by High Society » Thu Jul 30, 2015 7:12 pm
Starting from the age of 16, all the way to 24 I listened to loud music. Around the age of 19 to 21 was my peak of being an audiohead. Starting with my very first system, two 10" MA Audios powered by a Baja amp. Ending with one 10" Kappa Perfect. My audio era included four 12's (two Type R's and two W6's) in the trunk of a Delta88 to 4 RE 8's in a single cab S10. My loudest system being two 15" Eclipse TI's in a big ported box built by "Ryan from Ohio" powered by a big ARC Audio amp and then switching to a higher ouput US Amps. At 24(my last year of subs) I began to suffer from mild headaches while listening to music. The louder the music (bass) the worse my headache. I got to the point of turning the sub outputs off in the menu of my head unit just to be able to enjoy the music I was listening to. That's when I knew I had to sell my audio equipment. At one point I went to a competition and mic'd a 140db with the windows up. Another mic with the windows down got me at 143db. This was with only one 15" hooked up.
To put that in perspective a jet airplane at 25 meters is 150db. At the carrier deck is 140db. I was as loud as a jet driving around. I was young and hip and wanted the baddest system in town to be able to beat out friends and the other dudes around. Back to my headaches. Even using the EQ to set my bass levels low so my subwoofer wouldn't be too loud I still would get a throbbing headache. However, if I turned the subs off, the throbbing would decrease and eventually go away by the time I reached my destination. Around the same period I started to notice a slight ringing in my ears. It began on the left side of my ear drum and has now proceeded to my right ear. The high pitch ringing is actually louder in my left ear and a bit muffled on my right. The reason? I hear better with my left ear. I now need to turn my left ear towards a speaker because my right ear muffles voices. I have become fluent in American Sign language just in case :) I'm now 28 and have hearing lose. I just want the younger folks to know, listening to your music extremely loud will have long term negative affects. Turn down the music in your car and on your head phones. Take time to balance out your system and work on a strictly SQ setup. A setup that will emit every beautiful sound without causing harmful effects later in life. I'm now running a JVC deck on stock speakers with no bass. Take my advice, hearing is very important to us. You will some day want to hear your child's voice.
Starting from the age of 16, all the way to 24 I listened to loud music. Around the age of 19 to 21 was my peak of being an audiohead. Starting with my very first system, two 10" MA Audios powered by a Baja amp. Ending with one 10" Kappa Perfect. My audio era included four 12's (two Type R's and two W6's) in the trunk of a Delta88 to 4 RE 8's in a single cab S10. My loudest system being two 15" Eclipse TI's in a big ported box built by "Ryan from Ohio" powered by a big ARC Audio amp and then switching to a higher ouput US Amps. At 24(my last year of subs) I began to suffer from mild headaches while listening to music. The louder the music (bass) the worse my headache. I got to the point of turning the sub outputs off in the menu of my head unit just to be able to enjoy the music I was listening to. That's when I knew I had to sell my audio equipment. At one point I went to a competition and mic'd a 140db with the windows up. Another mic with the windows down got me at 143db. This was with only one 15" hooked up.
To put that in perspective a jet airplane at 25 meters is 150db. At the carrier deck is 140db. I was as loud as a jet driving around. I was young and hip and wanted the baddest system in town to be able to beat out friends and the other dudes around. Back to my headaches. Even using the EQ to set my bass levels low so my subwoofer wouldn't be too loud I still would get a throbbing headache. However, if I turned the subs off, the throbbing would decrease and eventually go away by the time I reached my destination. Around the same period I started to notice a slight ringing in my ears. It began on the left side of my ear drum and has now proceeded to my right ear. The high pitch ringing is actually louder in my left ear and a bit muffled on my right. The reason? I hear better with my left ear. I now need to turn my left ear towards a speaker because my right ear muffles voices. I have become fluent in American Sign language just in case :) I'm now 28 and have hearing lose. I just want the younger folks to know, listening to your music extremely loud will have long term negative affects. Turn down the music in your car and on your head phones. Take time to balance out your system and work on a strictly SQ setup. A setup that will emit every beautiful sound without causing harmful effects later in life. I'm now running a JVC deck on stock speakers with no bass. Take my advice, hearing is very important to us. You will some day want to hear your child's voice.