Termyn8or
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I actually do not believe that loudness damages ears. It may for some people, but not others. I have been in jail for a loud stereo and my hearing is quite good. What's more I had a pair of headphones, Sony MDR-CD5 s which would go a hell of alot louder than anything considered safe or sane. I did the math, Db per mW blah blah blah, came out to 136Db I think and that was within their rated maximum power of 500mW at 45 ohms which I am sure I exceeded. Of course I had the resistors jumped. I had a pair of Sansui SS10 s which went even louder but the Sonys sounded a bit better. (they were flat down to 2Hz, turntable rumble was an experience) What I noticed is that it can be taken at that level, but it needs to be done gradually. If the song ended abruptly your ears would be pounding but if you brought it down slow you are just fine.Also note that I didn't spend all day under them. Guy I work with, very hard to figure. Got this test generator which along with the pattern, puts out a sine wave to the audio. To turn it off is to turn the sound carrier off completely which I could not do, and I was already in a very unfriendly service menu and was unable to turn it down. The 400Hz drove him crazy, even at low levels. Switching it to 7,000 Hz he was fine, but then it drove me crazy. I wound up pulling the plug for the speakers. Recently I took a ride in his car and the stereo is set to a very tinny sound, I basically can't stand it, but that is how he wanted it. Feline, this is probably the worst hijack you've ever seen. Sorry. If you'd like, bring up some other things about the night you didn't like. I think we've beaten the music issue to death. Just suffice it to say, I got a fridge, beer, even burn at home. If I go out I want to meet others and loud music just doesn't do it for me. When I sit in the livingroom with people I have all known for 20 years and we are totally sick of talking about someone's latest court case or whatever, that is time for tunes. About ear damage, I think we actually exercise our ears, and if things come on gradually and are not too sustained our ears are strengthened, like any other part of the body. Y'know I didn't listen to any music for about two years. Don't ask me why, I just didn't. T
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