[William Sommerwerck]

"Mike Rivers" wrote in message ...
On 8/22/2014 7:27 AM, William Sommerwerck wrote:

Most headphones alter (or remove) the effect of the pinna on
the sound entering the ear canal. So how is it that people tend
to agree on what a given pair of headphones "sound like"?

They do?

Of course. Supra-aural phones sit /on/ the pinna, while circum-aural phones
/surround/ the pinna. Neither maintains the pinna's full effect in modifying
the sound.


Every headphone manufacturer thinks his sounds like it's supposed to "sound
like."

No, there are ways of rationally judging the subjective response of a
headphone. This has been understood for many years.