Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

[michael2v]

I’m pretty sure that I have refreshed the UPS tracking page for my Yggy GS2 shipment about a thousand times. At least it’s moving again and somehow supposed to arrive tomorrow. We shall see.

You know what they say about tracking packages and watching teapots…

 

[corndog71]

This was pretty interesting.

 

[Paladin79]

This was pretty interesting.

No, but he did validate somewhat how the tests can work.The key is to not overwhelm the subject with too much information. Specific samples to show specific criteria is what I am familiar with. Occasionally someone might vote that a specific is the same between two devices but that is one of 25. Oh and the people who helped set up what we do may well be the source of “some” of his info. I will stop there.

 

[LobalWarming]

Back in the 70's, Stones concerts routinely hit peaks at 110dB.

Oh for the simple times of simply touching the threshold of pain.

Earlier this century, I played in an opening act on a Snoop Dogg tour. Was deafened and traumatized at the 1st sound check. As was my acoustic octave mando. Hit a single string, once - mando and I were convulsing in pain - despite me wearing the most absorbent ear plugs.

Signaled to the monitor guy using the universal thumbs-down gesture. He stared blankly. Gestured wildly using the universal turn it down signal. He stared blankly.

Finally had to go over to him. He removed his industrial ear over-ear protectors and I shouted at him, the monitor levels were exponentially too freaking loud. He shrugged and said that Snoop demanded the minimum stage monitor level to be 126dB. I told him I wasn't Snoop. He handed me his industrial ear over-ear protectors to wear over my earplugs. Finished the sound check in mere mortal anguish.

Never mind the FOH system, with a huge array of deafness enhancers from evil genius, John Meyer. Each bin could output 136dB at 1M - 36 bins in the array. Plus the sub arrays. In one small thousand seat club we played, SPL in the bass was sufficient to rearrange one's internal organs while breathing hyperventilating in an involuntary rhythmic fashion.

Go on tour, see the world they said. Watching thousands of suburban teenagers barf in arenas while I suffer horrible sensory damage - it'll be fun, they said. It wasn't,

 

[JohnnyCanuck]

Oh for the simple times of simply touching the threshold of pain.

Earlier this century, I played in an opening act on a Snoop Dogg tour. Was deafened and traumatized at the 1st sound check. As was my acoustic octave mando. Hit a single string, once - mando and I were convulsing in pain - despite me wearing the most absorbent ear plugs.

Signaled to the monitor guy using the universal thumbs-down gesture. He stared blankly. Gestured wildly using the universal turn it down signal. He stared blankly.

Finally had to go over to him. He removed his industrial ear over-ear protectors and I shouted at him, the monitor levels were exponentially too freaking loud. He shrugged and said that Snoop demanded the minimum stage monitor level to be 126dB. I told him I wasn't Snoop. He handed me his industrial ear over-ear protectors to wear over my earplugs. Finished the sound check in mere mortal anguish.

Never mind the FOH system, with a huge array of deafness enhancers from evil genius, John Meyer. Each bin could output 136dB at 1M - 36 bins in the array. Plus the sub arrays. In one small thousand seat club we played, SPL in the bass was sufficient to rearrange one's internal organs while breathing hyperventilating in an involuntary rhythmic fashion.

Go on tour, see the world they said. Watching thousands of suburban teenagers barf in arenas while I suffer horrible sensory damage - it'll be fun, they said. It wasn't,

JC

 

[NoBodyNoWhere]

Oh for the simple times of simply touching the threshold of pain.

Earlier this century, I played in an opening act on a Snoop Dogg tour. Was deafened and traumatized at the 1st sound check. As was my acoustic octave mando. Hit a single string, once - mando and I were convulsing in pain - despite me wearing the most absorbent ear plugs.

Signaled to the monitor guy using the universal thumbs-down gesture. He stared blankly. Gestured wildly using the universal turn it down signal. He stared blankly.

Finally had to go over to him. He removed his industrial ear over-ear protectors and I shouted at him, the monitor levels were exponentially too freaking loud. He shrugged and said that Snoop demanded the minimum stage monitor level to be 126dB. I told him I wasn't Snoop. He handed me his industrial ear over-ear protectors to wear over my earplugs. Finished the sound check in mere mortal anguish.

Never mind the FOH system, with a huge array of deafness enhancers from evil genius, John Meyer. Each bin could output 136dB at 1M - 36 bins in the array. Plus the sub arrays. In one small thousand seat club we played, SPL in the bass was sufficient to rearrange one's internal organs while breathing hyperventilating in an involuntary rhythmic fashion.

