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Slightly off-topic Handsompod, I HATE it when sound techs position the subwoofers on the floor under the stage front. We have to switch out the guy in the middle of the barricade every two songs, because you can actually feel that sh*t moving your organs!

this would kill me. my quiet alarm clock alone does the trick, better than it should.

They say background noise is the best "cure" for it in your case, quiet music or a TV in another room, anything to avoid *actual* silence.

I agree with you on the hearing degeneration too. I was in a metal band for years and did a lot of sound engineering after that. I get tinitus very easily even from strip lights now. It's horrible. Strange how your ears can create their own enharmonic resonations from low level noise, it drives me mad.

Not the same at all, that's STEREO - two completely different soundtracks mixed by your brain to produce a 3D aural image. Two speakers both at 140db, you can turn either of them off and you won't even notice, if they are outputting EXACTLY the same sound. Of course in the real world they don't, there are minor differences in tone so you get a slight increase in frequencies heard, but not in volume.

A lot of ppl think they hear perfectly when they don't, hearing loss isn't an "all or nothing" thing, its about frequencies. You have "hairs", tall thin and very fragile for high frequencies, short thick and built like a tank low frequency ones, and every size in between. Hit them with enough air vibration force and they break - and never grow again. So a helluva lot of people hear drums, bass, etc, but miss out on the higher notes and vocals. Just a quick layman's explanation.