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No-Context5479 t1_iwd2qb2 wrote

Reply to comment by bloodyjo in Amir from ASR's favourite genre of music by JustAu69

I thought he is more of a Soul/Funk listener if I remember from some Q&A he did... Also what is wrong with listening at 50 dB

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nwotmb t1_iwd5r32 wrote

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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Mizuo___ t1_iwf7tnx wrote

Based on equal-loudness contour, a 50dB sound would most likely sound like 20dB at most, below 100Hz. With the average human which stops at around 5dB(@1kHz), you basically only have -15dB of audible dynamic range. Anything below 40Hz is most likely inaudible.

Somewhat weird especially for hip hop which emphasizes a lot on sub-bass. It's either he has a godlike hearing capability or he misses measured how loud it is.

Though I might be totally wrong, I am not 100% sure about it.

> thought he is more of a Soul/Funk

He mention in one of his video, that he listen to Japanese Hip Hop quite often. He also did mention in his airpod pro 2 video that his listen at 52dB.

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