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Playing music too loud?

Just wondered, how often does everyone listen to their mp3s each day? and how loud do you have it?

I have mine pretty loud and i think ive damaged my ears due to the buzzing i sometimes get.

Reply 1

Misogynist

18

Hmm, my brother listens to his metal stuff on his 9000W dual speaker thingy at full volume everyday for an hour or more but nothings happened to his hearing so far.

Metal is for freaks.

OP

Ryan

Metal is for freaks.

lol, everyone has different tastes :smile:

Reply 4

The Canadian

11

Death metal is the way to go!! Tis the best music in the world!!

Oh, and yeah, it does affect your hearing on an MP3 player cos the music is going straight to your ears.

Reply 5

hhhhhhhhhhppppp

2

i listen to my ipod on full full volume and now I am noticably more deaf than I was a few months ago. Awful...

Reply 6

notsoperfect

1

yeah, i'm really quite deaf and i listen to my ipod at full volume... i really think i'm more deaf than i used to be :s-smilie:

Reply 7

milesmartin

OP

notsoperfect

yeah, i'm really quite deaf and i listen to my ipod at full volume... i really think i'm more deaf than i used to be :s-smilie:

You only have one set of ears...but you also only have one life! Why not enjoy it whilst we can!!!

Reply 8

The Canadian

11

I listen to my Creative Zen at 16 or 17 out of 25 and I have no hearing problems :biggrin:

Reply 9

digitalparadox

1

I don't think you would witness the damage until your much older when your hearing would get worse as time goes on but then you can argue that this would happen whether you listen to music or not- its part of old age.

Reply 10

Mark S

17

Ive had my ears syrringed no end of times.

Reply 11

Dez

20

I listen to quite a bit of music, on my portable player it's generally around 10-15 (7 in the library) out of 40, and about 1/3 volume on my home speakers. It's never damaged my hearing, in fact, I can hear better than most.

Reply 12

Mark S

17

When i first got my ipod full volume was extremely loud and i loved it. Now i can barely hear it full volume. My ears were full of wax then i travlled by place to russia and my ears didnt pop, which didnt help as my ears were full of wax and there's now a load the other side of my drum.

Reply 13

lucho22

13

Ryan

Metal is for freaks.

oi!! - grr i hate such small-minded sentiment!....anyhoo...yeh I play my ipod loud all day on my super-powerful senheisser headphones and i'm noticibly more deaf than before...music just sounds better loud...and I like my music :p:

Reply 14

Spiral Architect

1

Ryan

Emo is for freaks.

I quite agree.

Reply 15

Dj Nastie

Godsize

Hmm, my brother listens to his metal stuff on his 9000W dual speaker thingy at full volume everyday for an hour or more but nothings happened to his hearing so far.

9000w? yea ok m8 =/ do you know how loud that is?

my ears are pretty ****ed.

Reply 16

Infinity_Kev

I guess the best way to listen to our hxc music is on speakers rather than headphones.

Reply 17

space_aura

1

i have listened to my mp3 player for roughly 2hrs every day for the past 5 years and i have had no problems.
i just havnt had it on full blast though.
know your limits!

Reply 18

=nuke=

11

My mp3 player's always so much quieter than anyone else's. When I was young I'd have my tape player really loud, and I'd get annoyed with the ringing in my ears afterwards, so I started turning it down gradually. Now I'm used to listening to music at a low volume, and so when I turn it up a little it sounds loud to me, but quiet to everyone else. Hopefully I'll save my hearing this way. Hopefully.

When I'm listening to my music out loud, though... it has to be loud. :p:

Reply 19

TomaDamons

I used to play my iPod on full volume with apples £25 set of headphones and when comparing them to the normal apple headphones, they are a lot louder. But i played it at full volume for about an hour each day till the iPod broke. Now i just listen to my pc through some headphones at full blast for about 3 hours each day which makes my ears ring afterwards. I also have a PSP and its so annoyingly quiet, but i blame the headphones and some new ones that are much better are coming tomorrow :smile:

as the apple ones broke :redface:

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