How much does transducer/earpad size affect perceived tactility?

[Soria Moria]

It's well known that headphones lack the tactility of loudspeakers and that this plays a part in why we typically want more bass in headphones relative to loudspeakers. But how much does the size of a transducer or size of the earpads affect this tactility? Does driver size matter at all or is the only thing that matters the circumference of the earpad?

 

[MaxwellsEq]

It's well known that headphones lack the tactility of loudspeakers and that this plays a part in why we typically want more bass in headphones relative to loudspeakers. But how much does the size of a transducer or size of the earpads affect this tactility? Does driver size matter at all or is the only thing that matters the circumference of the earpad?

I'm confused by the adjective: tactile. We can touch loudspeakers and headphones just as well as eachother. We can't touch the virtual sound sources created by them.

Perhaps you are referring to the setting out of a soundstage in both width and depth and the ability to accurately isolate the virtual sources within this soundstage. In which case, I don't think driver size or earpads make a big difference, since standard stereo (non-binaural) recordings can not create a proper image with headphones.

 

[Soria Moria]

I'm confused by the adjective: tactile. We can touch loudspeakers and headphones just as well as eachother. We can't touch the virtual sound sources created by them.

Perhaps you are referring to the setting out of a soundstage in both width and depth and the ability to accurately isolate the virtual sources within this soundstage. In which case, I don't think driver size or earpads make a big difference, since standard stereo (non-binaural) recordings can not create a proper image with headphones.

I mean the sensation of bass through vibrations. I thought tactility was what that's called?
Like this:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1595478880810258433

 

[somebodyelse]

You're never going to get the sensation of bass through vibrations from headphones - they just don't interact with the other parts of the body where you feel bass. If that's a 'must have' you could try the bass shakers that are usually mounted to chair (or drum stool) - there was also a manufacturer that made one you wear, but I don't remember the name.

 

[Redacted]

I've often been impressed (in the old days) by how a rush of air pushed out of speakers could flap my clothes, but I would not want too much of that in my ear.