Go on tour, see the world they said. Watching thousands of suburban teenagers barf in arenas while I suffer horrible sensory damage - it'll be fun, they said. It wasn't,

That sounds painful!

When I was in high school, some friends dragged me to a punk concert in the Olympic auditorium in downtown LA. The interior is all concrete all the time and the acoustics are not ideal. It was mostly used as a venue for fights (which might have explained the guy in front of me waving a knife around). I don’t know what the SPL was but after the 5 hour long concert, I had a headache that lasted a week. And I’m wondering if the tinnitus I’m developing might be related to that.

My father also liked loud music and, growing up, I’d have to yell to have a conversation with anyone else even if they were a few feet away. While I do like music at about 90bd with peaks approaching 100db, I don’t like to subject anyone else to these levels.

Maybe younger ears can tolerate it more, but I genuinely don’t understand why someone would want to subject themselves to painful levels of sound.

 

[JanMc]

That sounds painful!

While I do like music at about 90bd with peaks approaching 100db, I don’t like to subject anyone else to these levels.

Even 100db peaks is too loud for me and I get accused of absolutely blasting music all the time. Peaks of around 90 are plenty to get me excited.

 

[Adam Balm]

Those of you about to try the Tuscanini preserves, the strawberry and apricot are to die for.

I received my preserves today.
Toast tomorrow morning with coffee and strawberry or raspberry.

 

[KoshNaranek]

Thanks, I try

It is taking far longer than expected but each day I have some improvement. It is like it affects my sinuses as well. My wife says I sound like I have a cold. I believe I read that fluid can build up behind the eardrum but someone like @KoshNaranek would know more about that than me.

Is it a cold? I thought your hearing was still suffering from the Bic lighter incident

Colds usually cause pressure equalization problems between the inside and outside of the eardrum. If it is fluid, something should be done to make it drain or you risk permanently decreasing your acuity

 

[Roy G. Biv]

Child: Hey Dad, can I see some pictures of when you were young?

Dad: Sure, I have an album somewhere with a few.

Child: Yea I want to see pictures of when you were in your band.

Dad: I’m not sure I have any.

Child: Huh? How can that be?

Dad: Taking pictures was not as common as it is today. You had to have a camera. And it used film, which was expensive to develop.

Child: Film? Like the movies? Why didn’t you just use your phones? Take some selfies?

Dad: Because we didn’t have phones. And no one had ever heard of a selfie.

Child: I didn’t know you were poor, Dad. You couldn’t afford a phone?

Dad: No, we had a phone, in the house hooked to the wall with a wire. Portable phones didn’t exist. The idea of a portable phone was something we saw in the comics. Ever hear of Dick Tracy? And cameras were too big and heavy to carry around all the time.

Child: Dick who? Is he a rapper? So wait, how did you talk to people? How did you text?

Dad: Texting didn’t exist either. And if we needed to talk on a phone there were pay phones you could use.

Child: You had to pay for calls? Wow. So how did you listen to music, or play games, or search Google?

Dad: There was no Google. There was no Internet. Games were played on boards, and to listen to music we played records in our room.

Child: OOOh, you had records. So you were a hipster! I get it. Wait till I tweet this one to everyone…

Teen: Sir! Can you help me? I locked my phone in my car and the key fob won't unlock the car.

Adult: Sure. Can I see the fob?

Teen: Um...Ok. Here.

Adult: <Removes physical key from fob and unlocks driver's side door>

Teen: What?!?!? OMG! That's amazing!

Adult: Maybe change the fob's battery when you get home.

Teen: It has a BATTERY?!? Where's the charging port?

 

[Paladin79]

Is it a cold? I thought your hearing was still suffering from the Bic lighter incident

Colds usually cause pressure equalization problems between the inside and outside of the eardrum. If it is fluid, something should be done to make it drain or you risk permanently decreasing your acuity

If it is a cold it is a minor one but I do have some symptoms.I should probably get to an ear, nose, and throat doctor.

 

[sam6550a]

If it is a cold it is a minor one but I do have some symptoms.I should probably get to an ear, nose, and throat doctor.

Forget the doc, save $$ and enjoy a hot toddy!

 

[Paladin79]

Forget the doc, save $$ and enjoy a hot toddy!

If life was only that simple.

 

[KoshNaranek]

If it is a cold it is a minor one but I do have some symptoms.I should probably get to an ear, nose, and throat doctor.

Try this. If you triple the normal amount of salt, it acts as a decongestant and a disinfectant

 

[bcowen]

If it is a cold it is a minor one but I do have other symptoms. I should probably get to a psychiatric doctor.

FTFY.