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Old 12-15-2016, 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Mikeod View Post
A lot of the groups bring their own soundman/person. My experience is that most set the volume too loud as well. We usually sit in the stands in back and I still need to wear ear plugs. I have some hearing loss, but it's still hurtful for me.

And I agree, it's sometimes impossible to discern the lyrics because of the volume, although the ear plugs help a bit.
I find that there are excessive db levels at almost every event that includes music in TV and in fact almost everywhere now. My wife and I uusually leave events (club dinners etc ) when the music starts. We both can hear reasonably well at 78yrs but don't want to risk damage at these db levels. Our rule is -if you cant carry on a conversation level at the table , then music is too loud. Our we go. When the piccolo player has an amplifier bigger than a base drum , you know that you are in trouble.
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