Do you wear earplugs at shows?

>>71037854
Depends on the show

>>71037854
Usually yeah, but I wear decent ones unlike the trash in your pic

>>71037854
But those are carrots

>>71037854
Yup. Cover every orfice and then some.

>>71037854
lmao good one op
those are baby carrots

i don't go to shows because live music is inferior.

>>71037867
>>71037874
this

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>>71037854
>not wearing glow in the dark ear plugger doo's

>>71037891
Live music from your basement is inferior to studio music from your basement. Live music from the concert is superior to studio music from the basement.

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>>71037891

>>71037854
Sometimes. Depends on the band's genre, how close I am (if general admission, I'm in the front row because I'm short as fuck), how much I like the band. Sometimes I just forget to buy/bring some.

Those ear plugs are fuckin nasty tho. Get wax ear plugs.

>>71037854
No

Listening to sound above 94dBSPL for an hour will damage your hearing permanently.
Concerts can be up to 120dB throughout.
If you don't wear protection you're going to be deaf as fuck when you're older.

I saw The Body and if I hadn't had earplugs I'd be deaf right now

>>71037874
no way they're hotdogs

>>71037854
not usually. i got high quality earplugs for Swans but when i tried them it just didn't sound right so i took them out. my ears were fine no ringing or anything

>>71037864
this

im trying to get in the habit of at least bringing them for every show. i wore them when i saw swans, if i hadnt have i would have been deaf.

saw danny brown and car seat head rest and didnt bring them for either. i should have though, those were louder than i expected.

itt pussies

I haven't for the last 4 years, however after seeing a drone metal house show last year I've had slight tinnitus, got myself a pair of good musician earplugs soon after

>>71038195
are you in AZ?

>>71038248
Teach me your outer hair cell workout regime.
I want tough cochlear like you.

what are a good brand of earplugs to buy?

>>71038279
yeah, a couple years back i saw a noise house show and this one guitar improv guy fucked up my hearing for a solid month. i've been really anal retentive about my hearing ever since.

>>71038248
based tinnitusbro

>>71038317
It's always the house shows I've been to that have been the loudest, seen Swans and Boris and Dinosaur Jr but it was the smaller local ones that really fucked up my hearing

Rec me some good earplugs that don't fuck with sound quality.

Wore my etymotics for the first time at a hardcore show. I recommend it, vocals were actually easier to hear, but backup vocals sometimes seemed kind of awkward because they are typically quieter and the instruments were quieter

saw the voidz in the front row, next to the speakers. my ears rung for the rest of the week

>>71038957
When I was young I used to feel so cool for the next 2 days or so as my ears rung, realized how fucked it is now though

yeah, I got custom made ones, I use them with 9dB filters
most loud shows actually sound way better with them, everything is much clearer when the ears aren't pushed way too hard and kinda 'distort'

>>71039003
Same, in retrospect wtf was I thinking

do you wear a blindfold at the movies?

>>71039125
not the same thing, edgelord

>>71039125
if the movies were usually displayed with the brightness of 3 suns then yes, I totally would

Who would I go see? Music today sucks dick

>>71039125
False analogy, a more accurate one would be do astronomers wear eye protection looking into the sun

If my ears are fine after seeing Swans, Boris, Mono, Melvins, Dinosaur Jr., and stuff like that without earplugs, does that just mean I'm already hard of hearing?

>>71039180
LÖL

>>71039180

go to bed paul

>>71039223
Idk do you have permanent tinnitus yet?

>>71039125
If i was staring into the projector I would.
>>71039180
LE WRONG GENERATION

>>71039257

I've had tinnitus since like middle school

>>71039180
i know. it is stupid that people still go to shows. everything has already been done. i am perfectly fine sitting at home, and watching live youtube videos, with a fine glass of cognac

can't do lives/raves anymore even with ear plugs hearing damage and tinnitus

fucks me over for at least a day I aint risking anymore damage since shits going to get worse when I'm older

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>>71038024
This. Get yourself some decent concert earplugs, like pic related or something comparable. Ones like OP posted will ruin concerts for you.

