Klarinet Archive - Posting 000364.txt from 1999/12

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] RE: Flat Attenuation/Musician's Plugs
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 09:44:57 -0500

You know Ed,

I wonder if a letter to the management of the basketball team would work. Maybe
take a decibel meter to document the sound level. Threaten them with a class
action law suit if they don't turn the volume down. Maybe OSHA could get in on
the act.

"Edwin V. Lacy" wrote:

> On Sun, 12 Dec 1999, Gil Guerrero wrote:
>
> > With the high sound pressure levels generated in movie theaters these
> > days, I also typically carry them to action movies where I think they
> > might be needed.
>
> Yes, and isn't that stupid? I can't see any reason why volume levels have
> to be so high at public events. Do they assume that everyone is deaf?
>
> I recently went to a basketball game at which the speakers were so loud
> that people in the stands were holding their hands over their ears, going
> to the bathroom to get small pieces of toilet tissue to stuff in their
> ears, and going through various other contortions to try to ease the pain.
> But, if you complain, they likely will turn it up louder.
>
> I have become convinced that most so-called sound technicians are
> themselves deaf due to long periods of being subjected to the output of
> their own equipment.
>
> This is one of my pet peeves. I'm ready to consign all sound technicians
> and their equipment to the lower regions!
>
> Ed Lacy
> el2@-----.edu
>
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