Virtual Barber Shop (Audio...use headphones, close ur eyes)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 พ.ค. 2007
- You'll need headphones for this to work. Make sure there is no noise around, close your eyes, turn the volume up a little bit, hold and press headphone on your ears for better hearing, play it and enjoy this impressive audio work ( illusion ). Not a screamer not a prank!
Audio credit: The original audio is created by QSound Lab. I put it into this video and uploaded about 14 years ago to TH-cam. See www.qsound.com/demos/binaural... - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
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This is the grandpa of ASMR.
Grandfather.
@@rosswilliams5740 Grand dad?!?!?!?!
Fleentstones????????
I would say uncle as bob ross is the grandfather
@@Theproclaimed Maybe both. This guy has the 3D audio, Bob Ross has the soft speaking
@@MarkH bob ross would be the traditional, gentle but strong person while this is like the techy uncle who keeps up to date
2 alternatives here:
> mario and luigi are giving you a weird haircut
> the italian mafia is torturing you in a very gentle way
Yes
Alternative means a different one. So are you saying there's 3 possible scenarios or did you just mean scenarios
@@desbugfan8429 shut up nerd
@@taznixx1126 make me
@@backup13 is this video accurate in testing/checking positional footsteps in shooter games?
I'm bald, so I come here often to pretend I have hair for a few minutes.
Underrated Comment 😂
Lmao... Self satisfaction .... 😂 "Virtually"
This video is 15 years old and still the best one so far. He did it when nobody even knew what was ASMR. Today, in every ASMR video they just whisper and crackle. This guy was a genius.
This was actually never intended to be an ASMR/relaxing video.
This was an advertisement/audio test for a hearing aid company that was recorded in 1996.
The term ASMR was invented in 2010, 3 years after this video was even uploaded, and almost 2 decades after this audio was recorded. The plan was for Qsound to show off the new technology of their binaural audio algorithm named Cetera, however, after the company went out of business this audio was uploaded to youtube and gained popularity in the "proto-asmr" community due to the fact ASMR as a concept was beginning to be understood more.
Incredible, every single word you said was wrong
Try 1996 actually
derp
This has never triggered my ASMR
Let’s be honest. This isn’t the first time you’ve seen this. Anyway how are the new headphones?
Pretty good thanks :)
Meh.
Update 1: Buy some new ones and they work great, the ones I had before were rubbish
Pretty good
A definite steal
Pretty good but they’re hard to sleep in!
this is still impressive as hell in 2021
Facts💯💯
Yeah I’m curious to what microphone they used
@@AquaMelon they use a 360 mic where sound can be heard from one side to the other.
@@AquaMelon Its a microphone Technique called Binaural. This is when there is usually a dummy head with 2 small directional microphones inside the dummy ear canals. With the microphones emulating how the human ear would pick up this sound creating this cool effect for playback.
yup
Who is here in 2024?
😂😂
Hello
🫡
🙋🏽♀️
Here
Even after 15 years, this is still one of the best demos for 3D audio
@Shrofe Pittly Even more impressive
MWll's audio is scuffed
"Hold still a second, I put this bag over your head."
It was at this moment I realised this was a mafia business, and that I was about to die.
My anxiety lol
You obviously haven't been to a fancy barbershop
Same
I was high my heart ❤️ raise to 100
Wakes up with one kidney
Luigi: "I will now put this bag over your head."
Me: *Starts violently shaking as if Luigi is about to kill me.*
I was so confused 😂
Haha
Luigi takes out a electric razor: "i'll bring it closer to your right ear"
me: ahh shit...
"All of the fancy barber shops do that!"
Haha I freaked out and had to turn it off here!
2:57 still HITS me even here in 2023, I do believe there is and will be absolutely NO comparation even the ASMR industry is fully built.
IT MADE ME GIGGLE OMG
Give 3D Sound Studio a search, they're very interesting.
@@yelskeezOMG ME TOO LMFAO
0:08 Introduction
0:24 gets Luigi
1:01 Luigi comes and Manuel starts music
1:22 bag over head
1:31 bag off head
1:46 phone rings and Luigi washes his hands
2:41 haircut starts
3:02 electric razor
4:24 end
hmmmm mario
why are the mario bros giving me a haircut
AND WHY IS YOUR PROFILE DIO!
Why is mario called manuel
@@arbeloliveros5284 because why not, and because i like jojo
Wrrryyyy
He said ariverderci at the end
The first ASMR, older than the term itself.
the ultimate OGs remember Facebook groups that called it AIHO
It's called binaural not asmr
maybe if the term wasnt made like 200 years ago......
