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nwotmb t1_iwd5r32 wrote

Reply to comment by No-Context5479 in Amir from ASR's favourite genre of music by JustAu69

It's not real music if you're not causing permanent damage every time you listen

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No-Context5479 t1_iwd6b2r wrote

Lol... Maybe that's how they feel Soul/Funk is as real as music gets so more power to that person if they wanna blast their ears at 85dB continuously for several minutes... I feel 50-75dB Ish is a perfect range for listening.

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tim-405 t1_iwdfkts wrote

Most music is mastered at “reference level” meaning around 85db c weighted, if you are significant below that the tonal balance of the music isn’t correct anymore due to the equal loudness curves of our hearing; meaning that if you listen at lower sound levels the earphone should have significant more bass and highs to compensate for lack of volume; meaning how we perceive the level of bass and treble is not the same at different sound levels. It thus has nothing to do with blasting your ears but more with not listening at proper reference volumes and thus potentially misjudging the device under test.

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hhafez t1_iwdined wrote

Curious to know why it's 85db c weighted and not a?

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tim-405 t1_iwdlke7 wrote

It's from this paper https://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=19436 , so one may take a look there, I personally wouldn't know exactly why. The general point is that if you are far (i.e. 20+db like crin) below or above ~80db you are essentially not listening to the sound as intended and may miss either bass or highs. The itu standard (ITU-R BS.1116-3) states 78 dBA, maybe they have a better (open) explanation? https://www.itu.int/rec/R-REC-BS.1116/en

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