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Sadly its only going to get worse. Large systems are cheaper than they have ever been and a small system overdriven will sound louder than a large system that is not being overdriven.
Consequently even though it IS loud it doesnt sound it so people keep cranking it up until it starts to sound "dirty" by which time it is EXTREMELY loud.
Factor in "Temporary Threshold Shift" when your ears become accustomed to the higher levels and again it doesnt seem as loud so the damage is being done even though you dont realise.
Think how loud a lot of clubs seem when you first walk in yet within minutes it is just fine..... until you leave and have a hissing in the ears that wont go away
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Dinosaur
Originally Posted by
katman
Think how loud a lot of clubs seem when you first walk in yet within minutes it is just fine..... until you leave and have a hissing in the ears that wont go away
One of the things I was told when the world was young, was not to turn your PA up high at the beginning of the gig, as since the human ear automatically attenuates prolonged loud noise, it would appear that you had turned it down as the night went on.
Start quiet, and turn it up as the evening progresses.
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Originally Posted by
Excalibur
Start quiet, and turn it up as the evening progresses.
Exactly, but I have lost count of the number of DJ's I have seen driving a system hard at early doors then complaining that they run out of headroom at the busy part of the evening.
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I have been wearing er-15 custom made earplugs for the last year and I now wear them at pretty much every gig. Were expensive but worth every penny.
Matt
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