And the only one I can enjoy. Literally all other ASMR stuff feels really uncomfortable.
@@its_elkku135 soo Much is centered around weird lip smackin sounds and I hate it
Legends are listening to this masterpiece art in 2024😮
im here 😁😁
It’s been 16 years and this actually the best sound ive ever heard on TH-cam
its older than that
@@ysbrandd4908 He listened to it 16 yrs ago.
Me getting my monthly haircut while in quarantine
Kadz yoooo chances of finding u here
Oh, you're here...
Ohh, yeah....
Yes all of you
Hahahaha
“I’ll put this bag over your head.”
This went from virtual haircut
To virtual mafia interrogation
Nothing like attempted suffocation
The slamming door at the beginning scared the fuck outta me, it came from where my actual door is lol
Not really.. pretty common practice in almost every fancy barber shop.
LMAOOOO
The guys fittingly have Italian names and speak with Italian accent 😂
oh my, the whispering part in 4:16 gave goosebumps
U experienced ASMR :)
Sixteen years have passed, and this still stands as the paramount 3D sound experience ever!
more its from 1996
This man invented asmr 13 years ago
No asmr was actually invented in 2001
Angelina Quiroga i think they meant like 3D audio youtube asmr xD
ASMR wasn't invented, it was discovered
@@Myrathosghost but this is 8d
Asmr was invented before this by a woman.
I WAS SCREAMING WHEN HE WHISPERED ON MY LEFT EAR. IT FELT SO REALISTIC.
I felt his breth
same
I swear I felt his breath
@@casperhunter1370 yeh same
@@sebharris1944
bro I did too
His laugh at the end always creeps me out because it’s so crystal clear, it feels like he’s actually in the room..
How tf does a TH-cam video from 2007 sound more realistic then ASMR TH-camrs with multi thousand dollar equipment
They aren't using the Cetera algorithm for post processing.
This make my brain feel so fuzzy I almost called my brain an eye
Even better, it was originally recorded in 1996
How the mics are set up mostly. I think the video uses two microphones that replicatws the space.
@@snowghoul3813 That's exactly how most ASMRtists work man. 3DIO Head, ZOOOM mics, all stereo.
Damn you, Dankpods! This WAS a ride.
(2)
Dayum dude
using the kz pro dirtybuds that he recommended, and when the dude says hes on my right the sound is on my left. weird, but they sound awesome
@@cargoreaper3019 maybe the cables are the wrong way around, i have the same buds and they work fine. If you have a mic on the cable, it should connect to the right earbud
@@jochemzandbergen9446 nah no mic. But I think you may be right. For some reason I thought they couldn’t get switched around lmao thanks
Anyone else just need a haircut during the quarantine
cameron seitz as someone who’s experiencing balding, this is a nightmare. I’d do it myself but when i do my dermatitis explodes. So i’m basically turning into a monster day by day. Soon i’ll be shot on sight for scaring the locals.
Me....
Yeah bro
Me
Meee
Still listening in 2023. Still the best binaural out there! Love it.
I love the accent. The fact that this is Luigi cutting our hair makes this so much better. And the clipping sounds were great! I found this thanks to Gibi asmr and man I am so happy I did.
Same reason why I’m here lol
I feel like he gave me a bowl cut
Yes
It's a bowl cut but you have a stripe from your left to right ear on the top
Takuache cuh
🤣🤣🤣
same
this video is 13 years old, and its better than some ASMR's today
The audio is actually from 1996. Lol
@@stoves92 huh 👁️👄👁️
@@stoves92 how?
@Garren Brooks no, just is it actually from then?
some ?? Asmr videos are shitty nowadays
So amazing. What gets me is that, despite it being entirely virtual, i can FEEL his breath when he whispers. This is to this day, the only time it's felt that realistic to me. Everything just can't compare. Incredible and very tingly
Time passes and it’s still one of the best youtube “videos”. I remember I was in my first year of college when I first found it and made all my classmates hear it.
Great old youtube times. ❤️
Had to open my eyes at the end just in case this dude wasn’t in my room
I know right!!!!
Sameeee
Omg same lol
Same 🤣
Same
That fucking whisper scared the crap outta me
Yup. Yuup.
+TheBadGuy me too
+TheBadGuy ME TOO!!
me too
omg me too
it's been so long. I've been looking for this one for so dang long it's insane. this is where it all started for me
Lots more, too! (Not sure why the original isn't there, but you can tell it's them lol)
www.youtube.com/@ListeningPoint/
Everytime I have new audio gear, I always come back to this place 😂
Luigi: And now we put the bag over your head
Me: Death?
