The Fletcher/Munson Effect.

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I just got my handy meter out and turned up to a comfortable listening level where I could actually hear everything clearly...that was at 80db....with spikes up to near 85db. No, I'm not deaf by any means.

I don't know what the hell you guys are talking about with this 85db is loud stuff. I mean I wouldn't want to sit here for 8 hours straight with *constant* music coming out at this level...but I wouldn't feel uncomfortable mixing here. This is average home stereo "without pissing off the neighbors" level.

That chart did not represent "work day hours", it represented "exposure to sound level."

Get your meter out and turn up to 60-65db and you tell me you can mix at that level.

Slackmaster 2000
 
I have one of these meters at work...........Im going to take a reading of the average noise level in my store............hahah i bet its louder than 85 hahaha.......crap why am i laughing.....im there 8 hours a day......oh no.hhhaha
 
I agree, Zallen - I've been in guitar center when the local guitar gods are shredding through the floor model amps. It's an excellent argument for not planning on making it a career. I'm not sure which I would lose first - my hearing or my sanity.
 
well i got to play the bills somehow........at least till i can make something with this damn degree im striving for
 
What some of you forget is that this is highly individual. Some people can stand for loud volumes and think it is confortable. Some people can't. It must be in your genes + how much you have been exposed in the past. But if you think something is too loud, then I don't think you can get used to it without any hearing damage. AND... You can actually get permanent hearing damage even if you find the volume confortable. But I think the volume people can stand for before getting hearing damage is highly individual as well.

I don't have a dB meter myself, so I don't know what level I find confortable. But according to those tables everywhere describing different sound preassure levels, 85dB is as loud as a car horn or a heavy truck. And that is pretty loud.

/Anders
 
Slackmaster2K said:
I just got my handy meter out and turned up to a comfortable listening level where I could actually hear everything clearly...that was at 80db....with spikes up to near 85db. No, I'm not deaf by any means.

I don't know what the hell you guys are talking about with this 85db is loud stuff. I mean I wouldn't want to sit here for 8 hours straight with *constant* music coming out at this level...but I wouldn't feel uncomfortable mixing here. This is average home stereo "without pissing off the neighbors" level.

That chart did not represent "work day hours", it represented "exposure to sound level."

Get your meter out and turn up to 60-65db and you tell me you can mix at that level.

Slackmaster 2000
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Slack, I agree completely. Oh well. Different strokes for different folks.
 
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