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Originally Posted by gainreduction  Many teenagers interviewed in recent market research say that they can't listen to new music for long. "It hurts my ears" they say. Try listening to a new release loud on an iPod with the small crappy in-ears and you see what they mean.
I'm not saying records should be super quiet but if we could just let those last 1-2 dB's breathe and we're better off. I think 10 years ago was good regarding levels. Loud but not raped. |
I'm not a teenager, but I do listen to music and I agree. I stopped watching any form of television at all for that exact reason...my ears hurt. even at low volumes, the news sounds like thrash metal!
whats wierd is that a good DVD still has dynamic range, I always have to turn it up... I wonder if this is because the production crew actually noticed that the movies hurt your ears after a while and people would want to leave?
I agree. Loud not raped. I liked loud when it was Alice and Chains, Tool, Soundgarden etc, and that stuff isn't even considered loud anymore....even Meshuggah has dynamic range compared to some other bands out there, and really, your grandparents would have you exorcised instead of just telling you to turn it down if they heard you listening to the white noise we listen to today... then again, they used to listen to RF noise that was just as loud in order to hear a voice on the radio lol.