From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2018041619282846911-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > Yes.  Last week I tried to explain how what we hear, exactly how things   
   > sound, before a show, or at the sopund check or for the first few songs   
   > .....  quite often isn't how we " hear " after a while of cymbals and   
   > truely overloud monitors.   
      
   > Tempory threshold shift.   
      
   But enough of that, and it doesn't take much, leads to Permanent hearing   
   loss!   
      
   > Back a long time ago, say, oh, about 1975, I had a Fender Twin.  And a   
   > full time gig as a guitar player at a nice dance club.  Odd thing, I use   
   > to tweek the treble on that amp every night.  I'd start out each night,   
   > thinking the amp sounded a bit bright.  So I'd turn the treble back a bit.   
   > Then, after a half hour or so, my ears would be telling me it was getting   
   > a little " dull " sounding. So I'd turn the trble back up a bit.   
      
   That's not so much a matter of psychology as it is a reduced sensitivity   
   issue caused by excessive levels.   
   And those Fender Twins can really scream...particularly if they have Oxford   
   Speaker 12T6-16s in them, THE 'gold' standard for butt-kicking i.e. hearing   
   Destroying punch - they'll blow heads off with ease, so naturally that makes   
   them popular, particularly with the overcranking hearing loss Idiot crowd.   
      
   > I thought back then that the amp was  changing its sound as it warmed up.   
   > Now I'm practially certain that what was changing was my hearing.   
      
   For sure, and not for the better.   
      
   >  Just a little time with that band and the drummer who chopped two notches   
   > into my hearing response and guess what.  I remember that time pretty   
   > well.  If I were back there now, perhaps if I had a time machine,  I'd buy   
   > some nice ear plugs. Or quit the band.   Either way, that was the   
   > beginning of wrecking my ears.   
      
   It's a very expensive way to learn, and to think that some never do, and go   
   completely deaf.   
      
   > We'd start out.  My ears would be normal.  We played really loud.  After a   
   > few tunes, my high end was gone for the night.   I'd be adjusting my amp,   
   > thinking it was changing.   
      
   > And this it just the tip of the iceberg of how we hear.   
      
   And for those who continue damaging their hearing, the high end fades more   
   and more, so what do they do? They want even more output at those primary   
   deafness frequencies and lose even more of their hearing...STUPID!!!   
      
   > It has a lot of nice features we haven't touched. That's good. Means it'll   
   > entertain me for a while.   
      
   Jim   
      
   It's an amazing mixer for sure, and I'm sure exploring it is an interesting   
   experience.   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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