June 18th, 2008 by ketyung
Human ears are best to capture sounds coming from different directions and differentiate them neatly. Our ears are so good is simply because of they’re sitting on our head. With the shapes of our head and ears and also our clever brains, all the sounds absorbed by our ears are properly deciphered for the locations that the sounds originate.
But in most stereo systems and recording microphones, what they can produce are only the boring two (stereo) channels. Making it sound so unreal and completely different from what is being shown in a live show.
Here comes the Otokinoko Binaural microphone, which is designed and shaped like the human head. And it’s obvious that this microphone is also equipped with a pair of “ears”, which are used to absorb sounds coming from different directions. The sounds recorded by the Otokinoko microphone, once being played back on a pair of stereo headphones, will produce the kind of directional information to let your brain digest, presenting you with the super realistic sounds that can only be found in live concert.
That is the idea of the Otokinoko microphone. But in order for this microphone to reproduce the ideal effect, the head and the ears of the listener have to be the same as the head and the ears of this microphone. Besides, it can produce the kind of “live” sound only when you’re listening to it with stereo headphones, but not with speakers. Anyway, this microphone carries an overly expensive price tag of $3,900. Only those who’re extremely particular with “live” music are willing to spend so much for it.
Buy online, $3,900, Japan Trend Shop
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