Anyone else notice their headphone hearing changes after a haircut? It's gotten so I anticipate it each time I'm due... it was pretty bad this time, being about two months overdue.

However, the benefit is that my Alessandro MS-1 sound a lot better today (at the same volume level)... highs and overall clarity and imaging improve. Having longer hair must have some kind of HRTF effect (I made sure my hair was never covering my ears when it was long).

I've seen people with a hair or two messing on their tympanic membrane after a hair cut. Removing the hair put things back to normal. You may wish having your ears inspected. A different thing is that your longish hair was interfering with the sound previously

I think it's the long hair (I try to clean my ears at least once a day in the shower). My hair is relatively fine and straight, so I don't think it's poofing out the headphones that much, either.

Having longer or more hair could have an effect on regular hearing (it certainly makes your head warmer), but I keep getting surprised at the "haircut effect" each time it happens. I was listening on my Grado HP-2 yesterday after the haircut and didn't notice any changes, but that was because I haven't listened to them for over a week.

P.S. the Breeders' Last Splash doesn't sound so great on hi-fi equipment (too revealing of the recording's limitations). I'll try it again on the Alessandros tomorrow. They're more forgiving on pop-oriented material.

Going to buzz off all my hair now, thanks!

WTF? No.

I've given myself a sideways reverse mohawk before.  Ever so briefly.

"Thy knotted and combined locks to part, and each particular hair to stand an end like quills upon the fretful porpentine"

That's what you need before listening 

I bet porpentines are big fans of in-ear monitors. No muss, no fuss. Too much product can turn anyone into a porpentine...

Edited May 1, 20188 yr by HiWire

I’m back to the Travis Bickle look (as of Sunday, so since those pictures), and someone just asked me the greatest question: “do they charge you more or less for that haircut?”