My ears were not ringing after a loud night in a club... D..

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Hey,

I experienced something really unusual the other evening and was
wondering what you pro guys thought about it. I went to the opening of
a new club in Toronto, and spent about 5 hours there. The music was
pumping really loud, about average for a club I'd say. When I got home
that night, my ears were not ringing whatsoever. Usually after a loud
night at a club, as soon as I lay down in bed I can hear the ringing
from the loud music.

I noticed that they had an unusual sound-system, for a club. All of the
speakers were from Bang & Olufsen, mounted all the way around the room
on the walls. And a nice B&O sub in the corner on the floor. Is there
something special about their speakers that makes them easier on the
ears?

Just curious and was wondering what others thought on this topic.

Chucky

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Peter Larsen wrote:

> lucky chucky wrote:
>
> > Hey,
>
> > I experienced something really unusual the other evening and was
> > wondering what you pro guys thought about it. I went to the opening of
> > a new club in Toronto, and spent about 5 hours there. The music was
> > pumping really loud, about average for a club I'd say. When I got home
> > that night, my ears were not ringing whatsoever. Usually after a loud
> > night at a club, as soon as I lay down in bed I can hear the ringing
> > from the loud music.
>
> > I noticed that they had an unusual sound-system, for a club. All of the
> > speakers were from Bang & Olufsen, mounted all the way around the room
> > on the walls. And a nice B&O sub in the corner on the floor. Is there
> > something special about their speakers that makes them easier on the
> > ears?
>
> Linearity in frequency and time domains.
>
> > Just curious and was wondering what others thought on this topic.
> >
> > Chucky

Cumulative hearing damage.

--Dale

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i have to agree - you should be VERY concerned about the fact that you don't
have ringing now. It means that that part of your hearing is now gone. Go
get a hearing test and see what kind of damage you've done.


"will" <wpmusic@sio.midco.net> wrote in message
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> It's because you are now deaf. Read my lips - YOU ARE NOW DEAF!
>

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"David Morgan (MAMS)" wrote:

> "lucky chucky" <chuck_west@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1125682459.768490.307030@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
> > I noticed that they had an unusual sound-system, for a club. All of the
> > speakers were from Bang & Olufsen, mounted all the way around the room
> > on the walls. And a nice B&O sub in the corner on the floor. Is there
> > something special about their speakers that makes them easier on the
> > ears?
>
> Perhaps we were dealing with the simplicity of merely moving more air
> and using a great deal less actual power and volume. (?) If there were
> a really large number of speakers properly aligned (as Peter mentioned)
> the system may have actually been idling at a much lower power level.
> By the same token, we'll assume that there was also some serious
> treatment applied to the room... yes?

With a multi-speaker setup maybe the sound is simply better distributed so avoiding the 'hot spots' that'll end up causing
the ringing ?

Graham

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Sean Conolly wrote:

> I take it you don't have tinitus? I can assure you that the ringing never
> stops, and never will even if I go stone cold deaf.

*That* I didn't know. Yikes!

Are these young gangsters with the woofers that shake an
apartement building from a block away killing all of their
hair cells or is the damaged region frequency dependant?

How rapidly can they be expected to lose whatever they're
going to lose with a couple of hours a day spent that way?


Bob
--

"Things should be described as simply as possible, but no
simpler."

A. Einstein

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Sean Conolly wrote:

> "Iain Fraser" <strawstud@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
> news:Nz1Se.171353$5N3.18224@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> > i have to agree - you should be VERY concerned about the fact that you
> don't
> > have ringing now. It means that that part of your hearing is now gone.
> Go
> > get a hearing test and see what kind of damage you've done.
>
> I take it you don't have tinitus? I can assure you that the ringing never
> stops, and never will even if I go stone cold deaf.
>
> Sean

Tinitis is only one symptom of hearing damage. Temporary after a
loud noise exposure is normal, and a sign that your nerves have been
damaged. They may heal up, if you leave them quiet for a while to
rest. But if you go back to the club the next night, and the next, and
the next, they will eventually die.
A good analogy is a patch of grass. Walking on it leaves a set of
foot prints that spring back after a little while. Walking on the same
path in the grass every day several times a day will eventually leave
a path in the grass where it has been beaten down and will take
extensive treatment before it grows back. Running over it with one
of those giant mudder pickup trucks at high speed just rips the
grass up leaving nothing but a muddy rut.

--Dale

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Bob Cain wrote:
>> I take it you don't have tinitus? I can assure you that the ringing never
>> stops, and never will even if I go stone cold deaf.

Just developed it myself, this past year. At a low level, luckily, so I
can live with it, but... Grump!

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"lucky chucky" <chuck_west@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hey,
>
> I experienced something really unusual the other evening and was
> wondering what you pro guys thought about it. I went to the opening of
> a new club in Toronto, and spent about 5 hours there. The music was
> pumping really loud, about average for a club I'd say. When I got home
> that night, my ears were not ringing whatsoever. Usually after a loud
> night at a club, as soon as I lay down in bed I can hear the ringing
> from the loud music.

You are finally totally deaf at those frequencies.

geoff