[visia]

I have gottena cold or flu since Sunday. INterestingly, when I tried listening to my headphones (HD 25-1), the sound seems much hissier and bass is much less pronounced. Is it a common phenomena or something is wrong with headpohones? I do not feel clogged ears, but I assume they are becuase of cold.

 

[lini]

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Originally posted by visia Is it a common phenomena (...)

Definitely yes, it is.

Greetings from Hannover!

Manfred / lini

 

[visia]

Thanks for the reply!

 

[ojnihs]

It all mainly deals with the fact that your ears and your nose are connected, thus if you have a stuffy nose, then at times your ears suffer from it to. I don't get colds a lot but whenever I do, everything is just off slightly, whether it be how I feel, how I hear, how I eat, or how I perceive certain things. I hate what colds do to you.

 

[Geek]

Normal.

Your lymph nodes are swollen, and even if you have no ear congestion, thats changing the internal structure of your body a little bit (temporarily) and altering your perception of sounds. I notice that my perception of sound overall is altered during the first 2 days of a cold when I have a mild fever and some aches. If I dont have any clogging of the eustachian tubes (the tubes going from the ear to the back of the mouth) then my hearing is back to normal, but otherwise weird stuff happens. If my ear is clogged my hearing goes to crap.

Cheers,
Geek

 

[pbirkett]

I've had flu for 9 days now, and I am just starting to get over it, today for the first time I feel a bit better. And let me say that after the second day, my hearing was completely knackered. It sounded as though I had cotton wool in my ears, and when they clicked, it sounded like I was underwater. My ears are still clicking and my hearing is not 100% but it is getting better. In retrospect, its the best time for it to happen to me, because I am ampless at the minute, so I cannot really listen to my cans anyway, until my new amp gets here.

Take some decongestants, they do seem to work a treat.

 

[cmascatello]

Also, your sinuses are key components to the auditory process and an imbalance or clogging in the sinus can drastically change the way your headphones sound. Even the slightest change in pressure in the sinus can produce a muddy and hollow sound. Headphones magnify the problem b/c they are they are a direct source to your ear and brain -- normal auditory function with a cold is not as effected b/c the brain can filter many less-loud sounds on its own.

 

[visia]

Wov, thanks for the explanations!

 

[tyboulder]

I agree with everyone's posts so far, but I feel as though there is also a change in brain chemistry during sickness, particularly with the flu. I can remember being very sick and feeling as though the smallest sound was amplified 10X. Also, I would interpret sound in different way altogether -- sounds would take on a dark and disturbing character. Hard to explain

 

[Music Fanatic]

You need to keep healthy and in good shape to be a truly great listener!

 

[Demolition]

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Originally posted by cmascatello Also, your sinuses are key components to the auditory process and an imbalance or clogging in the sinus can drastically change the way your headphones sound. Even the slightest change in pressure in the sinus can produce a muddy and hollow sound. Headphones magnify the problem b/c they are they are a direct source to your ear and brain -- normal auditory function with a cold is not as effected b/c the brain can filter many less-loud sounds on its own.

I just got over a bad sinus cold and can verify this. Everything sounded murky and muffled, and bassy music seemed to raise the sinus pressure n my head, causing excruciating headaches.

D.

 

[shasha]

This is bad, I too have a set of HD-25's and I have a sinus infection and fluid behind both ears now. Could it be related the Senns?

I haven't even tried to put them on since I got sick, I can barely hear people in the same room talking to me and the thought of sealed headphones with as stuffed up as everything is is not appealing. The way I feel a pair of 650's would sound terrible!

Hope you feel better soon.

 

[visia]

Well, I got my flu from the friends of mine, who had it, definitely not Senns. That the wrong time of the year again. I hope everyone feels better soon.

 

[carsonh2]

The Flu sucks! I had it since Wednesday of last week...and havent begun to start feeling any better

. I guess theres a bug going 'round.

 

[Bill Ward]

Shasha
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This is bad, I too have a set of HD-25's and I have a sinus infection and fluid behind both ears now. Could it be related the Senns?

No, but now you know what they mean by "the veiled sound of the Sennheisers."

That really is the pits. I've got chronic sinus trouble, so I can sympathize. I hate those days when I talk and hear my voice reverberating down the corridors of my head.

Here's for a quick recovery.

BW