Headphone improvements

A method of providing an audio signal to a user in a headphone apparatus, the method comprising:

• providing a headphone apparatus comprising at least one left speaker for a left ear of a user having a sound path from the left speaker to the left ear canal and at least one right speaker for a right ear of the user having a sound path from the right speaker to the right ear canal, wherein the sound path of the left speaker has a different length from the sound path of the right speaker;
• and
• sending an audio signal simultaneously to the left speaker and right speaker thereby creating a timing difference in the time the signal is received by each ear canal based on the difference is the length of the sound path.

A headphone apparatus having an ear cup for cupping a user's ear and an air circulation control device for circulating air to at least a portion of a user's ear when the headphone apparatus is in place on the user, the device comprising:

• an opening situated in the ear cup for allowing passage of air through the ear cup to at least a portion of a user's ear;
• means for at least partially blocking the opening.

A headphone having an ear cup for cupping a user's ear and an air circulation control device for circulating air to at least a portion of a user's ear when the headphone apparatus is in place on the user, the device comprising:

• a fan for blowing air;
• a duct having one end for directing air at the user's ear and another end in communication with the fan such that operation of the fan blows air into the duct and causes circulation of air to at least a portion of the user's ear.