Your profile picture is fantastic.
@@kidbasic2330 ty
@@kidbasic2330 Ikr, a meme
Deaf...
@@denisaljic ?
**puts plastic bag on head**
kill me
me
Llama God Sure I could kill this "me" for a price
my headphones were on a pretty high volume when they did that and dude that hurt
YAAAASSSSSS!!!!!!
same
I'm using headphones I normally don't use. I was listening to binaural ASMR vids claiming to be in 3D and 4K and all this stuff, but I wasn't hearing any differentiation between the left & right audio. So I came here to test if my headphones can do this and it worked perfectly. These newer videos don't hold a candle to this one.
Because this one was actually made by professional audio engineers, ASMRtists don't even remotely hold a candle to these guys.
Gibi bought me here from the future. Marty, it’s your kids!!
Why 12 years later, no ASMR video can equals this masterpiece??! I would pay for a part two!
I agree with you... The first time that I heard that I thought: Maaaannn that's going to be the future, maybe some time ahead it will have movies recorded like that and we're going to use headphones in the cinema.... But, eleven years later, unfortunately it haven't happened.
@@Darththorn haha no
@@thedestroyer2052 your the piece of shit
@@thedestroyer2052 get the fuck out of here you clown go be a piece of shit somewhere else.
@@thedestroyer2052 ASMR isn't always to relax the person, It's more of a term with a stereotype attached to it, So yes. This IS ASMR, Just not what you're used to.
If anyone is curious what the story behind this is. There is a now defunct company called QSound Labs that were pioneers in the 3d audio space back in the 90s. They made both hardware and software integrations of their tech which found it's way into arcade games and movies (Capcom was a customer of theirs).
They made this particular audio clip in 1996 for one of their customers, Starkey Labs. Starkey was using an implementation of the 3d tech to produce hearing aids that would allow the wearer to tell what direction sound was coming from. Previous hearing aids had one mic and one speaker per hearing aid, meaning that they just amplified whatever sound was coming in. You'd be able to tell left from right as the volume would be different in each ear, but you couldn't tell if a sound was coming from behind or in front of you. In human hearing we are able to tell front from back due to the shape of our ears. The cartilage that makes up the external part of your ear is obviously more prominent on the back side of your ear, this causes a muffling of sounds from behind that has a specific frequency signature, our brain interprets this as things behind us.
This recording was created as an ad of sorts for Starkey's new Cetera hearing aids that featured an algorithmic system that would add these frequency changes to allow the wearer to better pick up direction of the sounds they were haring.
They have this recording and more on their site www.qsound.com/demos/binaural-audio.htm
Great info, thanks!
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Thank you for sharing this info. This is amazing!
Why thank you for this info
@@Agent-ie3uv Sounds like a you problem
This is what brought me into ASMR.
Everything began with this audio.
Whoever created this: i just want to thank this person.
Sixteen years have passed, yet every time I listen to it, I'm still impressed.
Did anyone else feel the bag?
Yrp
Yes
Lil Criket yeh
YES
I felt it on my head 🤪
"Let me finish washing my hands here" good job Luigi, good job
A hero...
after intense masturbation...
O
1K likes with 4 comments lmao
At the end it scared me
I am doing some research on 3D audio now. 27 years past and this is still one of the best example of 3D audio..
3D Sound Studio is a personal recommendation of mine. It's pretty similar and very high quality too
the fact that this was created in 1996 is actually crazy
Not even the most popular ASMRtists have this quality
because white 3dio is overprised piece of ****. Worse sound quality that 10$ lav mic. I think you can equalize the sound when editing, but youtubers never do that.
@@mlsterlous what is a good asmr mic in your opinion? Just for curiosity
@@mlsterlous what mic did they use for this? And why is this literally like the one video of its kind after like 15 years? Did they use a super expensive mic or something?
@@cauasousa8227 its really how you use the mic. A lot of TH-camrs have really expensive mics but they sound terrible because they record in a room with bad acoustics and noise. If you learn how your mic functions and understand how to get the sound you envision, that's the best mic. Differnet mics react to different sounds and environments.
@@tjl2836 I get it, I don't know anything about microphones so this information is very interesting. Does sound editing also count? Is there a way to edit or improve a "3D" sound like this?
