Cupping your ears?

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Cupping your ears?

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Have some of you tried this? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Ts9hpO7QM

If yes, be interesting to read your thoughts.

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Tried it ( before I saw video ) all I get is loads of treble, no bass 😂

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It proves how horns distort the music, it takes a really good one to be anywhere near natural.

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next time someone does this put a mirror in front of you,then you can ask yourself,am i going too far with this hifi lark? :lol:
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Looking at the picture above leads me to ask are his inner ears "tuned" to his outer ears - pinna?

My own pinna are firmly pinned to the side of my head.

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