Over the holiday, we had a little get away and stayed in a hotel with very traditional furnishings. There was a radio which didn't get many stations so we resorted to using our iPhone, which wasn't bad. However, when we put it on this old wooden cabinet the sound improved noticeably and when we put it inside it was even better...
On top was good, but inside with the door open was even better. Even though the pitch of the iPhone speakers is high, the wood warmed it up and gave it a little more resonance than it would normally have. With the right furniture pairings, you'd never need to even have speakers attached for music while traveling.
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Comments (9)
Isn't that sort of what the shell of the speaker does?
exactly, but it has a woofer too.
I have this very same cabinet. It is actually originally made to hold sheet music and in my grandmother's house was known as the "Music Cabinet." So it only makes sense that its original purpose is preserved even though we've swapped sheet music for itunes!
quite resourceful!
lol i leave a little niche in my medicine cabinet for just this purpose. makes morning showers that much brighter :D
I have an old Victrola and it's "volume" control is opening or closing the door of cabinet it sits on.
I was going to mention the same thing sugarm0mma, the cabinet acts like the sound horns on old victrolas and radios to focus the sound. And a sparsely furnished room would let the sound reverberate in the space. ah, the simple life.
horse hair plastered walls work really well for this phenomenon
This is why high end audio is dying. Definately