probably a bad question...

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

i know i know this question probably wont be answered but if you could i would like to know?

for the AVERAGE listener...someone with your every day run of the mill ear sensitivity...AROUND what decibel range in a car application would cause discomfort/ and or pain.

I ask because i have yet to get metered but with gains set a little below what they could be...there are certain songs (E 40's = u and dat for some reason) that cause moderate to severe pain where listening beyond a few seconds seems impossible.

I know its a broad question but around what DB rating would the average person feel discomfort?

thanks guys

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[pitbull12888]

shop class said people start going deaf at 90 deebeez , thats all i know //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[Beat_Dominator 5,000+ posts]

I'll guess ~95-100dB.

 

[Lil_KB 10+ year member]

i've sat in a 153.5 legal, and it wasn't "comfortable". higher frequencies hurt worse though. my single 15" BTL or single 15" Mojo never really got to me even after like 5 minutes straight listening...didn't get those metered but they were pretty loud.

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

i feel like 90-100 seems so low

 

[dinty01 10+ year member]

hehe come sit in my van, its doing around a 161ish, somewhere around there, only 4 18's with about 27000 watts going to them(and no that isnt a typo) //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[ravendarat 10+ year member]

If we are talking spl, my experience is that anything over 140 causes discomfort but if your listening at that level for a daily driver than your gonna rate slightly below a coke bottle cap on the inteligence scale

 

[Mr Bojangles 10+ year member]

probably around 144 is when it stats stinging your ear a little

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

alright 140's seems right...as you can see its an 18" Fi Q on 1000 watts...gains set just around where they should be...and with U and Dat playing with volume high its painful like cover your ears to everyone....

and dinty i would love to sit in your van...where in PA are you

 

[j3bus2k3 5,000+ posts]

152 was hurtin me pretty good...and I'm 40% deaf in my left ear...

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

i doubt im hitting a 152 haha..dinty where u at

 

[dinty01 10+ year member]

hey im about an hour north of philly, we gotta get together with Tom and get a date together and we can all get together, it got too cold around here to stand outside and chat about car audio haha, maybe sometime closer to spring

 

[andar 10+ year member]

I sat in 142 on music and it seemed ok at the time, but I had a headache for about 2 hrs after.

andar

 

[T3mpest 10+ year member]

Most hearing damage isnt' caused by pain. That's why hearing damage is so prevalent. Everyone thinks "oh my hearings fine, I've never had it loud enough to hurt me, it just tickles a bit". Doing that on a daily basis however wears down your hearing, slowly, so you don't notice it until you've lost quite a lot. Anyway, most scales that say 100db's causes hearing damage is referring to sounds at 1-3k, not 60hz. 130-140db's of bass is about equivalent.

 

[oxygen65]

how many db's does it usually take to feel the pressure in ur ears?

and does it make a diffrence what your box is tuned to

say you have 2 of the same subs and 1 is in a box tuned to 30Hz and the other 45Hz is the higher tuned box going to make you feel it in ur ears more?