As a drummer && music-lover && audiophile myself, I always stress out to other people the importance to protect ones' hearing. For me, hearing is an even more i

As a drummer && music-lover && audiophile myself, I always stress out to other people the importance to protect ones' hearing. For me, hearing is an even more important sense than vision and I think good old Ludwig van Beethoven would agree with me (and Stevie Wonder -an idol of mine- too.) I really can't understand how loud people can put the music on social gatherings like parties, weddings, etc. I do like loud (circa 90-96 dB A-weighted) music, but only if the following conditions are met: - The sound system reproduces the music with good tonal balance and very loud distortion - This loud level won't last more than 15 minutes - The music is good :) There is, at least in my country, some sort of obsession with adding music at all places. Like if music was necessary for any container with more than one human being... Wear earplugs, friends!! I use the cheap orange 3M ones, made of foam, and, while they do change the freq response of your ear, it doesn't do it on a too obnoxious way. From the article i found this: > Finally, custom-moulded "musicians'" earplugs offer high sonic precision suitable for professional use. I didn't know about this. This is great advice.