[a1leyez0nm3]

i had 2 15" kickers in my car and 2 10" subs in my truck and the bass rattles the SHD@#@#k outa you

.... can that damage your ears or just the treble? sometimes i feel nautious afterwards..

 

[rickcr42]

i think maybe you can lose some fillings from your teeth from excessive bass notes but ear damge is off the list.

high frequencies at high SPLs however can and WILL damage your hearing,permanantly.

And once you have that damage it only worsens as you age.I KNOW this from experience folks.The sins of my youth are being revisited now.

 

[chadbang]

I think it's the both. I know it was the big bass combo of my Senn 600s and Headroom Total Airhead that gave me tinnitus. Bass puts out alot of pressure, which affects the ears.

 

[rickcr42]

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I think it's the both. I know it was the big bass combo of my Senn 600s and Headroom Total Airhead that gave me tinnitus. Bass puts out alot of pressure, which affects the ears. __________________

but you are talking headphones dude.A far different beast when the ear/transducer dircet coupling is considered and yes i agree can be dangerous.

but "open air" bass is more tavtile than it is audible so it is my beleif that only the upper registers are harmful.

Of course I am no expert here,I just like to make noises like one

 

[Bunnyears]

It is definitely possible to sustain hearing loss in the bass range, as I have a very mild loss (around 1%) in the lowest frequency range that they test for in one ear. Whether it resulted from ear infections or a misspent youth at rock concerts is still under debate. I didn't notice it until I realized one day that I was having trouble orienting the flow of traffic in the street! And that with only the very slightest loss measurable.

 

[setmenu]

I think it would be a mistake to assume that only high frequencies cause hearing damage.
If the spl is sufficiently high and or the sound is impulsive in nature damage
could result, I would recommend erring on the side of caution.
Though I would seriously doubt many home hi fi systems would be capable
of producing seriously harmful low frequency spls.



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[rickcr42]

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Though I would seriously doubt many home hi fi systems would be capable of producing seriously harmful low frequency spls.

Don't come to my house man !

I have been known to pi*s off entire neighborhoods since the age of 16 or so

every once in a while i just MUSt put on something drastic and fast paced and let 'er RIP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Especially if it is a nice day and I banged down a couple of cold brews to get rid of the parched taste in my mouth from working way too hard

BOOM BOOM BOOM.......

 

[setmenu]

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Originally Posted by rickcr42 Don't come to my house man ! I have been known to pi*s off entire neighborhoods since the age of 16 or so every once in a while i just MUSt put on something drastic and fast paced and let 'er RIP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Especially if it is a nice day and I banged down a couple of cold brews to get rid of the parched taste in my mouth from working way too hard BOOM BOOM BOOM.......

Good low bass is highly addictive.

One of my favorite chest rumbling experiences is that of a top fuel drag racing car!
Mind you they cover the entire spectrum when comes to ear destroying
frequencies.
Hell, I am just a sound junkie

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[Bunnyears]

sometimes when one of those cars with the super stereo systems drives past with the bass rattling my windows (and I'm 6 stories above the ground), I wonder how the people riding in the car haven't gone completely deaf. I'm sure that they are doing all sorts of damage to their ears, they just keep the music on for hours as they drive around.

 

[rickcr42]

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One of my favorite chest rumbling experiences is that of a top fuel drag racing car!

Nextel Cup my man ! TV sound even with the best of sytems does not even come close to the live event.....rumble...rumble...rumble [size=xx-large]...BWAAAAAAAAHHHHH ! [/size]

 

[450]

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Originally Posted by Bunnyears sometimes when one of those cars with the super stereo systems drives past with the bass rattling my windows (and I'm 6 stories above the ground), I wonder how the people riding in the car haven't gone completely deaf. I'm sure that they are doing all sorts of damage to their ears, they just keep the music on for hours as they drive around.

I think I mightv'e posted this before...but oh well...

See I was in summer school for geometry (not remedial) and our math teacher was talking about graphs and curves. So then we talk about stereos and their effect on us, etc. Fast forward about 5-10 minutes.

BOOM...


BOOM... BOOOOOM... BOOM...


BOOM...


The whole class was cracking up! We were just talking about the effects of a loud stereo and here comes a fantastic example. We were feeling light vibrations. The car was about 100ft away according to the teacher. Its one of those you had to be there to experience it moments... Yea..

Big subs man... big subs...

 

[DanT]

http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=84448

I quote from the other tread
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Blasting music can be hard on the ears and the neighbors, and now researchers say it can also pack enough punch to collapse a lung. Reporting in the medical journal Thorax, they describe the cases of four young men who suffered a lung collapse -- technically called pneumothorax --that appeared to be triggered by loud music. Three of the men were at a concert or club when the pneumothorax occurred, while the fourth was in his car, which was outfitted with a 1,000-watt bass box because he "liked to listen to loud music." A pneumothorax occurs when a small rupture in one of the lungs allows air to leak into the space between the lungs and the chest wall, causing the lung to collapse. Symptoms include breathlessness and chest pain on the affected side.

 

[aeriyn]

LOL

Just today I was sitting at a red light and the guy next to me, his car had so many subs in it that the body of the car was resonating. It was seriously producing a low rattling hum.

 

[Bunnyears]

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Reporting in the medical journal Thorax, they describe the cases of four young men who suffered a lung collapse -- technically called pneumothorax --that appeared to be triggered by loud music. Three of the men were at a concert or club when the pneumothorax occurred, while the fourth was in his car, which was outfitted with a 1,000-watt bass box because he "liked to listen to loud music."

ouch! A spontaneous pneumothorax causes serious pain, and not in the ears!

 

[aeriyn]

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Originally Posted by Bunnyears ouch! A spontaneous pneumothorax causes serious pain, and not in the ears!

Yeah, I can vouch for this from experience. Except my lung collapse wasn't spontaneous, it was the result of me falling off of a wakeboard being dragged around behind a speedboat at 40 miles per hour and hitting the water really hard! Broke three ribs and collapsed a lung. Not a fun thing to do, let me tell you.

Note: don't let the guy in the boat try to turn really sharp while you're being dragged on a wakeboard. You'll get flung 20 feet into the air like a catapult.