YTSEJAM Digest 6604 Today's Topics: 1) RE: ear ringing by Brian Hansen 2) Re: ear ringing by "Dr. Mosh" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 13:59:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Hansen To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: RE: ear ringing Message-ID: > Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 17:06:30 -0400 > From: "Dan Costello" > Subject: RE: ear ringing plugs ? > > Why do the sound engineers insist upon blasting the > music to such level that > earplugs are required? IMO, the best-sounding > concerts I've been to are the > ones that HAVEN'T required earplugs. There are a > couple reasons for this. > Aside from the obvious pain of loud volumes, audio > fidelity decreases as the > PA is pushed to its limits. That is the eternal question. Why do they crank it up to ear bleeding level and so much distortion you can't tell what song they are playing? Maybe someone out there knows? Maybe they want it so distorted that the mistakes can't be heard... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 10:17:25 -0700 From: "Dr. Mosh" To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: ear ringing Message-ID: 0. Brian Hansen farted: > > > Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 17:06:30 -0400 > > From: "Dan Costello" > > Subject: RE: ear ringing > plugs ? > > > > Why do the sound engineers insist upon blasting the > > music to such level that > > earplugs are required? IMO, the best-sounding > > concerts I've been to are the > > ones that HAVEN'T required earplugs. There are a > > couple reasons for this. > > Aside from the obvious pain of loud volumes, audio > > fidelity decreases as the > > PA is pushed to its limits. > > That is the eternal question. Why do they crank it up > to ear bleeding level and so much distortion you can't > tell what song they are playing? Maybe someone out > there knows? > > Maybe they want it so distorted that the mistakes > can't be heard... Well, all truth be told, most sound engineers are deaf. A lot of them have been in the industry so long they themselves can't hear to begin with. -The Doc -- -------------- http://www.zeromemory.com - metal for your ears. ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 6604 ************************** === Contributions to ytsejam: ytsejam@torchsong.com === === Send requests to: ytsejam-request@torchsong.com === === More information at: http://www.dreamt.org/local/ytsejam.php === === Brought by the ghost of ytsejam@arastar.coms past === === Reach the owner of this list at: ytsejam-owner@torchsong.com ===