Re: Your opinion on bad sound

On Dec 2, 9:47 am, a7yvm109gf...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
I like to go clubbing. I've noticed that sometimes the sound quality
is terrible. Distortion like clipping due to using underpowered amps.
I've also noticed that after a night out at these places I get a bad
ringing that lasts for weeks, and it's not just my regular tinnitus,
it's new tones and a weird screeching sound when I listen to everyday
loud noises.

It usually subsides after a few weeks. However, when I got to louder
techno places but with proper sound, I get ringing but it subsides
after a day or two.

I'm well aware that hearing doesn't regenerate itself and that any
extra ringing indicates the loss of more sensitive cells...

My theory is that the human ear protects itself by tightening the
eardrum or stiffening the impedance transformer at the entrance of the
canal. Is it possible that crappy sound with a low average level but
high peaks of distorsion energy actually let more sound into the ear?

I think that ultrasonic energy will damage your hearing, much like
invisible UV radiation will burn your skin. Do clipping amps generate
a lot of energy that is above 20KHz? I can't bring my equipment into
these clubs...

I'd like to start somewhere with this theory... I want clubs and bars
to have decent sound.

The ringing is ear damage - Tinitus. Bad for your ears and probably
and caused permanent damage. Clipping causes harmonics which are harsh
to the ear - in particular 3rd.
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