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i now have a pair of my shooting ear muffs haningin from my mirror. lol not only is it good for your ears but it looks sweet 2!

Im in the same boat as smoker...

Ive done had my fair share of overly loud systems and being in cars that were enough to cause pain in my ears.

Now that Im older AND smarter when and if I ever do get another "Large" system I will carry ear protection.

According to my hearing tests I have very good hearing. Knowing myself better than a test, I can tell you if there is ambient noise and your trying to tell me something; Im just NOT going to hear you...

Im sure Bill noticed this in Celeveland...

If your tuning a box and right back there with it put some ear plugs in...

THe soft ear plugs are good for around 30dB noise reduction.

Here is some facts and figures bu OSHA:

Hours of duration/ Sound Level dBA slow response
8/90
6/92
4/95
3/97
2/100
1 1/2 / 102
1/105
1/2 / 110
1/4 or less/ 115

These are requirements for workplaces... They are set up to save hearing- doesnt mean your hearing will be damaged for sure. But is it really worth the risk?

It honestly gets annoying after a while

What kinda man are you? You wanna make them ears bleed, show them whos boss

sinister audio wrote:i listen to my system pretty loud sometimes but you have to do it in moderation. its nice to bump once in a while but id rather be able to enjoy the SQ of a system

Exactly. Bass frequencies aren't terribly hard on your ears if listened to in moderation. I play my music loud several times a day, but rarely ever play a full song very loudly. It honestly gets annoying after a while, but every once in a while I love to blast it. Extremely loud highs will have a much worse effect on your ears than lower bass frequencies.

Once when I was a lil chillen, I was playing football with my friends, and my friends accidentally ripped my head off my body, and it was lying in the mud. And my body was running around tackling shit like a zombie on crack. When the doctors reattached my head, the doctor told me I have dain bramage.

ummmm....what was the question again?

High Society wrote:Killing brain cells vs deaf, which would you choose.

Brain cells, hands down

Only those around you will notice the change when you lose brain cells, but you are aware when you go deaf.

my right eardrum ruptured for the third time in my life last night. talk about ringing. i didn't go to any classes today. and i can't fly for a week or so.

happend once last year, and once when i was a kid.

Yeah I have a constant ringing (pretty slight), but my hearing is still really good. Considering I have been doing installs for quiet a while, grew up working construction, and now I work around jet engines. Even the generator we use has a T 38 (F5) motor in it.

I get my hearing tested annually, and it actually got a little better over the last few years. I guess that double hearing protection pays off.

well after almost 20 years of car audio i have difficulty hearing people if there is any background noise at all........

i listen to my system pretty loud sometimes but you have to do it in moderation. its nice to bump once in a while but id rather be able to enjoy the SQ of a system