>>71038248
itt people who want to Hear
How do you distinguish the ringing of your telephone from the ringing in your ears

>>71039283
>>71039557

le right generation

>>71039869
I recommend these to everyone, plus the ends are clear so they are harder to see, especially in dark light

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>>71040245
>dark light

>tfw I thought that nice music can help me sleep, but then realised earplugs is all I need

Depends who and where

Last I saw Death Grips, I forgot them and fucked my hearing for three days. That combined with a hundred other concerts before it and shooting without ear protection has given me tinnitus.

Hearing loss is cumulative, you definitely don't want to be like me. Wear plugs.

>>71038050

i saw them live too and it really was ridiculous

>>71039907
>my telephone
>ringing

>EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEee

>>71039907
>continuous 10kHz sine wave ringtone
I might actually do that, that sounds fun

>>71041052
mine is more of a low ssssssssssssssssssssss than an eeeeeeeeeeeeee, not too bad really, only noticeable when I'm trying to get to sleep or just woken up

Is it tinnitus if I can only hear ringing when there's no other sound?

>>71041168
that's pretty much the definition of tinnitus, yes

>>71041168
yes

>>71041168
welcome to the club senpai

>>71041234
>>71041236
>>71041286
but It's been like this for as long as I can remember

>>71041168
sorry mate, having tinnitus sucks

>>71037865
what do you recommend?

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who can rec a decent pair? I've definitely damaged my hearing but gotta save what I still have. Loudest shows I've been to were a raein/loma prieta house show, godspeed you black emperor and deafheaven

>>71039125
actually i wear earplugs at the movies, they are way too damn loud

>>71037854
I bring them to shows, and wear them if I have to. I have these 30db noise cancelling ones. It's great when commuting on a bus and trying to catch some Zs. Though I also wear them during rehearsal.

>>71041361
i don't even bother spending money at the cinema becuase of this reason.

>>71041350
I use these.

http://www.howardleight.com/earplugs/airsoft

>>71041168
If you haven't already, go to the ear doctor and get your ears cleaned out. May or may not be what's causing it, but it's worth a try.

Going to my first concert a little nervous but pumped it's Volbeat, a7x, and Metallica. Me and my buds bought general admission and I'm nervous after my cousin told me he ruined his hearing at a concert. Is Metallica loud as fuck these days and should I wear ear plugs?

>>71041388

thank you for reply. I will investigate

>>71041442
Probably should, but if it's your first concert there's not much to worry about really, hearing damage accumulates over time

At my tinnitus bros: it can also be caused by high blood pressure. Mine has gotten a lot less bad since I got my BP down.
Yes, you can have high BP if you're not fat.

absolutely obligatory for metal shows if you actually want to hear anything

>>71041502
but anon i got tinnitus on my first real concert
>>71041442
wear earplug, always.

>tfw perfect hearing until friends took me to rave
>now I need subtitles to watch movies on my tv

>>71039180
So how's living in le wrong generation going, lazy dumbass?

>>71037854
I don't know where to get ones, but i want to wear 'em at shows and rehearsals

>do you wear earplugs at shows?
>do you use hand sanitizer at shows
>do you wear sun screen at shows?
>do you wear a fanny pack at shows
>do you drink bottled water at shows?
>do you bring a blanket at shows?

>>71041674
what
and you're not allowed to bring bottled liquids to shows

>>71041691
you can buy bottled liquids, unless it's literally Hitler running the show

>>71041636
How am I lazy? Music is for listening, not watching.

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>>71041674
>do you wear sun screen at shows?
>he doesn't wear sun screen
nvr gonna make it

>>71041802
Not him, but man. Go out to your local open mic night. You'll have a good time.

