the notes to a single audiovibration, creating harmonics on the way). Once you get used to the system, the placing of the transducers is not that critical. As long as it touches some bare skin. Also, the side effect is that the brain gets a lot more signal to compute and generates a lot of special hormones to make the brain cope with the increased activity. These hormones are the same hormones that make you feel happy and content. So music listening gets even more addictive.
The technology is kinda simple, but the price is pretty steep. So i am looking for people (in the benelux region ?) with a electronics background to collaborate with to build a DIY neurophone.
There are more company's out there with this same technology, but the can not call it a neurophone and give it other names for it (and a even more heafty price tag). In the past i've had other links, but kinda lost them. So links too this kind of technology are also welcome.
Greetz
Jelle
Neurophone is a different kind of music listening experience. Invented in the 60's it is not a very new technology. It is mostly avertised as a learning devic or meditation apperatus. But i've once read a post somewhere of it's use as a music listening device. Used in conjunction with a normal headphone it reported a very impressive result with a lot more detail to the music.
It works like a AM radio with a carrier wave of +/- 40 khz. This magic frequencie makes the coupling between all the nerves of the cochlea and the single nerve to your brain resonate. The music signal imbedded in the 40 khz wave excites the nerve and you preceive music. The interesting parts is that the preceived sound is bypassed the hole ear system and thus induvidual notes can be detected. (The ear normaly collectes all the notes to a single audiovibration, creating harmonics on the way). Once you get used to the system, the placing of the transducers is not that critical. As long as it touches some bare skin. Also, the side effect is that the brain gets a lot more signal to compute and generates a lot of special hormones to make the brain cope with the increased activity. These hormones are the same hormones that make you feel happy and content. So music listening gets even more addictive.
The technology is kinda simple, but the price is pretty steep. So i am looking for people (in the benelux region ?) with a electronics background to collaborate with to build a DIY neurophone.
There are more company's out there with this same technology, but the can not call it a neurophone and give it other names for it (and a even more heafty price tag). In the past i've had other links, but kinda lost them. So links too this kind of technology are also welcome.
Greetz
Jelle