"I'm gonna bring the Scissor closer to your ear"
Me: I'm gonna die-
Lmao
@Hasif Jauhar yes. He indeed is
Oh no the alt girls are coming 🙄
Hasif Jauhar *chop chop*
“I’m gonna bring the scissors closer to your ear”
Me who has been growing out my hair for a year: NO. NOOOOOO!
Not naming Manuel "Mario" was criminal.
bruh i know his name is luigi and i can’t stop myself from seeing a man with a mustache and green hat with overalls
*help*
Same
I'm imagining Super Mario Super Show Luigi
now i cant unsee it
Me too bhahahah and wen he said seterea or something in my ear i started to lose it💀💀💀
Same
The part with the plastic bag over my “head,” feels so real
Plot twist: The headphones weren't connected
Totally, i can't believe nobody else is talking about that-
@@PlayerHalf AHHHHH-
Ikr
AND SO DID THE PHONE RING
Who else is here from Gibi asmr
Even new remakes can't make the same tingles as this, I remember my brother showing me this when I was like 7 :)
The very first ASMR audio I've ever listened to and nothing has ever topped this.
This isn't my first, but arguably the best.
Same!!!💖💖
CHUU 💗
Same
Same, I'm so glad it's other people's first ASMR audio too!
This videos been out for 14 years and it's still just as astonishing to listen to.
The audio is from 1996
@@rayhan_2k841 what's the original?
The quality is really great even in today's modern times for how old this video is from what devices and technology they were limited to when this came out. Very impressive!!!
@@enderpea5251
Actually it’s not that hard with technology, just the programming must’ve been hell. This idea is older than the 80s, but this program was the first public ones.
@@rayhan_2k841 even earlier then that. I remember they had this demo at the disney MGM studios back in 89 when they first opened up.
Came from Dankpod’s Video on Sony XM4 Wireless earbuds. Everyone’s got a different journey to get to this same video.
Behold traveler. This is the father of ASMR right here. Pay respect.
My ears are like
↗️➡️↘️
⬆️⚪️⬇️
↖️⬅️↙️
yeah its called binural audio
yep XD
It’s called 𝗦𝗖𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗔
me with half broken headphone's: *L I E S !*
wow so original
Been getting a haircut here for 11 years, it's an amazing experience especially Manuel's guitar skills and Luigi's haircutting techniques. Thank You Starkey Setera Barber Shop 👍
Edit: Most likes ever thanks!
Irl place or not
PaceccaMusic LOL
@PaceccaMusic hair grows, I know it's weird.
@PaceccaMusic I assumed you weren't joking because you're probably the least funny person considering you have a Ugandan knuckles profile pic
@PaceccaMusic well if we continue arguing we'll both look like five year olds so I'm gonna stop here.
still the absolute best out here!! don’t think someone has made better than luigi : )
The asmr timeline:
Grandfather of asmr is bob ross
Father of asmr is virtual barbershop
Then we got asmr
Oh god when he whispered in my ear I could literally feel his breath
69tH liKe 🤭
same
@Nicholas McLaughlin same dude that's wierd af
I could literally feel him pull away lol
ikr
Still listening in 2022. Still the best binaural out there! Love it.
yes! My favourite ever since, replayed it so often and now I can even recite their dialogues lmao
Facts
damn 😔
SME
So true
Even 16 years later this video is still my absolute favorite. Thank you
The grandfather of asmr videos
15 years later and this still gives me the best tingles.
i come here every once in a while just for that feeling, gets me every time
@@coleholliday7394 Same for me!
@@coleholliday7394 yeahh me too!
has it really been that long? i remember this like it was yesterday
It goes farther back in time, this recording was made back in 1996
I’m actually scared it sounds more like real life than real life
It is real life. If you're reading this, you've been in a coma for almost 20 years. We're trying a new technique. We don't know where this message will end up in your dream, but we hope we're getting through. Please wake up.
@@rebelfriend1818 these jokes r so overused i cant tell if its funny or not anymore
@@stayf0rtea_939 Humor is subjective so it's not really your place to say whether a joke is funny or not to anyone else but yourself
@@karma6970 i beleive the guy was saying that he doesn't find these jokes funny anymore.
@@karma6970 i thought the whole "i can't tell" part made that pretty clear, but alright discord mod :/
Bro created the best virtual sound experience and left
I can't believe I still remember this. It was my first introduction to ASMR and I've been hooked ever since. This is seriously the perfect audio so well done.
