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is 70-80db too loud for an hour? (alien.top)
submitted 11 months ago by larsc2929@alien.top to c/headphones@hi-fi.community
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Ive been listening to music every night with my headphones bc i hear stuff but im js wondering if around 80db is too loud? i play it for about an hour or so but i dont wanna damage my hearing

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[–] simalicrum@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

70dB is enough for me, which is a conversational volume. Any more volume seems loud too me. I switched to IEMs primarily because open ears I found the tendency is to turn up the volume. I live in the city and there's too much ambient noise here on the regular.

That's the benefit of IEMs or noise cancelling headphones.