>>71041846
I don't want to see a bunch of bearded dudes and boyish looking girls playing acoustic guitars, dulcimers, and laptops.

Should I wear earplugs when I see Deafheaven next month?

>>71038024
Why don't they just make concerts quieter?

>>71042088
yes

>>71042088

yeah

If its a smaller venue, yes

If its an outdoor show or a stadium, no.

I hear ringing when the house is quiet.

Do I have tinnitus or is that normal.

>>71042205
nigga that's your phone

>>71038248
t. david yow

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>>71039869
these for the price are based as fuck. highly recommend they cost 20 bucks and can save your hearing for life

>go to loud show
>bring earplugs
>band hits loudest point
>take earplugs out to get full effect

Every time.

>>71041827
https://youtu.be/sTJ7AzBIJoI

>>71042054
You're letting your preconceptions keep you from enjoying life. Whatever floats your boat, man.

>>71037914
Gimme the delegates

>>71039869
wtf i dont want to look like some dam robot

>>71041802
You're lazy because you'd rather complain and generalize about an entire generation of music rather than search for artists that you'd like

>>71042301
what brand are they?

>>71042610
They look like Hearos.

I never wore earplugs, went to loud shows 4-5 times a week and worked backstage for 6 years in venues

The tinnitus meme is real.

>>71041336
Musician ones

>>71042651
Thanks dude. I already have mild tinnitus, it's not really irritating at all, but I really don't want it to worsen

>>71042490
I'm 60 years old. Do you really think I haven't heard everything that music has to offer?

Fuck off, child

>>71042743
Just want to throw in my two cents. I've tried the hearos (actually the er20s, but they're actually the same product with different branding) and didn't like them. The sound was fine, but they were pretty damn uncomfortable. I just bought some Alpine musicsafe earplugs which are like 15 bucks and absolutely awesome in both comfort and sound. Plus, they have changeable filters.

what are the best earplugs to get, anyways?

been playing with my band at high volume in a closed room and we usually end with our ears ringing for a while

>>71039907
>tfw Ive ALWAYS had tinnitus,

If the band is going to be using distorted electric guitars I'll usually wear earplugs. I've had only a few bad experiences with intensely loud concerts in which I regretted not having earplugs, but those few occasions made me always want to bring a pair if the band is going to get loud and use distortion.

Having said that, I've gotten by just fine at loud concerts like Death Grips, but even then I eventually had to put in the pair I brought because my hearing started going to shit momentarily because they were so fucking bassy.

I'm a musician and while I don't play drums, primarily anyway, I'm really paranoid about hearing loss. I have a wild drummer friend who is only in his twenties who has noticeable hearing damage. The same guy went to see fucking Godspeed You! Black Emperor live front row without earplugs. They've been incredibly loud live in recent years.

I ride the bus so I always have my ear buds with me and if I ever need earplugs I just pop those in. Then it also looks like I'm just listening to something else.

>>71042945
custom with a few filters they can go from 80-500$

S W A N S
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>>71042776
That's a rather shallow mindset.

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You are all pussies. I go to shows like this

>>71042776
Yes.
My grandpa was 92 when he passed and had spent most of his life traveling.
He'd never heard Tuvan music and loved it.
Quit larping, faggot.

>>71043229
As if anyone wants to hear throat singing. You know what I'm talking about

Yes. I've talked to too many old people who didn't wear ear protection during their youths and now have trouble hearing someone shouting across the room. Its make me hyper sensitive/overprotective of my senses.

>At Boris show
>Right before they start playing everyone around me starts pulling out earplugs
>I thought they were a meme
It was so fucking loud

>>71043291
Don't say everything if you don't mean everything, cumsock.

>>71043409
>tfw saw My Bloody Valentine live in '08
>didn't wear the earplugs they gave out at the entrance

I still have trouble hearing, no tinnitus though.

Still, I'm a idiot.