When he whispered in my ear I never felt so scared in my life sent shivers down my spine.
and the laugh i freaked out it sounds so real 😭
It’s called asmr
SAME
I read your comment while watching the video thinking that you must be exagerating, you were not exagerating
BRO RIGHT
The fact that it is 13 yrs old really amazes me
It was actually recorded in like ‘97
@@ChrisAirsoft556 wait how
This is a technique called Binaural Audio. It's been a round a while but has become more popular with the rise of virtual reality. You basically use a fake head with a microphone in each ear and send each microphone input to the correct stereo output. It's a really fun method to play with and what's great about it is it doesn't require the listener to own specialist equipment.
@@fintanbeirne7261 bro how do you know anything
@@balkanskiitadori4324 I’m a a technical theatre student specialising in sound engineering and design.
I hope somewhere there's a less compressed version of this. It deserves an HD remaster.
I did it to my friend and at the part with the plastic bag I placed a real one on his head and he almost died from shock
hahahha
lol
I m doing this
dude thats fucking awesome lol
+Kirby Gaming that's what friends do to each other.
Why, after 14 years, is this still better than every ASMR I come across?
The original audio is from 1996
@@furlthewaifucollector4472 what's the original?
@@furlthewaifucollector4472 please, tell us its so interesting!!!
It's so good because of the tech he mentioned at the end. I wonder if we can find more made using it.
@@bstmiguel7543 unfortunately i don't know much about it, but i will try to find something
Who wishes Manuel was called Mario
please never stop creating and never stop bragging about this masterpiece you made
I woke up bald
Lol
XD LOL
you may have gotten molested you hairless wonder
I woke up with grey hair
xD
I FELT THE HEAT OF HIS BREATH ON MY EAR WHEN HE WHISPERED.
Me 2
I know right oh my god. the human brain is amazing
Sinnamonie same
Me too
Same
This is where I test new headphones/earbuds to see if they're decent quality
I remember watching this in 2010 and feeling intense tingles throughout my body. Now, 20 years later, I'm still feeling these intense tingles.
"Now, I will take THE bag THE off."
-Luigi (2008)
BAHAHA dead 💀💀💀
Lol
2007
“I’m tired of being in your shadows Mario”
1996*
Why is luigi tryna kill me with a trash bag
@katzenwurscht Ouch
Luigi is the dada of pennywise
“SETERA”
This was my first introduction to ASMR! Still one of the best and most authentic out there ❤😊
Discovered this 3 years ago, and I still watch it from time to time.
Man, I really want a remastered version of this using modern audio encoding.
whats weird is all the ones that ARE with new equipment do not sound nearly as good.
There wouldn't really be a way to make it "sound better" nowadays, considering that the original is already mixed very well. What could be done nowadays that it is rendered with real-time headtracking (requires hardware). In this way you'd be able to turn freely turn your head while listening, which helps to further improve the spatial impression and increase immersion.
@@mars.1081 Actually a sound proof room would probably be worse for this, because it wouldn't capture the natural reverb of a room and it's ambience that makes you feel more present in it
@@hanneshelmholz2665 they're not talking about re-recording it. they just want it reuploaded with the modern youtube codec, not the 14 year old one that's probably 32 kbps lol. Basically they want an HD reupload too, which I agree with. This one sounds so compressed.
@@hanneshelmholz2665 currently listening w airpod pros using spatialised audio, does exactly what your talking about
MY DAD CAME INTO THE ROOM, I HAD MY EYES CLOSED AND HE TAPPED ME ON THE SHOULDER, I. POOED. MYSELF. I ACTUALLY SCREAMED.
BAHAHA
@@foreverxlilyy9807 its not funnyyyyy i was scaredd
Your a fricking pussycat
KitchenGun no u
@@amh6656 who you on about? you talking to me?
4:17 MY HEART... I DIDNT EXPECT THAT
hahah
POV: you use this vid to test ur new headphones
(puts bag over head) *aLL tHe fANcY BArbEr sHopS dO tHaT*
Potato Dabber I think he wanted to suffocate me lol
lol
Why is this after 13 years still the only good virtual audio? I really don’t understand with al the inventions over the years.
I was just thinking this! ASMR is great, but this video has remained undefeated in my eyes (ears?). I've tried to find other videos like this but none of them reach the level of this one
try the 'tour of nyc'
Have you tried the Tucker Zone?
ya I'm wondering too why no ASMR video sounds as good as this one either, especially the ones that use the 3d dio, nothing compares to this video so far :/
Try "the interrogation chamber", is by far my favourite!! TwT
Why asmr nowadays cannot recreate this? When he says cetera in my ear my brain makes me feel his breathing its awesome
check out 3d sound studio
turning 17 years this year bro and still a good 3d demo of sound👑
“I will put this bag over your head”
then your back will tingle
my skins literally moving
I couldn't breath and my brother paused the video right there *Amazing* 😌
I felt it on my shoulders.
sooo true
ikr
Is there anything that even comes close to this? Even the modern purpose-built ASMR videos can't touch this.
