On Fri, 4 Feb 1994, Jon Drukman wrote:
quoted 7 lines well i guess in the UK you don't have idiot sound system people who> well i guess in the UK you don't have idiot sound system people who
> run the highs too high and don't bother checking the room for proper
> EQ prior to starting the party. here in the US that sort of stupidity
> is common. fortunately, at least locally, people are beginning to get
> clued in to the possibility of hearing damage and more sound people
> are actually checking the rooms with noise generators and spectrum
> analyzers in order to set up proper EQing.
I don't have a clue what they do with regards to sound set up, but I assume
that when sound rigs are as big and complicated as they are, that you can't
just throw them in a room and let them go...
quoted 5 lines I've been to a rave with a full 20k sound rig in a fairly samll room,> >I've been to a rave with a full 20k sound rig in a fairly samll room,
> >that managed to move my insides around like nothing else (literally)
> >for the 10 hours I was there. Am I deaf even slightly? No.
>
> not now you're not but just you wait, pal. how old are you anyway?
20. Been having loud music played at me since 17.
quoted 2 lines i go out every week. i take care of my hearing. as a musician,> i go out every week. i take care of my hearing. as a musician,
> anything less would be total stupidity.
Very true.
quoted 1 line i have left plenty of raves because the sound was too shrill or harsh.>i have left plenty of raves because the sound was too shrill or harsh.
Can't say I've ever noticed over shrilly sound rigs, just under-bassy
ones. Oh no! Maybe I'm deaf already.
quoted 1 line i hope you get tinnitus real soon.> i hope you get tinnitus real soon.
Cheers!
quoted 2 lines it and it is no fun. when you're 30 and your ears are constantly> it and it is no fun. when you're 30 and your ears are constantly
> ringing, think of me, OK?
We'll see won't we. Some how I don't think I'll still be going to the same
clubs at 30.
I suspect that by far the biggest threat to my hearing is from my hifi at
home, to which I listen for long periods at reasonably high volumes. I
guess this must be similar to the threat posed by Walkmans (which I don't
use incidently ('cos I've got nothing to copy onto tape with, not for any
'health' reasons)).
Now this is a problem I'm really worried about. *I* want to be able to
listen to Ambient Works XXIV, straight off the chip, whilst looking at the
groovy artwork on it's multimedia interactive cover and admiring the holo
of RDJ performing, still hidden behind aload of keyboards and an antique
ST and monitor.
greg
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