>>71043409
I had the *exact* same experience first time I saw them. It's terrifying watching literally everyone you can see pull out ear plugs at the same time. By the end I was ducking behind people trying to get away from the cymbal crashes wrecking my ears. Never totally recovered from it.

yes

next question

>>71043554
It sounds like you should've just left at that point.

>>71043454
that's awesome (not your fucked ears, but the fact you got to see them live); I've been to lots of shows but never any harsh noise or shoegaze although I am mostly interested in those genres. Def gonna wear some earplugs when I do though. Tinnitus is a scary thing, and I already get it from playing guitar loudly.

>>71043454
Lmfao. Did they play the holocaust section when you saw them? If so I pity your poor ears.

What a bunch of snowflake pussies, I have attended concerts for 45 years and never wore earplugs and i don't have tinnitus nor measurable hearing loss. Just go to the damn show and enjoy it.

>>71045365
you're a walking joke if you actually believe this

>>71045440
aside from normal hearing range loss for my age. Sure i can't hear 20 - 20k but attending concerts didn't make me even remotely close to deaf. I don't require any hearing augmentation devices to hear. And i still enjoy music as much as I did in my teens -30's

>>71045365
I fell 15 feet onto cement and got out of it with a couple bruises.
Anyone who avoids falling 15 feet onto cement is a pussy.

>>71045484
I almost believe that you're 60 or however old you claim to be based purely on the fact that you're getting angry at other people taking earplugs to shows based on the good reasoning they might damage their hearing

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Only did at Swans
everything else nothing.

>>71037854
No, I'm not an unbelievable fucking faggot.

>>71045537
>I am a tough man and biology doesn't apply to me I sure can't wait to shout at everyone for no reason

>>71045527
it limits your hearing of the music. I don't pay good money to go see a live performance of bands I love to not enjoy the full experience of experiencing their art live.

Do you wear condoms when you masturbate?

>>71045440
>tfw been going to hardcore/punk shows since I was 8
>tfw no hearing problems at all and I'm about to turn 30 next week
You don't need no pussy ass earplugs in the pit son.

>>71045573
Wrong again. With good quality earplugs you will arguably hear the performance better, as there is little to no frequency range compromised and the volume will be at a level more suitable to distinguishing individual parts rather than simply a wall of noise around your hear. You really have no clue what you're talking about do you.

>>71045620
>>71045537
you're a fucking moron, plain and simple, if you place your hearing under the masculine imagine that you wont be buffering by not protecting your ears, because no one even finds it impressive

>>71037854
Will cheap orange ones like these do or shud I go to a music shop?

>>71045573
Wrong.
You lose detail at high volume because your brain adapts and so do your ears, because they're trying to prevent damage.

>>71045623
what is considered good quality earplugs? Sounds like a scam to relieve the gullible from money in their wallet. Kinda like monster cables.

>>71045601
This is a terrible analogy.
Unless you're jelqing or something masturbation doesn't do long term (and short term) damage.
>>71045620
Enjoying being deaf by 30.
>Inb4 'I'm over 30'
no you aren't.
This thread didn't somehow attract every over 30 person on the board.
>>71045656
The cheapies work. If you're going regularly, I'd get better ones. When I saw Wovenhand, it was loud enough that it still affected my hearing through the cheapies.

>>71045646
It has nothing to do with masculinity or being"impressive" If you actually wear earplugs to see a fucking band play then you're a giant sensitive retard, plain and simple.

>>71045693
There's a pretty wide range. Everything from custom-fitted ones that cost upwards of $500 to the ones around 15 that have changeable filters and stuff.

>>71045720
Nah, you're a macho faggot. I'll take decades of peer reviewed studies over your mentally handicapped whining.