I feel the same! Nothing else is as good as this one!
keegan112099 i really wonder why!!
Many old games come sorta close to this, if you use the right sound card and set them up correctly. You can use any Creative X-Fi model sound card and activate CMSS-3D in its control panel under game mode, and play games that use DirectSound3D or OpenAL for sound, or an old Aureal Vortex 2 sound card for games that use A3D for sound. It was pretty impressive, sadly this tech has not been used in most newer games, but now with the advent of VR, this might return, Nvidia is already working on their Nvidia VRWorks Audio tech which works similarly to the old A3D tech.
Dan and phil's 3d audio trailer is even better than this one by far
Corkoth55 i've never got tingles in my life from asmr, apart from this. it's amazing to finally feel these legendary tingles...
16 years later and this is still my favorite
If you close your eyes you get transported to the virtual barbershop realm…
I literally remember being 6 years old when my cousin stuck earphones into my ears and told me to close my eyes, and I remember how absolutely terrified I was listening to this, I really thought someone was putting a bag over my head and I genuinely could not believe what I was hearing. I was so scared I would suffocate. I'm now 20 years old and listening back I am STILL impressed with this! DAMN!
I think it's better than more asmrs bc there is no visuals just close our eyes
I did this to my friends little brother when he was maybe 8 or 9 and we tickled his head and ears at the parts where it sounds like someone is there and he was soooo impressed with the video, said it felt so real. I never told him I was touching him at all 🤣
mee too like i used to listen to this on my dad's keypad phone when i was like 6 or smthn nd i was obsessed with it. man so nostalgic
It's way too loud for me
i did this to my 4-year-old cousin. she loved the bag part xD
imagine a horror audio book with this
seriously it would be too scary when he whispered in my ear i felt a chill going down my spine thats when it got too disturbing are their any more of these? i loved it
Haha I found you again, I seriously see you everywhere :P
New House Production Studios i've been told
The audiobook of Stephen King’s horror novel _The Mist_ was recorded with actors basically doing an audio play of the book, not just someone reading it. It was recorded using Holophonics® technology, which, like Starkey®’s Cetera® technology used in this video, is (at least allegedly in the case of Holophonics, which may be a scam) a digital enhancement of binaural (which most ASMR videos use, basically using two microphones in mock-ups of human ears [in more expensive rigs, a mock-up of a full human head or even head-and-shoulders {not to be confused with anti-dandruff shampoo}] and placed where the eardrums would be, and which is a really old technology predating even stereo).
I’ve not listened to that audiobook myself, but I hear that it’s pretty amazing.
Several later-uploaded versions of this video have claimed in the title that it’s Holophonics, and this one claims that it’s Q-Sound in the text slide, but it’s neither. Starkey is a maker of hearing aids for the hearing impaired. In the past, hearing aids couldn’t replicate the natural sound location ability most people with good hearing in both ears have. There were attempts to address this by treating the hearing aids as binaural, but the presence of the hearing aid pickups in the ears tended to distort the results. Starkey invented a technology they named “Cetera,” which, as “Luigi” mentions towards the end of this video, digitally negates the effect of the presence of the pick-ups in the ear, and fully restores the audio differences allowing the brain to do its proper sound location detection.
This audio was created by Starkey to demonstrate the Cetera technology, and was done by directly recording the output of an actual pair of Starkey Cetera hearing aids worn by someone sitting in a barber-like chair in a room designed to acoustically resemble a real barber shop (for all I know, it may have been recorded in an actual barbershop), with actors portraying “Luigi” and “Manuel” walking around the person wearing the hearing aids, and saying their lines and doing their things.
The audio was copied by a number of websites before *LovelyVirus* put it to a text slide and uploaded it to TH-cam all those years ago. One of them was the Q-Sound website, from where *LovelyVirus* apparently got it, which is presumably why the text falsely says that the technology is Q-Sound Labs. Or maybe (I need to check into this) Q-Sound helped Starkey develop Cetera, and Cetera is actually a variation or specialized derivation of Q-Sound.
Holy shit
It’s 3am and when he whispered in my ear I flipped