Shocked by extremely high listening volume

[XENOPHOS]

@ NtD Gr3nade"Why not introduce the IEM to the general public?"

awesome idea, only I don't think it would catch on because most people think spending more than $20 on headphones is insane. but really, go for it.

 

[rhythmicmoose]

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Originally Posted by uraflit /img/forum/go_quote.gif there was this one guy with his ipod and ibuds in the back of the room... i swear... i could hear every single detail of his jazz song playing.

I know what you mean. The last time I heard "Dark Side Of The Moon" was a few weeks ago in my stats lecture, blasting out of some dude's earbuds from the back row of the lecture hall.

On the one hand, I basically got to listen to the album in its entirety during lecture. On the other hand, that guy is probably going to have severe hearing loss at a very young age.

 

[NtD Gr3nade]

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Originally Posted by XENOPHOS /img/forum/go_quote.gif @ NtD Gr3nade"Why not introduce the IEM to the general public?" awesome idea, only I don't think it would catch on because most people think spending more than $20 on headphones is insane. but really, go for it.

Well if the demand is for lower end isolation, then companies like Shure might make low end affordable IEMs that provide isolation. Just make them look good and have decent isolation and the public will buy them. Look at the Skullcandies and the $50 Apple In-Ears. People are buying those, so why not?

 

[DSlayerZX]

don't worry about it, I think someone turn the volume to max to E2C while we were in elevator. How do I know? the whole elevator was quite besides the sound leaking out from his IEM, talk about insanity

 

[chubbybunny]

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Originally Posted by DSlayerZX /img/forum/go_quote.gif don't worry about it, I think someone turn the volume to max to E2C while we were in elevator. How do I know? the whole elevator was quite besides the sound leaking out from his IEM, talk about insanity

That's insane. I couldn't listen to my old (beaten to hell) E2Cs at more then half way on my iPod. Jesus.

 

[makasin]

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Originally Posted by kite7 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I suppose these people must have getting very mild tinnitus after such high volumes

Or their ears are so crappy that they cant even hear the tinnitus hahaha

 

[makasin]

This kinda reminds me of my roomate. He tries on my HD650s to see what this "audiophile thing is all about" and with my Gilmore at half volume (which is what I usually listen to, plently loud) and he just keeps asking for me to turn it up until I run out of room on the dial. My damn 650s sounded like he just plugged in some speakers, I could hear every little detail and it seemed almost loud from MY ears, let alone his.
People these days.....

 

[DSlayerZX]

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Originally Posted by makasin /img/forum/go_quote.gif This kinda reminds me of my roomate. He tries on my HD650s to see what this "audiophile thing is all about" and with my Gilmore at half volume (which is what I usually listen to, plently loud) and he just keeps asking for me to turn it up until I run out of room on the dial. My damn 650s sounded like he just plugged in some speakers, I could hear every little detail and it seemed almost loud from MY ears, let alone his. People these days.....

actually, that sounds like my suite mate when he tries out my 595....

he turn the volume on my H5 way up to "hear good"

 

[kite7]

Are people ignorant or do they not know what causes hearing loss?

I guess some don't think about it until they notice they have trouble hearing

 

[oxymoron]

Feel like a geezer for reinforcing, but once tinnitus (or other hearing damage/problem) sets in there's nothing you can do. Some are lucky and have a mild form that's easily masked by other sounds. Mine varies. When it's bad, I can hear it over city traffic. Usually it's toleable, but damn, I'll never "hear" silence again.

Anyway, young whippersnappers, enjoy in moderation!

p.s. this is what my recent "Subway Cans" thread was about.

 

[departures]

all of you need to live a little! i understand saving your ears but i sometimes hope that i'm deaf by the time i'm like 70 because i enjoyed all my music untill i got deaf! hopefully i'll get hearing aids and keep going. i don't listen to my headphones as much i'd like but i always turn them up! we've all spent way to much money to listen to our music at "moderate" levels!

 

[DrBenway]

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Originally Posted by departures /img/forum/go_quote.gif ...i sometimes hope that i'm deaf by the time i'm like 70 because i enjoyed all my music untill i got deaf! hopefully i'll get hearing aids and keep going.

Something tells me you are a long enough way from seventy to make it seem comfortably far away.

Here's my question: how about needing hearing aids when you are more like thirty five? I got a grip on my own listening habits when I was in my early forties, after some damage had been done, but not enough to significantly interfere with my day-to-day hearing.

A friend of mine was not so lucky. He's a working professional musician, and his motto as a young man was "if it's too loud, you're too old." In his mid-forties, he is completely deaf in one ear, and his hearing is so severely impaired that he can't follow conversation in noisy environments such as restaurants.

Sound good to you?

 

[DSlayerZX]

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Originally Posted by departures /img/forum/go_quote.gif all of you need to live a little! i understand saving your ears but i sometimes hope that i'm deaf by the time i'm like 70 because i enjoyed all my music untill i got deaf! hopefully i'll get hearing aids and keep going. i don't listen to my headphones as much i'd like but i always turn them up! we've all spent way to much money to listen to our music at "moderate" levels!

I am sorry to say, but I really can't agree with you

While my father and grandfather both being half almost deaf. (one from loud speaker/headphone and one from military) I can certainly say that it is not good to even be half deaf no matter how old you are.

As what Homer try to tell through the Odyssey --- there is limit for everything.
In my standard, I don't believe listening to loud music may do any help or enhance the enjoyment of listening to music. If the back ground is too loud, then maybe you should get a close can or IEM, if it is still too loud, then don't, simply turn off the music, enjoy it else where

 

[MaloS]

Music loses its enjoyability because you lose hearing of particular frequencies first. How about those guitars sounding like midi eh?

 

[departures]

i still think your a bunch of worry warts! "i don't listen to my headphones as much i'd like but i always turn them up!". i would say most of the time my headphones just sit on my stand. i spend a lot of time listening to my cheap speakers at normal volumes! when i do listen to my headphones it's usually when i'm working at home which isn't very often, i can't say no to the sound levels when it comes to my s.e.x amp and my hd650! so good! tubes rock!