>>71045720
>i-it has nothing to d-do with my fragile m-masculinity, you're just a giant s-sensitive retard!

yeah ok grandad, tell it to the objective fact that any exposure to a sound over 90db for a prolonged period causes irreversible hearing loss

your ears don't give two shits about the pathetic tough guy image you are trying to portray

>>71045675
The loudness is part of the experience. Did mom and dad let you ride your bicycle without a helmet? My guess is "no"

>>71045749
I'm guessing yours did because you've clearly had some kind of traumatic head injury to unironically come up with the reasoning that hearing loss is 'part of the experience"

>>71045656
And I'm going to be seeing swans next month but I don't go to many shows.

>>71045732
>I'll take decades of peer reviewed studies
>I won't take decades of experience and advice from someone older than me

Enjoy your earplugs, baby

>>71045732
>>71045743
I didn't know not putting earplugs in my ears made me a macho tough guy, but I appreciate the compliment fragile frankie :^)

>>71045749
Guessing your parents weren't there to keep you from slamming face first into the pavement, because you sound like you had a few closed head injuries. Irreversible hearing loss isn't 'part of the experience,' you fucking moron.

>>71045785
Aren't you worried about what all those superloud sound waves are doing to your skin, hair, teeth, blood, and bones?

>>71045782
No, I won't take decades of anecdotes from you. How stupid can one person be?
>>71045783
Do me a favor and dive off your roof.
People survive it all the time uninjured so you should be fine, right?

I think y'all are getting trolled right now

>>71045794
That's OK. Keep believing your peers. They've been around wayyyy longer than I have

>>71045757
yes..I rode my bike without a helmet. but never have I experienced any type of head injury. Parents of our time didn't fond and hover over everything we did. We didn't sanitize everything before we touched it. We played outside and came inside when it got dark. And we went to concerts without earplugs.

>>71045783
It doesn't bud, which is which it's even more pathetic that you'd do it anyway under the impression that it does

You are ruining your hearing one loud concert at a time for an image that no one cares about but you

>>71045806
but our music is way louder now than yours was

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>>71037854
i've never been to a concert before but after reading earplugs threads i get paranoid that i'll forget to buy some if i ever go to one
i know you need them for smaller shows, would you need them for like a big arena?

>>71045810
>no on cares about but you

You sure seem to care an awful lot about my ears though

>>71045793
wow really makes you think

>>71045793
No. It takes particular high or low frequencies at ~150db to cause that sort of damage.

>>71045802
I didn't say my peers. Did you graduate high school? 'Peer reviewed' means it was reviewed by experts in the field and found to be accurate.
>>71045806
Compare a PA from 1970 to a PA from now.
>>71045812
Depends on who's playing, really.
>>71045819
He's trying to help, kiddo. You're sacrificing your hearing because you're afraid it'll make you look weak.

iit: nu-males

do you guys have a fucking cellotaped plastic ribcage to your balls too because you're 'scared' they may get hurt?

>>71045819
You're clearly a prematurely senile dickhead but I don't think I should encourage you to ruin your hearing, no.

why even bother going to concerts when you're just going to look at your phone the whole time?

>>71045811
you really think that? No it isn't nor was it.
I can pretty much be certain when i saw Cheap Trick in 1979 it was every bit as loud as shows you have seen. And also fairly certain that when I saw the ZOOTV Concert it was as loud as well and the Van Halen 5150 tour.

>>71045860
Buddy if the balls didn't need to be outside the body for proper sperm production to occur you can sure as shit bet that if I had the power I'd design all humans so that the balls were inside the body with a ribcage around them.

>>71045810
Fuck, you're right. Why am I doing this to myself? Is it the women? The respect? Everytime I announce that I won't be wearing earplugs to the show I get thunderous applause for my wrecklessness but I don't think- No, I KNOW it's not fucking worth it. The charade is over. I'm going to buy earplugs right now, thank you man. Have a good night.

>>71045860
When I'm going to be putting them in danger deliberately? Yes, you fucking chud. Jockstraps have been around for 150 years.

