SuperQ;689076 Wrote: > Not really. From what I have read most hearing damage comes from 2 > sources. Degradation due to age and common illnesses. > > Hearing loss due to acoustic damage can be caused by extremely loud > noise. But bass frequencies are no more or less harmful than higher > frequencies. What is damaging is very high decibel levels at any > frequency.
Good point... It's not low frequencies that cause the problem... Tends to be in the 1-5 kHz region for instantaneous damage and high frees like cymbals for progressive loss... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/W7)+Teddy Pardo PSU - Audiolense 3.3/2.0+INGUZ DRC - MF M1 DAC - Linn 5103 - full Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters,VdH Toslink,Kimber 8TC Speaker & Chord Signature Plus Interconnect cables Stax4070+SRM7/II phones Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio, Harmony One remote for everything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93485 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
