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In Reply to: RE: Again, what are you talking about?! posted by jusbe on April 11, 2021 at 19:29:34

Why do portable cassette players sound better while walking outside than they do indoors? You would think that they'd sound the same, right? You know, since room boundaries and room dimensions don't affect the sound indoors, so you can't blame it on room interaction. So, what has changed? Why is the sound more natural, more open, more airy when listening outside? Any guesses?

Edits: 04/12/21

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Still unclear, but hey-ho. - jusbe 20:24:51 04/12/21 (3)
If you mean a 'boombox', reflections are an issue. Which you discount.
So if you mean a cassette Walkman with headphones, then clearly the room is irrelevant, whether you are indoors or not. So what's the source of said impact which you believe causes a change in presentation?
In addition, the source format would also seem to be irrelevant in any physical circumstance (headphones or not), unless your implying that something special happens to cassette tape and it somehow knows whether you're indoors or not?
Can you identify an environmental impact that has an effect on a cassette in a walkman but curiously not on any of the other electronic items in the playback machine?
Let us know.

Big J

"... only a very few individuals understand as yet that personal salvation is a contradiction in terms."

Edits: 04/19/21
- RE: Still unclear, but hey-ho. - geoffkait 03:51:14 04/13/21 (2)
  You are asking me? It's a Sony Walkman cassette player. But I don't think the tape or tape player is responsible for what I observe, it should happen for a portable CD player, too. That will be my next step since I have a Walkman CD player. Stand by. My theory is that the effect must be caused by something environmental, not the electronics or the tape/CD. Follow?
  
  Edits: 04/13/21
  - RE: Still unclear, but hey-ho. - jusbe 14:27:58 04/13/21 (1)
    Yes - maybe - but I think I'll just focus on the music.
    
    Cheers and good luck.
    
    Big J
    
    "... only a very few individuals understand as yet that personal salvation is a contradiction in terms."
    - RE: Still unclear, but hey-ho. - geoffkait 08:27:19 04/14/21 (0)
      I don't blame you one bit.

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