Comment Do What DJs REFUSE TO DO - Use A Sound Meter (Score -1) 405
DJs and folks running sound boards at concerts REFUSE to use a sound level meter to set the sound level. The latter dullards are causing hearing loss for everyone at any concert. Anything above 85 decibels creates a permanent hearing loss! The higher the decibel level the shorter the time it takes to destroy the cells that lets us hear. At 85 decibels - it's "safe" to listen for 8 hours per day. At 94 decibels - you start suffering a permanent hearing loss after ONE hour per day. At 104 decibels you start suffering a permanent hearing loss after 7.5 MINUTES per day!
It's real simple to avoid hearing loss on an iPod. Calibrate the sound level produced at different settings - using a SOUND LEVEL METER.
Make a tube of cardboard an inch long to fit around the earbud - and then plug the earbud in one end and the meter in the other end. A maximum setting on an iPod produces 104 decibels! Which means that you suffer some permanent hearing loss after 7.5 minutes each and every day!! A three quarter setting on an iPod produces 94 decibels - which means you suffer some hearing loss after ONE HOUR per day.
By the way - there is not one music venue in North America that is properly set up to avoid hearing loss. Here's how it would look if venues were not run by dullards:
http://visualdullard.com/Site/Good_Salsa_Sound_Versus_Hearing_Loss.html