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Wintersbone7 t1_j6kpth3 wrote

Reply to comment by cbessette in Our research shows that musicians prefer to listen to music at higher levels than non-musicians by Upstairs_Location_26

That is a dilemma. I am a keyboardist, so I just have digital sound. Electric guitars need to be cranked up to a certain volume in order to get that traditional distorted sound that makes the electric t guitar so warm and at the same time gritty. Jimi Hendrix did not make history by turning his amp down.Carlos Santana would not get that singing sound if he were to play quietly. Eddie van Halen simply is a different guitarist at a lower volume. This is one situation where I would rather just put an ear plugs, then compromise the quintessential electric guitar sound.

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Wintersbone7 t1_j6kow8k wrote

Reply to Our research shows that musicians prefer to listen to music at higher levels than non-musicians by Upstairs_Location_26

I’m getting fitted for hearing aids very soon. It was from teaching sopranos recorders to middle school music students that did the damage. Playing in a dozen or more rock bands didn’t help. Playing trumpet and jazz band next to a screech trumpeter didn’t help much either. But it’s the recorder is it did me in.

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HullaballooWho t1_j6ko0vl wrote

Reply to Bands/Artists you had a low opinion of, until you actually heard their albums? by Flodo_McFloodiloo

Not so much a specific artist but more the style found in Metal or other harder forms of rock where they screech/growl/grunt and so and so. Couldn't adjust for years until on a whim I purchased Blackwater Park and Still Life by Opeth (thank goodness) which really hurtled me through the door at light speed and transported my newbie mind to a new realm of possibilities. Never went back after that.

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