My ear hurts.

nfg2184 · #1 02-16-2005, 01:18 PM

So I've had my .se 15" installed for about 4 days now. Up till yesterday I've been playing mostly rock, and haven't been pushing the bass. But yesterday I was cruising with a friend, and I popped in a cd that had Lil Jon's "Get Low", Fat Joe's "Lean Back", and some other heavy bass songs. Well the whole car shook like mad, and I could feel the vibration inside my left ear, but didn't think much of it at the time, it didn't hurt. I only had the bass pounding for about 15-20 minutes or so riding down the strip.

A couple hours later, my left ear just started stinging, and it hasn't stopped. I'm hoping I haven't damaged anything. It's quite better now, but still a bit of an annoyance. Have any of you had this problem, and is there any way to avoid it? (Other than the obvious "turning down the music/bass")

bumpinstang77 · #2 02-16-2005, 02:01 PM

Keep listening to it loud you'll get used to it.....trust me... then you'll want more.....seriously.....tone it down slowly break your ears into havin a system everyday they'll get used to it.

threedd97 · #3 02-16-2005, 04:30 PM

Just make sure blood didn't come out, lol. About 8 years ago my friend's sister's boyfriend had an extended cab toyota pickup and had 8 12" pioneer premiers in it. He had about $10,000 invested in this entire setup. He won a ton of comps. I'd say he was hitting 160ish, maybe low 160's. He ruptured my friend's sister's eardrum and blood came out. She had to have surgery.

threedd97 · #4 02-16-2005, 04:31 PM

I want my fucking amp. Mike, you better make your connection fastfoward that amp to me. I want to feel XXX.

Mannyb18b · #5 02-16-2005, 05:04 PM

How much r u getting the kodas for?

CBFryman · #6 02-16-2005, 07:15 PM

Rule of thumb, keep it loud enough to where it tickles when you hit a loud low note. any louder and you are REALLY damageing your ears. and give them a brake everyonce and a while from heavy bass lines and everyonce in a while TURN IT DOWN. turn it down when driving through elderly communities or residential areas. this is just common courtesy and it keeps your ears from ringing for hours after you get out of your car.

nfg2184 · #7 02-16-2005, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by CBFryman

Rule of thumb, keep it loud enough to where it tickles when you hit a loud low note. any louder and you are REALLY damageing your ears. and give them a brake everyonce and a while from heavy bass lines and everyonce in a while TURN IT DOWN. turn it down when driving through elderly communities or residential areas. this is just common courtesy and it keeps your ears from ringing for hours after you get out of your car.

I only had it loud enough to where it tickled my eardrum. But later on it hurt. Like i said, I only had it loud while driving down the strip (where everyone blast their music), and this was the first time I've blasted my bass ever.

bumpinstang77 · #8 02-16-2005, 07:31 PM

dude having a system period fucks ur eardrums

threedd97 · #9 02-17-2005, 01:51 AM

I think anything above 70 or 80 db's is bad for your ears, I can't remember exactly. You could drive a Geo Metro and blast it's stock speakers and gradually damage your hearing. Shit, walking through a busy city can damage your hearing.

Diceman83 · #10 02-17-2005, 09:11 AM

The point at which serious damage starts happening is 120 db (the pain threshhold). Jet engines are at 140ish db, and jack hammers do about 95 db. Anything above 90 db I think over extended periods of time will damage your fine hearing permanantly, and general hearing later in life. You probably shouldn't be cruising with the system doing 110+ anyway, because you won't be able to hear emegency vehicles or other traffic noises necessary for safe driving.

bumpinstang77 · #11 02-17-2005, 12:20 PM

well that's shitty. i'm really doin some damage I guess.... oh well I'll be doing more eardrum raping with a new amp.

ngsm13 · #12 02-17-2005, 01:19 PM

Keep in mind that HIGHER frequencies at the above stated levels are what REALLY do the damage to the ears! Like, when you go a live concert in an arena...and you have floor seats right in fron of the stage...and a kickass rock band is playing....yeah. My ears literally rang for over 24hours. peace

NG

threedd97 · #13 02-17-2005, 03:48 PM

Same here. The higher pitched noises are obviously more damaging, but either way exposing yourself to decibal levels that high really isn't a good thing. But who cares, I know I don't. I spent all this money into a system, I'm sure as hell going to listen to it.

im2kool4meh · #14 02-17-2005, 04:04 PM

mang r3ad da thr3ad on mah cr4zy xplods!!1! deh s0 l0ud and tight. they make mah eardrums bleed and tickle time im up in meh t1ght whip!!1!

Mannyb18b · #15 02-17-2005, 04:04 PM

sumone ban this idiot

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