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How loud do you listen to music and movies?

How loud is loud? I know loud when I hear it, but if you want a number, I'd say at home anything over 90 dB is getting up there, and might annoy neighbors in adjacent apartments, especially after 10 p.m. If you live in a house, 90+ dB would definitely disturb other family members not watching the movie or listening to music. Of course, the volume at concerts and movie theaters is much, much louder than most people would ever tolerate at home. Loud music, games, and home theater takes on an almost physical quality; you don't … Read more

Rock stars put their ears in audiologist Julie Glick's hands

I met Julie Glick a few months ago with some folks from Ultimate Ears at a Head-Fi meeting in NY. UE was promoting a new set of custom-molded in-ear headphones, the Personal Reference Monitors, which are just now entering full production. In her NYC office, Glick can fully demonstrate these unique headphones, which are not only custom-molded to your ears but fine-tuned, soundwise, to your liking. Ultimate Ears technicians use the frequency curve you create to build your Personal Reference Monitors. I crafted my EQ curve in Glick's office; it was a lot of fun to design my sound. … Read more

Can cell phones cause tinnitus?

Links from Wednesday's episode of Loaded:

Panasonic announces new 3D plasma TVs with glasses that come in kid sizesRumor has it that two new Droid phones are on their way to Verizon within the next monthBorders launches Borders Textbook Marketplace to buy and sell used textbooks for all grades Playboy launches a site that actually is safe for workA new study shows a link between cell phone use and tinnitusThe Pileus umbrella lets you go surfing in the rain...surfing the Net that is