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Re: Hearing Damage - A reminder to protect your ears.
« Reply #30 on: March 10, 2013, 09:06:59 PM »
Ahh come on, everybody likes to party!  :)p7
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Re: Hearing Damage - A reminder to protect your ears.
« Reply #31 on: March 10, 2013, 09:48:57 PM »
I've used V-Moda Faders before to block out noise. Supposedly blocks out noise while letting vocals through somewhat. In my limited experience with them I think they do that reasonably well. They don't attenuate as much, but are less stuffy sounding than regular earplugs. I ought to try them with some frequency sweeps.
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Re: Hearing Damage - A reminder to protect your ears.
« Reply #32 on: March 10, 2013, 10:24:57 PM »
Just got back from Axpona, and I'd say about 80% of the rooms were painfully loud, to the point where I could never hang out for more than a minute or two in those rooms.  Didn't seem to bother anyone else.


Conclusion?  80% of audiophiles are deaf.
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Re: Hearing Damage - A reminder to protect your ears.
« Reply #33 on: March 10, 2013, 10:28:47 PM »
Quote from: Armaegis on March 10, 2013, 09:48:57 PM
I've used V-Moda Faders before to block out noise. Supposedly blocks out noise while letting vocals through somewhat. In my limited experience with them I think they do that reasonably well. They don't attenuate as much, but are less stuffy sounding than regular earplugs. I ought to try them with some frequency sweeps.

I've used ER-20s for almost a decade. They're a little cheaper, too, I believe.
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Re: Hearing Damage - A reminder to protect your ears.
« Reply #34 on: March 10, 2013, 10:32:09 PM »
Quote from: LFF on March 10, 2013, 07:30:35 AM
;)  As a gentleman...I always carry protection.
 
I always use it when I go to the movies, concerts, and parties.  headbang

Yes, movies are among the worst, including those hideous "Dolby Digital" lead-ins at what feels like 100dB, often followed by the whole movie at or near the same level. Why do they think this is desired by the public?  :)p6
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Re: Hearing Damage - A reminder to protect your ears.
« Reply #35 on: March 10, 2013, 10:33:30 PM »
Quote from: Tari on March 10, 2013, 10:24:57 PM
Just got back from Axpona, and I'd say about 80% of the rooms were painfully loud, to the point where I could never hang out for more than a minute or two in those rooms.  Didn't seem to bother anyone else.


Conclusion?  80% of audiophiles are deaf.

What age was the audience in general? Age is a factor...
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Re: Hearing Damage - A reminder to protect your ears.
« Reply #36 on: March 10, 2013, 10:37:11 PM »
Quote from: Armaegis on March 10, 2013, 09:48:57 PM
I've used V-Moda Faders before to block out noise. Supposedly blocks out noise while letting vocals through somewhat. In my limited experience with them I think they do that reasonably well. They don't attenuate as much, but are less stuffy sounding than regular earplugs. I ought to try them with some frequency sweeps.

Love the Faders. They work for me!
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Re: Hearing Damage - A reminder to protect your ears.
« Reply #37 on: March 10, 2013, 10:48:20 PM »
Quote from: Deep Funk on March 10, 2013, 10:33:30 PM
Quote from: Tari on March 10, 2013, 10:24:57 PM
Just got back from Axpona, and I'd say about 80% of the rooms were painfully loud, to the point where I could never hang out for more than a minute or two in those rooms.  Didn't seem to bother anyone else.


Conclusion?  80% of audiophiles are deaf.

What age was the audience in general? Age is a factor...


Average age was 35-55 I'd estimate.  Some of the worst speakers (I mean instantly identifiable as awful, tinny and sharp and thin) had some of the biggest crowds.  Of course, they were some of the biggest names and had some of the largest price tags...
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Re: Hearing Damage - A reminder to protect your ears.
« Reply #38 on: March 10, 2013, 10:54:58 PM »
Interesting factoid - up to a certain point, there's a benefit from listening louder. Once you pass that point though, your ability to hear fine details actually goes down, because your ears are desperately trying to protect themselves. Some birds have similar functions to protect themselves from their own calls.

MBL demos in particular are usually unbearably loud. I think a lot of audiophiles are trying to replicate "concert hall" levels, but unamplified halls actually aren't that loud. The Musikverein for example is quite reasonable in volume, except when the audience claps along which is thunderous. I think that at least half the population age 30 and below are likely to need hearing aids by the time they are 50. Sad but true.

I don't go to bars, movies, and certainly not weddings without my WorkSafe plugs in.
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Re: Hearing Damage - A reminder to protect your ears.
« Reply #39 on: March 10, 2013, 11:06:12 PM »
MBL was pretty darn loud at first- came back 20 minutes before the end when they were wrapping up and the crowd had thinned and asked them to play my Sarah Vaughan at comfortable volume and they acquiesced.


I feel like in all these cases (shows, weddings, what have you) the DJ's/exhibitors/whomever just demo at whatever they think people will like more.  If there was a mass exodus or complaints to the wedding DJ, he would turn it down. 


To be honest, I don't care about the loudness wars - I can just choose a version that doesn't suffer from crazy compression.  I do care about the real loudness wars though - public places where the only prerequisite for the music is that it be loud enough to resurrect Liberace.
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