>pay $25+ to see band live >wear earplugs

Have fun with hearing loss.

>>61879531
op your that 16 year old insecure loser who doesn't want to do anything out of the ordinary for fear of attracting unnecessary attention but you desperately want all the attention. have fun with hearing loss

Why damage your hearing just to hear music that isn't as good as the studio recording?

>>61879567
>>61879612
>>61879658

>implying standing in the middle of the crowd damages your hearing
>depriving yourself of the full experience
>getting tinnitus after one concert
scrubs

>>61879612
not op but wtf? do people actually wear earplugs to prevent hearing loss?

why the fuck are you watching live music? the point is to have loud music blasted in your face while your tripping

>>61879531
Did that for years, definitely regret it now.
Death grips fucked my hearing for about 4 days because I forgot earplugs.

>>61879741
DUDE WEED LMAO

>>61879741
ahhh yeee bro, u peaking? im peaking! wait 4 tha drop, siiiiick

>>61879714
Considering the fact that I would likely become deeply depressed if I DID develop tinnitus, or even go deaf, I'm not risking it.

Again, enjoy hearing loss.

>>61879751
this desu
i dont wear earplugs normally but DG is a show i wish i did. had ringing for 2-3 days straight (luckily that was the only time that ever happened)

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>>61879612

>>61879761
>>61879777
you're an idiot

DUDE HEARING LOSS IS SO COOL LMAO
MOM TOLD ME TO WEAR A SWEATER BUT I DIDN'T I'M SUCH A REBEL

I'm seeing GY!BE in two weeks. Should I bring earplugs?

SAGE

OP if you are serious go kill yourself. Most concerts don't even sound that great, and I would rather cut out some of the upper frequencies than have tinnitus. I went to a super loud show w/o earplugs once and had BAD ringing for a few days after, that was too foreboding to repeat.

>>61879714
>one concert
you should probably go to more concerts then. and wear earplugs

>>61879815
You should bring a fucking chair.

>ITT: weak ears

>>61879815
No, if there's a band where it's worth it to not wear earplugs it's Godspeed. Very well mixed, loud but not too loud, your ears won't be ringing or anything.

Saw deafheaven like a month ago and wish I wore plugs. First concert I've felt that way for tho. Plus got rubbed by a couple edgy ugly ppl so overall a bad experience maybe a 6.5/10

just get musicians ear plugs. jeez

>>61879844
It's in a concert hall

>>61879865
Alright, thanks for letting me know dude

>>61879838
you're not typically going to multiple concerts in one night

>>61879871
Dfhvn was the loudest show that I didn't mind not having earplugs for. It's very cathartic to have your ears assaulted while George screams in your face and you scream back at him.

>>61879856
Pretty fuckin much

I saw A Place To Bury Strangers without earplugs and my ears were fine by morning. You can withstand a lot more than you think, guys.

>>61879567
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>>61879658
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>>61879834
youre all the same guy, its just you wearing earplugs in the crowd like a faggot. now you come on mu because youre insecure about it.

nobody gives a shit if you wear them or not just stop being a faggot

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I don't really see why it's really that big of a deal if you wear plugs or not. It's not like it really ruins the sound by that much, or really at all.

Every concert I've ever been to, with an exceptional few, I wore plugs to. Didn't ruin the experience for me at all, still had a great time. For a good bit of the concerts, I would occasionally take out an earplug to see the difference, and all it did was make my ears ring (guess because my ears are more sensitive than others). After I would see the minor difference, I put them back in and enjoy the remainder of the concert where I notice no difference.

It's just blocking out the noise, not the music.

But if you want to be deaf when you get older and go to concerts all the time, then be my guest.

>>61879815
I saw them in September, was pretty loud.

Also be prepared to be memorized.

>>61879954
Yea I high fived him

Maybe they sound like black metal but he is the ballsy rock frontman that indie music has been waiting for

You literally cannot attend a My Bloody Valentine show in its entirety without plugs. Seriously, its so loud some people go into shock even with plugs.

lmao when you wear headphones your bitch ass prob listens to shit on like 50 volume

People who don't have tinnitus don't really understand what it is until they have it.

It will never stop.
It will never go away.
If particular frequencies outside your window aggravate it, it can wake you up.
It can *only* get worse, there is no cure.
You will never be able to hear silence ever again.

That last one is something you can't possibly understand until it happens to you. I've had tinnitus since I was ~7 years old. I used to still have memories of what silence was like, but they've gone away over the years. I don't even know what silence sounds like anymore. Is there anyone seriously willing to impart with peace forever for the briefly, slightly increased experience of damage-causing decibels in a few handfuls of concerts?

>>61879714
What about sunn o)))?

