Comments on Profile Post by nishan99

Nope.

By the way, what do you mean by 80db (spl I assume..)? Peak? short term RMS? or long term?

If that makes you a pussy, then IDK what I am rocking out at ~75 dB SPL average

Do what makes you happy. Not what other people think you should. Your ears. Not theirs.

@Vtory Short term RMS, usually I listen in the 70s SPL but sometimes I go crazy and listen in the lower 80s :D .

Have suspicions that this high-decibel music thing is just a macho thing like how much chilli a real man can take. Except that chilli doesn't make anyone deaf.

I might be listening at little louder level (rms 79-82db spl or so), but not much different from @nishan99

Nevertheless I do believe increased amplitude swing range can make several things easier. It's like using a bigger screen maintaining pixel resolution.

Kinda skeptical about equal-loudness curve though. My experience says our brain anyhow adjusts it.

@Thad E Ginathom *Except extra chilli doesn't make the food tastier, in fact it masks the lack of flavor.

I think the same can be said for playing music louder, maybe to mask the lack of engagement in the music or the stereo setup.

Yes! Long ago, a girlfriend asked my why I put salt in cooking, and I said it brought out the flavour. She told me "no: it makes it taste of salt." I stopped. She was right.

I think there's a physical reaction to loud music: kick in the chest bass. Doesn't really work with the volume way down.

No, you're smart. Don't be a hero with your hearing

Source: guy that has high frequency noise in his ears all the time

Any and all speaker/amp/etc demo, listening sessions, the first thing I have always done is turn the volume down, because that is how I would listen to it. Don't like being blasted.

Live concerts, stupid stuff like throwing steel plates around, (and maybe measles!) still got to my hearing, though :(

Nah, that’s not the reason you’re a pussy. ;)

As a grey muzzle with demonstrably damaged hearing, you rock out with your bad self at less than 80 DB. I no longer know what silence sounds like and certain notes are physically painful when played loudly during a movie (the ear ringing sound clip that Mssr. Bay so loves).