do music concerts need to be THAT loud?

[Zeze]

I hate it when you go to concerts, you can guarantee a restful night of sleep filled with the EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ear ringing at max volume in your brain.

 

[BlackTigers]

The louder the better.

 

[Ns1]

I hate it when you go to concerts, you can guarantee a restful night of sleep filled with the EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ear ringing at max volume in your brain.

1. that's what earplugs are for
2. for seasoned concert goers, we are already living with this.

 

[Saint Nick]

Because the bass will still rumble through your body w/o fucking up your hearing.

Not to mention you can actually hear the mix a lot better.

 

[aldamon]

We've been using Etymotic ER20s for about 7 years now. Wish we started using them earlier.

 

[Jeffg010]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudest_band_in_the_world
This a fun read. I always heard Motorhead was the loudest. I see Manowar keeps poping up and then there was kiss

"On July 15, 2009, in Ottawa, Canada, the band Kiss achieved a SPL of 136 dB measured during their live performance (not the sound check). After noise complaints from neighbors in the area, the band was forced to turn the volume down."

Damn Canadians can't handle their loud music.

 

[blackangst1]

You whip out your phone and test or are you a taper?

Whipped out my phone out of curiosity Plus, it was time to take pics :awe:

 

[trmiv]

"I'm afraid you're just too darn loud."

 

[Gunbuster]

http://www.etymotic.com/hp/er20.html

 

[SKORPI0]

Used to go to concerts where the sound was too loud for my health. I've made it a point to move (if still possible) to a position where it's not. I just can't stand the booming/low bass parts. There was one concert I told my sister that I was leaving, good thing was the ticket was free (another family friend couldn't make it). You could hear the sound miles away.

 

[BD2003]

I actually have tinnitus from years of guitar playing in front of a Marshall stack in bars.

Concerts today aren't nearly as loud as they used to be though.

Sure they are, you're just deaf.

 

[Brainonska511]

PS: that is what ear plugs are for.

This. I usually grab a pair from the local drugstore before going to a show. Works fabulously. And I love getting out and still being able to hear well.

 

[Baked]

WHAT?!!! After years of listening to music in IEMs, I know I have permenant hearing issues. Most of time, I need the person to say the same thing twice. But mostly, I just wing it and guess what they're saying. Hilarity insues when that happens.

 

[Fritzo]

Sure they are, you're just deaf.

I can still hear, just some frequencies are a bit muted (and I have a constant wooshing sound in my ears)

 

[DrPizza]

Thought: did we old people sign a mandatory arbitration clause with the evil company Ticketmaster? Class action lawsuit time! Their tickets didn't warn us that the concerts were going to cause ear damage.

 

[SaDiZTiKStyLeZ]

that is what ear plugs are for.

This.
After having a fever that ended with a ruptured eardrum last summer, I get some weird static like sound from loud noise.
I like to frequently attend concerts & always bring earplugs.
I value my hearing, especially when I can enjoy quality music productions, but not so loud that it damages my hearing.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudest_band_in_the_world
This a fun read. I always heard Motorhead was the loudest. I see Manowar keeps poping up and then there was kiss

"On July 15, 2009, in Ottawa, Canada, the band Kiss achieved a SPL of 136 dB measured during their live performance (not the sound check). After noise complaints from neighbors in the area, the band was forced to turn the volume down."

Damn Canadians can't handle their loud music.

after the who's record, for the most part people stopped caring. also, after the who there aren't any bands on that list worth listening to at any volume.

 

[SlitheryDee]

I don't like loud things, but yes. The loudness of live concerts is one of the things that separates them from me just listening at home. I actually don't really like the extreme loudness so much, but I value the experience actually being different from my home theater. Actually I haven't even been to a live concert in quite a few years, but if I go to one in the future I both expect and hope for the audio levels to far outstrip what I can produce at home.

 

[mmntech]

i love it when they turn it up to 11. My ears got tuned to drop d after the last AiC show I was at.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrVCjnRdB_k

I can't stand loud music, which is why I don't go to concerts. At that volume, the music is too distorted and clipped anyway.