Bass and Hearing Damage

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

bass notes are more likely to make you shit your pants before causing hearing damage.

 

[subzero 5,000+ posts]

Out of curiosity... and due a annoying girlfriend... (your going to damage your ears.. blah blah).. What are your guys opinions? I think it probably does damage, but not to the extent that higher frequencies do.. What do you think?

Tis is true, HOWEVER... the high freq notes hurt your ears more.

 

[ArcFault 10+ year member]

experience? are u deaf now or something?

No, I am.. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[528hz 10+ year member]

the difference between a tweeter and a subwoofer? nothing, they still move air to make noise...

I'm almost ashamed that a person of your caliber posted this. It is INCORRECT.

Higher frequencies cause far more damage and increase hearing loss as opposed to bass, "air" frequencies.

Higher frequencies from tweeters "break off" the tiny hair folicles in your ear drum increasing the rate for hearing problems. Hence higher frequencies pierce you more.

Bass from subwoofers over time (I at times experience it with the occaisional ringing) can cause damage, but no where near as fast as tweeters do. Bass waves do exactly that to the hair folicles in your ear, they wave; they make them move as though it were a sine wave on a graph or flag flopping in the wind.

 

[billjones42 10+ year member]

High volume music doesn't cause any damage whatsoever. It's a myth, like global warming or the holocost.

Ok, maybe that went a bit too far lol.

 

[cotjones 10+ year member]

the difference between a tweeter and a subwoofer? nothing, they still move air to make noise...

Not realy. Remember that your eardrum vibrates at the same rate as an incoming soundwave. Well if you think to sub mechanics, there are different cone velocities depending on the frequency and magnitude of the wave.

Think of it in cycles a sub is moving 140db's at 50 cycles per second. A tweeter is more commonly delivering that volume at 20,000 cycles per second. The higher velocity of your eardum with the increased frequency makes tearing more probable. Think of it like this, If you had a 6 foot long stick made from taping toilet paper rolls together, you could wave it back and forward slowly just fine, but the faster you wave it, the more likely it is to break, even if you drastically decrease the magnitude (the distance you wave it.)

 

[hornedfrog1985 5,000+ posts]

Everyone shut up!

Sir cotjones has arrived to un-ignorize us on the topic of hearing, and how the ear interprets sound. He has good copy/paste skills.

 

[cotjones 10+ year member]

Everyone shut up!
Sir cotjones has arrived to un-ignorize us on the topic of hearing, and how the ear interprets sound. He has good copy/paste skills.

Find that statement anywhere else and I will post pics of me breaking my ribs and ******* my own pen while giving a reach-around to a midget dressed like yoda.

You may hate to admit it, but I do know some stuff.

If i'm an ******* by being the first one to give a halfway accurate answer in the last 2 pages of this thread, sue me, ***.

 

[hornedfrog1985 5,000+ posts]

I honestly can only stand to read about 1/4 of your posts at any given time. I start reading, and my brain just shuts off.

 

[cotjones 10+ year member]

I honestly can only stand to read about 1/4 of your posts at any given time. I start reading, and my brain just shuts off.

cool. bye!

 

[hornedfrog1985 5,000+ posts]

I read the entire thing that time.

 

[cotjones 10+ year member]

I read the entire thing that time.

2 word statements are more on your level?

 

[hornedfrog1985 5,000+ posts]

you wanna fight pal? I'm like 7 feet tall.

 

[cotjones 10+ year member]

you wanna fight pal? I'm like 7 feet tall.

hmmmmm

 

[PioneerSPL1990 10+ year member]

Not realy. Remember that your eardrum vibrates at the same rate as an incoming soundwave. Well if you think to sub mechanics, there are different cone velocities depending on the frequency and magnitude of the wave.
Think of it in cycles a sub is moving 140db's at 50 cycles per second. A tweeter is more commonly delivering that volume at 20,000 cycles per second. The higher velocity of your eardum with the increased frequency makes tearing more probable. Think of it like this, If you had a 6 foot long stick made from taping toilet paper rolls together, you could wave it back and forward slowly just fine, but the faster you wave it, the more likely it is to break, even if you drastically decrease the magnitude (the distance you wave it.)

THIS^

Find that statement anywhere else and I will post pics of me breaking my ribs and ******* my own pen while giving a reach-around to a midget dressed like yoda.
You may hate to admit it, but I do know some stuff.

If i'm an ******* by being the first one to give a halfway accurate answer in the last 2 pages of this thread, sue me, ***.

i LOL'd

I honestly can only stand to read about 1/4 of your posts at any given time. I start reading, and my brain just shuts off.

***! post whoring ***!