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[huberoy123 10+ year member]

Just wondering how many of you with high powered setups regularly play them at a level that rattle the windows or seats?? I have a mid-level setup and when I turn it up to midlevel volume, I worry about it negatively affecting my hearing.

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[Popwarhomie 5,000+ posts]

Just wondering how many of you with high powered setups regularly play them at a level that rattle the windows or seats?? I have a mid-level setup and when I turn it up to midlevel volume, I worry about it negatively affecting my hearing.

My last job would do annual hearing test and I never saw a decrease in my hearing.

 

[djdilliodon!]

My job does annual hearing tests, I’ve lost some hearing. I play mine at normal volume most of the time cause when I really turn it up, it hurts. I’ve had many tap out or just straight cover their ears when letting them listen .

 

[HardofWhoring]

I do almost every time if it's more than a 10 minute drive. THE WAY IT FEELS TO ME: Is that the problem is the change in volume not the max volume. I start it off low, just like you let your engine warm up. When my ears are warmed up then we can get on it. I always play the first song about 1/3rd, just low volume, and then if I feel like I want to turn it up I slowly will, (I just always do). For my ears it doesn't feel like it's the max volume, it's the shock of the sudden max volume.

 

[Doxquzme Premium Member]

I gots the power, AND I have brains. I can make things uncomfortable but why? I like that everything I put into my system (roughly 3500 watts) is there so that I can fully enjoy it at 250 without a care in the world. Then when I pull up to that dude at an intersection in his 1995 4 door Ford Escort beater with bubbled tint, the rear seat removed and the windows down in the middle of winter when it's 25 degrees outside, I can roll my windows down (electronically) and blast the $hit out of the farts eminiating from his Pyramid Gold infused Pyle 15's before he can manually roll his windows back up!

 

[some dude]

I like to feel my music.
Once I start turning it up 50%, 60% volume is can hear things rattling and it totally distracts me from enjoying the music. If I turn it up just a little more after things start to rattle, my ears start to hurt.
So, I put earplugs in.
As I turn it up to 70%, 80% with earplugs in, the music sounds clear, I hear no rattling, and I feel the bass really well.
So, when I want to jam, earplugs are great.

 

[dragon.breath 10+ year member]

Honestly, there are times when I go for weeks without ever going above 50% volume. But I also am running 800 watts rms to pro audio mids and highs. My 50% volume is probably louder than full volume was when I ran regular coaxial speakers on a 200 watt amp.

 

[1aespinoza 10+ year member]

Just wondering how many of you with high powered setups regularly play them at a level that rattle the windows or seats?? I have a mid-level setup and when I turn it up to midlevel volume, I worry about it negatively affecting my hearing.

With you 100%. I do not wish to have hearing issues as some of my customers do. I grew up in the 80s so Power Ballads are among my favorites but those guitar solos are brutal to the ears.

 

[spokey9]

Your ears will tell you...if it hurts your ears or makes you uncomfortable turn it down.

I almost always run with my volume at 25...I adjust the sub level far more than the volume. Some days I want to feel my scalp vibrate other days I just want a little bit of bass

 

[SlugButter]

Ringing ears is a tell tale sign of hearing damage. My ears ring if I run big equipment like a tractor or processor all day for example. That’s causing damage for sure. My ears don’t normally ring after playing my system. It’s usually the midrange and highs that cause most of the damage. Higher frequencies carry more energy. A 150 DB subwoofer isnt nearly as damaging as a 150 DB tweeter would be. I’m hitting around 143 DB from the sub while playing music full tilt depending on the song and my ears don’t ring after 20-30 minutes. I think a lot of people are drowning out the highs and mids with bass and harming their ears with high DB music up front. With the system I have now, I was worried about hurting my ears, so I played without the sub and played very loud with my fronts for a day to gauge what volume the front speakers would be too loud at.

 

[winkychevelle 10+ year member]

I keep mine loud enough I can't hear anything from the outside. In the evening it's slightly louder for whatever reason after wearing earplugs all day it makes the system sound 10db quieter.

 

[Oldbasshead]

I'm not running the insane setups a lot of people here are, just a modest 2300'ish watts. That said, it can get uncomfortably loud if I want it to be. Odd thing, though, I can play it full tilt and yes it'll hurt my ears on certain notes, but even then I don't feel the same level of hearing loss I did when I used to be in a band. Every night back then, my hearing would literally be halved if I wasn't wearing in-ear monitors. Most nights I wasn't.

I don't feel that same level of deafness from my system, no matter what level I'm at. Maybe I'm just weird.

 

[nauc 10+ year member]

my subs level matched, and i dont listen very loud. i have this too, and i dont play it very loud. dont want to ruin my hearing

 

[TheBigPilferer]

I like to bump, but I like to have some balance. It's not enjoyable to me to completely drown the rest out. I run 3-ways up front on 100w/channel and most of the time my bass knob stays at about 9 or 10 o'clock.

Bumping way too hard just attracts unwanted attention, whether it's from thieves or police.

 

[audiobaun 5,000+ posts]

Just wondering how many of you with high powered setups regularly play them at a level that rattle the windows or seats?? I have a mid-level setup and when I turn it up to midlevel volume, I worry about it negatively affecting my hearing.

Ill run full tilt going down the highway usually but keep things down in Town ect. My hearing is still fine after all these years.