>>61879783
Hahaha holy fuck you're a pussy

I have tinnitus, faggot. I'm not depressed. It's really not that bad once you get used to the noise

>>61880089
but anon if you don't wear earplugs then op won't think you're cool

seriously, don't be a faggot

>>61880093
sunn is the only time ive felt i was on the edge of my earplugs NRR

>>61880089
See:
>>61880096

>>61879954

They are the loudest band I've ever heard, (in 2011), and they've actually gotten a lot quieter. Death Grips and Swans were both p. loud though.

>>61879976
>t's not like it really ruins the sound by that much, or really at all.
it does. it unevenly cancels out many frequencies while doing nothing to others.if it simply quieted all sound uniformly sure. wearing earplugs would be fine. but in actuallity you are missing outand getting a bad mix of sound. i feel lke only people who dont understand the physics of sound wear them.

>>61879971
Nope

>>61880096
k

>>61880169
you realize the bands have very little control of how loud they can be right? (unless its a house show where everything is brought by the artist) its the fucking venues speaker system and sound techician....

>>61879531
>implying i'm not a sound engineer / gigging musician

>>61880181
> it unevenly cancels out many frequencies while doing nothing to others.
Do you know what tinnitus is, little boy?

>>61880181
see
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>>61879658
>isn't as good as the studio recording
>implying

>>61880168
See:
>>>/v/

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>>61880378
>go on /v/
>first thread is literally about vaporwave
>mfw

What a stupid fucking thread. As mentioned above, you can get earplugs that simply lower the decibels that reach your eardrums and don't distort the sound. I've been to a lot of concerts and I didn't wear earplugs and my hearing is NOT as good as it used to be. It's not terribly worse, but why the fuck not just wear earplugs, jfc.

This seems like the thread to ask

Are Swans or Sunn louder? Swans always top the lists at around 140 db, but Sunn are never included because they're more obscure, and I always hear of people getting nosebleeds and shit due to the volume and frequencies at Sunn shows.
I've only seen Swans so I can't compare the two.

>no friend to go to shows with every weekend

Do you guys have a friend you go to shows with?

>>61880883
>2016
>being an extrovert

>>61880799
sunn. they bring their own PA and huge fucking PA bins

What the fuck? People do this?

>>61880911

I like to go to shows but I feel like a weirdo going by myself.

>>61880883
I always go by myself and stand next to a group of people that aren't talking much, in the hopes that people will think I'm with them.

>>61880950
shit i do this too

>>61880947

well then make friends there. chances are you're not the only one there by yourself

I brought plugs to death grips but I didn't need to end up putting them in. I was somewhere near the middle but I think my hearing, especially in my left ear, is pretty messed up anyway

>>61880181
only if you're using shitty $1 earplugs, shitlord

OP has obviously never worn earplugs at a concert

In most concerts, the high volume ones, the music sounds LOADS better through earplugs
Like fucking leaps and bounds better. You can actually hear the individual parts instead of just the mashed up blurred together sound that is dangerous levels of air pressure.

ever wonder why all the guys playing on stage are wearing hearing protection? or an iem that doubles as hearing protection? its not just so they preserve their hearing but so they can hear each other and themselves. even foam earplugs go a long way towards helping you monitor your own playing and the rest of your band

wearing simple foam earplugs is WAY cooler than being that guy with his fingers in his ears so he can hear the parts distinctly.
I'm sure anybody who's ever played drums can attest to the fact that they sound way better with earplugs in

tl;dr the plugs aren't just for hearing protection, they make loud music sound better

>at concert with my boyfriend
>spend the whole time trying to see over some really tall dude

why do people do this? you can clearly see over everyone why would you stay all the way upfront so people can't see?

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>>61880799
Sunn have some pretty sick setups
>>61881053
This is bait

>>61881053
>spend the whole time trying to see over some really tall dude

you must be dumb as shit. I would have realized in the first few seconds that you're not going to ever see over that guy

>>61881053
>why do people do this?
because tall people are soulless jerks with no empathy

>>61881094
its like the excess of the 80s never left.

>>61881053
He payed money to see the show to, and yet you think he should be relegated to the back because of his body?

If you want to be able to see, get there early and get to the front

>>61879531
>EEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>61881160

I am that tall dude.

Sometimes I stand next to another tall dude. We destroy at least 10% of the venue.

I feel a little bad, but inconveniencing subhumans is just my calling I guess.

Well concerts are shit anyways, i go only for visual pleasure

>>61879714
Maybe you don't get hearing loss seeing the wiggles live show but when you decide to grow up and listen to big person music you're gonna get fucked in the ears because most concerts are fucking loud.

So many pussies ITT

If you stand some simple music, get the fuck over it and buy some Pampers, you children.