Pro tip: cut them in half. Full foam ear plugs are often too much for a lot of concerts. Have full ones with you just in case though

>>71045861
My hearing is just fine, if you've read anything I've said

Which you haven't. Keep believing your earplugs myth. Someone has to keep earplug manufacturers in business

>>71045878
I'm glad you came around kiddo

>>71045875
>>71045878
can all you faggots take a second to realize sometimes people lie on the internet to anger you

>>71045886
>myth
Buddy. Guy. Pal.
I went to an MSI concert 15 years ago and my ears haven't stopped ringing. It keeps me awake at night. There's no way to fix it.
People's bodies are different, like it or not, and playing the fucking lottery to see if you're one of the lucky ones is pretty goddamned stupid. I'm surprised you didn't stick a fork in an electrical outlet.

>>71045886
>My hearing is just fine, you just need to speak up! ~ archetypal grandad

>>71045905
>I went to an MSI concert

I'm surprised you haven't died from all the dicks you suck

>>71045913
Your generation invented aids

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>>71045913
Uh oh, someone doesn't like my taste in music as a teenager so he ignored everything else I said.
I don't think you've got grounds to talk about gay bands, dude.

>>71045945
Van Halen has never been a flagship band for the gay community

Czhequem8

>>71045945
yeah. So much gay sex and symbolism in all their videos and lyrics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M4_Ommfvv0

>>71045967
Neither has MSI.
Not the guy you're responding to.
I'm gay as fuck and I hadn't heard of MSI until I started browsing /mu/.
There have been rumors about Roth being gay for decades though.

>>71046024
They wore assless chaps, which are a hallmark of leather men.

>Conversation about whether or not you should wear earplugs at a concert turns into an argument about whose music is more gay

the fragile masculinity meme is real tqbh

>>71044916

yes

all 30 minutes of it

and i wore no earplugs cause i wanted to feel all of Kevin's frequencies

>>71046056
¯\_(ツ)_/ ¯

Yes, I do wear earplugs, and I suggest everyone does (unless they are far away enough from the speakers where it is not needed).

I was upfront at this show (link below) and Cashmere Cat decided to do a 1/32 loop on his CDJ which resulted in this deafening noise, but luckily with my earplugs I was saved from guaranteed hearing damage.

Starts at 39 seconds, you'll know when it is.
https://youtu.be/Vw-H-C6UN_8?t=35s

>>71045812
>would you need them for like a big arena?

been in the front row of wembley stadium without plugs. yeah, wouldn't recommend it.

Seeing Behemoth live in a small bar made me pretty much deaf for half a week

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>>71045930
>Your generation invented aids
>invented aids
>invented

>>71046901
>he still thinks aids just came about naturally and wasn't released into the homosexual community by the CIA

>>71045930
>>71046901
>>71046939
Offhand HIV/AIDS "redpill":

It most likely came from humans coming into contact with infected chimpanzee blood through bushmeat (eating wild African animals) in the 20th century Congo. However, it seems to have entered the human population before, but because of the relative lack of contact with other villages, it would kill a family or village and no longer be contagious.

Colonialism exacerbated the conditions for HIV transmission and infection. The Congolese people were essentially enslaved by Belgium. Injuries were even more prevalent than they already are when you're living off the land (cutting people's hands off was stupidly common). People were put to work, largely producing rubber, and were given less time to hunt and tend their crops, giving way to mass hunger, which made them both feebler and more liable to doing shit like eating raw fuckin' chimp, because they were starving and didn't realize the risk. Later in the colonization of the Congo, villagers lined up to be vaccinated by Belgian nurses, who re-used the needles between "patients". The Congo was also developed, facilitating far greater travel between villages. Prostitution also became more common.

HIV is thought to have been brought to the US through Haiti, as many Haitians were migrant workers in the Congo, and they would come back home infected. It predominantly spread among drug abusers and males who have sex with males. In all fairness, they didn't know there was a risk and straight couples were bad at protection at the time, too.

The US government acted slowly to the epidemic, which only allowed it to spread further. Hence the AIDS crisis.

