**(Dear readers, this article was published and announced on April 1st and we believe this is an April fools prank. Installing a receptor directly into a musicians’ brain, in order to lower his perception of sound, seems rather severe, as opposed to earplugs. We have a feeling this was intended as a prank and not real technology, but decided to share it with you. You be the judge, leave comments and let us know if you believe this is real).

According to the company, the secret is the patent-pending SCSD, or SubConscious Self-Deception technology. The latest advancement in psychosomatic science, SCSD taps into your subconscious to bring back the same high-impact sensory experience you had the first time you sat in front of the subwoofers at a rock concert. To engage, simply plug Perceptuator’s supplied cord into the headworn USB interface, attach to your IEMs, and play. Once the music starts, you can set your levels as high as you like. Perceptuator does the rest.

As you turn up the volume, Perceptuator turns up yourperception of loudness—giving you that hard-rockin’ sensation while keeping the actual sound levels reaching your eardrums down in the safe, sane 80-87 dB range. By feeding your own neural perception of desired loudness directly back into your pleasure centers, Perceptuator turns any IEM—even a 24-driver monstrosity—into a safe listening device.

“Perceptuator is a totally new approach to hearing wellness,” notes Sensaphonics President Michael Santucci. “They say perception is reality, and our engineers applied that idea to the typical musician’s brain. Once we learned how to stimulate the pleasure centers through the volume knob, it evolved into Perceptuator. Our SCSD technology lets you experience insane volume levels while keeping you safe—whether you care about your hearing or not!”

Source: Sensaphonics
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