I am bought some Shoks this week, and I have been playing around with them. I have heard stories of people hurting their hearing by playing too loud. I want to avoid that. I am having a hard time figuring out what volume is too loud. I understand that generally, if it starts hurting, it is too loud. However, that isn’t as cut and dry with bone conduction headphones.
I can put music or a podcast on, and set the volume to a comfortable level. If I then put my finger inside my ear canal, my ear starts hurting instantly from the loudness. My question is, what am I supposed to aim for as a max volume, the noise level with my ear clear, or with my ears plugged.
I ask because in the research I have done, I have just found generic advice like “just don’t go above 60%”. I don’t find this appropriate, because I have podcasts that are mixed differently, and have different loudness on the same volume. I want a better way to tell if the headphones will work for my use case.
My use case for these would be mainly cycling, and a bit of walking, in a city environment. I would listen primarily to podcasts, but music occasionally.
Thanks for the help.