I am recently looking to upgrade my system to 3 power hx2's with 3000 watts going through em. I am wondering with this much bang will i cause damage to my hearing???? Anyone ever go deaf for a while? Feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Hey Akira,
I think I can answer that question for you. You see my wife is an Doctor of Audiology (someone who specializes in hearing and disorders of the ear) and she said," that you have the potential to damage your ears at any point where the sound level is above 90 dB without ear protection. If you refer to OSHA standards, it states that at levels at or above 115 dB, a person is only supposed to spend 15 minutes or less in that environment....with ear protection!!! Please protect your ears...use both plugs and muffs. And if you can, visit your local audiologist and have custom plugs that can attenuate the sound level without distorting sound quality. "
Now you know how it feels to live with the enemy( just kidding). But my advise to you is to turn it down and enjoy the music, or else you can bump it up all day and night long and by the time you're 40 you'll have a permanent hearing loss, which can lead to deafness.
Hope that helps
Pervy
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live & die 4 tha luv of BASS!!!!
Pervy is right about the levels above 90 db for a period of time WILL have bad affects on your ears. Just to add to what Pervy stated, high frequencies from the 4 khz - 500 hz range will damage the ear the most ( high notes and vocals ) while the lower frequencies will take longer to induce hearing loss, but the same affects will result in the end... irreversable hearing loss.
Becareful and listen to your ears........ turn it down before it hurts.
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Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA
Hey Akira,
Don't do like me! I've been working in car audio for 24 years now (remember 8 tracks?) and now I'm starting to pay for it with distorted hearing in my right ear when the level is over 95 DB. It's a pain in the butt because I still like to feel the music but I can't tolerate it like I used to. Also I've lost some ability to hear highs which means I can't give 100% when testing sound Q. In your inner ear are hairs that are sensitive to whispers which usually bend like tall grass but if they're exposed to a sudden blast, they break and the damage is PERMANENT, meaning that you lose the ability to "fine tune" your system or hear people when they talk behind your back (also a pain).
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Prepare your future. It wasn't the lack of stones that killed the stone age.
As you said, "with th[a]t much bang" you shouldn't damage your ears at all. You'll certaintly have the ability too, though. Just use caution on the volume knob. There is absolutely no reason to ever turn a system that big up until it hurts your ears. Just keep it sane when you're just driving, and turn it up when you're competing.
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/NyxBass
Another thing to remember is that you could also get tinnitus, a condition where you "hear" sounds that aren't actually there. Like when Vietnam vets would come home and here machine gun fire in their heads nonstop, you could also "hear" bass - laying in bed, or in the shower, etc. - places without where your system isn't.
Dave
CT Mobile Media
In response to Ct moblie media, it sounds like a legal drug if ya ask me(damn i love bass). The same effects off illegal drugs, hearing things that arent there, sounds fun to me!<h1>
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