The history of HIV is objectively fucked up and it can't just be blamed on "promiscuous gays" or "dumb Africans" as a one-dimensional reading of history.

>>71047280
lmao shut up nerd everyone knows it was a CIA conspiracy

Never used to, then started getting mild tinnitus, now I always wear. Thanks Russian circles for blowing my ear balls away

>>71037854
going to a showwitch earplugs is like watching a painting with sunglasses

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>>71037854
i take them in my pocket and if it really gets too loud i use them.
i use pic related which are supposed to be pretty decent but it still muffles the sound so i try to avoid it

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>>71037854
Always, 90% of the concerts I go to are retardedly loud. I use pic related for both concerts and band practice.

I already have a light form of tinnitus, not planning on making it any worse.

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I'm going to see BBNG in may. Should I get earplugs? Are they very loud live?

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>>71037964

>>71048560
All gigs are loud if you're down in front ten yards from multi stacks.

t. soft dadrock fan

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>>71048944

>>71042694
I love those, they slip into your ear easier due to all the snake oil.

>>71039869
If i had known about these fuckers when I was young, i'd have been wearing them throughout my show-attending youth. Now i do, but the damage has already been done.

>>71039154
hahaha good call

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>not using cast earplugs

I didn't bring any to a melt banana concert. Damn. They were about as loud as Swans. Fucked my ears up good, so now i always try to bring some

People can handle different amounts of sounds depending on your ear canals. I usually use earplugs that suppress 9db. And 15db on louder concerts. A friend is a bit more sensitive and needs around 25db-earplugs.
I work with music daily so it's a necessity to use earplugs or else I will get totally exhausted at the end of the day.

>>71049235
Not that guy but they have filters in them to lower the sound evenly across all frequencies to preserve the way the music sounds. They don't reduce the sound as much because of that but they don't ruin the sound of the concert for you.

Anyone used these ones before?
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MEE876O

How are they?

>>71037854
Saw Death Grips without any ear plugs, my ears were ringing for several days and for one of those, everything was muffled.
Loud noises still cause a high-pitched ringing in my ears so if I dont wear earplugs at concerts all I can hear is that ringing.

>>71045656
You can get better ones for a couple of quid online. The sound is slightly better than the diy foam ones and they are easier to insert.

>>71052162
Same here, except the lasting effects weren't as serious. But yeah, muffled for about a day, and decreased hearing in left ear ever since. I wear plugs at every show now.

To everyone in this thread saying "I never wear plugs and my ears are fine", when was the last time you had your hearing tested? Have you ever had your hearing tested?

Always wear them. Haven't had any post-gig ear ringing for years now. Feels good.

>>71042088
they're called deafheaven for a reason

>>71037854
always
metal concerts are way too loud

>>71037854
no ya fuckin fag

cucks ITT. Yall crying over a bit of ringing? fucking off urself

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>>71038024
mfw had my head in a speaker cone this week whilst wired

>>71038306
Anything above 20 bucks. You shouldn't make a big deal out of them, most of them will be good.

>>71054067
How are you going to listen to music if you can't hear it? Take care of your body, anon.

>>71040961
tip for everybody with tinnitus

cup your ears with your palms and gently tap the rear part of your head with your fingers, it will stop the tinnitus for a few minutes in case you're having trouble sleeping.

don't ask, it just works

Only to festivals but I don't wear them for every artist. I saw Arca at Day For Night last year and it was rhe loudest fucking act I've ever seen and I've been going to shows for over 20 years. I'm thinking that if I hadn't been wearing them, I may have had to leave. It was painfully loud.

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>>71038248
If I ever meet you in a couple years and you have tinnitus, I will laugh at you into pieces

>>71045656
Cheap oranges are decent if you don't go to a lot of shows

>>71047298
I'd like to think it's a conspiracy

And that those absolute madmen actually went ahead and infected monkeys knowing some nigger was going to rape one eventually