I've been to fucking 25 concerts and I never wear fucking earplugs. Why waste money if you can't enjoy the true sound? Idiots. I bet you were the same kids to wear helmets and knee pads when you skateboarded.

>>61881783
>I've been to fucking 25 concerts
lol top kek.

other than that bad b8 m8

>going to $25 shows
>not realizing that using no ear plugs makes it sound worse
>probably standing up front and getting shit sound anyway

kek

>>61879714
>calling them concerts
>going so infrequently that you think it's no big deal (it's cumulative, 5 shows in a week is the same as 5 in a year)
>even fucking bands wear ear plugs

hell brian chippendale wears plugs AND headphones. I've seen Lightning Bolt without ear plugs bc I forgot to bring em. This was a horrible, horrible mistake.

Only retard teenagers think it makes you look "lame".

>>61879904
I go to like 4 shows a week

>>61880089
This so much. It's especially hard during the evenings when I'm trying to fall asleep, that's why I usually have a show playing in the background just to mask the noise.

I developed mine playing in a punk band when I was earlier, we practiced loud and played loud and I certainly regret not wearing earplugs then.

>>61880089
this

I've had my entire life and I've only been able to experience silence briefly by doing that "cover your ears and tap your head" bullshit. I have to have some kind of noise at all times or else all I can hear is ringing. Can't really get high ever because it becomes exponentially louder and disorienting.

>>61881783
>25 concert
Wow that's quite a lot. I've seen 35 gigs this year alone. Fuck off faggot

>>61881907
And by this year I meant last year. 2 shows only this year, 3 if you count new years

>>61880799
Sunn is both louder and lower. The combination of extreme volumes and extreme frequencies will FUCK YOU UP, to the point that I didn't even go WITH ear plugs. That shit just isn't worth it.

>>61880883
go alone don't be a sperg. if you're going to small shows you'll eventually meet people

>>61881052
As a drummer, yes they do sound better. Also as a person with tinnitus, use earplugs. Tinnitus is not fun even if you can live with it.

>>61879567
you know what, GET FUCKED
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JplCRz2JE20

Go listen to the war on drugs

>>61879567
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>>61881052
you smart

you VERY smart

Never worn headphones.

Been to hundreds of concerts over the years.

No issues thus far besides the odd ringing noise (which we all get)

Don't let these pussies scare you, op. It's all just wivestales to make kids look stupid. You won't have hearing loss from going to a concert unless you're retarded and go right up to the speaker. LOL

>>61881783
>25 CONCERTS NERDS

I go to multiple shows a week and regularly book/play them as well. You're a fucking retard.

why do they need to play music as loud as they do? it's fucking absurd. i honestly can't stand to be in a live environment because without plugs the sound mixer thinks the right levels are when your ears are blown to pieces.
live music is 4 plebs.

>>61882088
MAXIMUM VOLUME YIELDS MAXIMUM RESULTS

>>61881950
This is pretty great.

Still don't see what I would gain by hurting myself in the process though.

>>61880089
there will be silence when youre dead, who cares

>>61881980
you're agreeing with op

>>61881505
>yet you think he should be relegated to the back because of his body

Yes I do actually it's called common courtesy, don't be a asshole just to be a asshole.

>make fun of people at shows for wearing ear plugs for years
>now everyone makes fun of me for being deaf
Fuck.....

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>mfw all these tryhard faggots are going to end up with shit hearing before they even hit 40 and I'll still be able to hear everything crystal clear

>>61881783
> 25 concerts
Fucking kek

>>61879815
No. I went to GYBE in Oct and it was very tame. Everyone sitting down noise levels comfortable.

>>61882088
you gotta overpower people's senses so they can't focus on anything else

not even kidding, this is what i was told during orientation before my 3 years at the soundboard of a decently known venue in my city (reputed to have shit sound as it is)

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>>61883654
>having the ambition to live until 40

>>61879612
shut up nerd

>>61883881
this

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How about we all meet a compromise and have an earplug in ONE ear?

>>61879962
Scientific American had an article about frequency specific hearing loss. Might be an effect too. But volume varies depending on the venue, even with them. I'm bringing some ear buds when I go to see them in Copenhagen, so if it's really loud then I can fix it.

>>61884029
>having tinnnitus in one ear
that sounds just awful

What earplugs do you guys recommend?

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>>61880096
>i've damaged my sensory apparatus and i'm proud of it!

>>61881783
300 confirmed kills

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>>61880181
>Not wearinng music specific, frequency-equalized earplugs.

I only became a plugs guy after I got tinnitus at 18. Learn from my mistakes.

Also, it's not a myth that tinnitus makes you depressive.