Are niteclubs too loud?

formula1

I went into this niteclub the other night for the first time and it was unbelievably loud, so loud that if you went anywhere near a speaker you could feel it vibrating the leg off ya, so i can only imagine what it must do to your ears

plus the odd time you try and say somthing to someone on the dance floor, their roaring into your ear, and you feel a sharp pain, ever happen to you?

chances are if i did that every weekend ill be deaf by the time im 30.

Tar.Aldarion

Ye a lot of the time they are a bit too loud, no idea of most of what somebody is saying to you sometimes. Memories of pretending to know what somebodies name after she has shouted at you 3 times, er yeah, sure... course I heard

TheZohanS

formula1 wrote: »

I went into this niteclub the other night for the first time and it was unbelievably loud, so loud that if you went anywhere near a speaker you could feel it vibrating the leg off ya,

Leg.

Wossack

you know its a good club if you can feel the bass reverberate your chest cavity

A Doozer

Maybe showing my age here but yeah they can be. Stooping over shouting "WHAT?" every few minutes not my idea of fun. There was this club back home which more or less played the same song for two hours and you could hear the ground shaking.

Late bars ftw!

Gary ITR

A Doozer wrote: »

Maybe showing my age here but yeah they can be. Stooping over shouting "WHAT?" every few minutes not my idea of fun. There was this club back home which more or less played the same song for two hours and you could hear the ground shaking.

Late bars ftw!

I'm about to walk out the door to go stand behind the bar of a nightclub. Believe people are so pi55ed and stupid in clubs you're better off not hearing what they say.

Although how many times has the loud music saved you when you said something really thick to a hot guy/girl?

CCCP^

WHAT?

AckwelFoley

CCCP^ wrote: »

WHAT?

WOW! Music so loud in your club you its effected your eyesight :eek:

Adamcp898

snyper wrote: »

WOW! Music so loud in your club you its effected your eyesight :eek:

Maybe he was just wearing a towel?

Spore

snyper wrote: »

WOW! Music so loud in your club you its effected your eyesight :eek:

It's affected, affected... sheesh

CCCP^

snyper wrote: »

WOW! Music so loud in your club you its effected your eyesight :eek:

Fail.

Ruu_Old

Ask the DJ if he wouldn't mind keeping it down a smidgen.

DancingQueen:)

I think it's too loud when theres a ringing in your ears for hours and hours later and you can't sleep : ( but it is a lot of fun.

jumpguy

Yeah, I'd be inclined to agree. Sometimes it's abit too loud. My hearing is crap, but in night clubs I'm pretty much forced to resort to sign language (the one for I need to go to the toilet was tough). Afterwards, you'd be able to hear the beautiful whistle of damaged eardrums.

AckwelFoley

Ruu wrote: »

Ask the DJ if he wouldn't mind keeping it down a smidgen.

Last person i seen do that got their zimmer frame shoved up their.. well you know..

Ross_Mahon

Music is better louder

deisedude

Ruu wrote: »

Ask the DJ if he wouldn't mind keeping it down a smidgen.

My friend actually did that the other night! He was promptly told where to go

df1985

the problem with a lot of clubs here is that the soundsystems are pure ****e, not necessarily its that loud.
a lot of bass wont hurt your ears but its a sign of a good soundsystem.in a lot of nightclubs, its just a bunch of speakers turned up.

proper clubs have amazing sondsystems and are very loud but not ear piercing. the soundsystems in clubs in london/ibiza etc are amazing.your chest will vibrate with the bass but your ears are fine!

bubblicious

Definitely way too loud. It's a disaster trying to hear what your friends are saying over it. Just amazed the bar staff can still manage to take orders despite the loudness!!

DB10

Look at all you oldies. Welcome to the thirties...:D

grenache

I'm 25 and i hate clubs. I just find it deafening and my idea of a good nite is not shouting into another person's ear and vice versa. I much prefer pubs, preferably late ones. Good beer, good convo, good times.

Euro_Kraut

They usedn't be so loud. Mars bars were bigger too.

hatetherain!

Yes way to loud......hate the ringing in my ears when I leave!

SoWatchaWant

Ross_Mahon wrote: »

Music is better louder

Yeah but who goes just for the music? Which is all you're getting.

boogle

df1985 wrote: »

the problem with a lot of clubs here is that the soundsystems are pure ****e, not necessarily its that loud.
a lot of bass wont hurt your ears but its a sign of a good soundsystem.in a lot of nightclubs, its just a bunch of speakers turned up.

proper clubs have amazing sondsystems and are very loud but not ear piercing. the soundsystems in clubs in london/ibiza etc are amazing.your chest will vibrate with the bass but your ears are fine!

Soundwaves make your inner ear and eardrum vibrate, so if the sound is loud enough to make your chest vibrate, its sure as hell making your eardrums vibrate. Bass is at a different frequency to treble, which makes good quality bass feel different to listening to ****e speakers playing really loud treble. It's still damaging your hearing though.:(

Was at a nightclub a couple of months ago that I'd never been in, ears were ringing for two days after, no messin'.

marko91

no niteclubs are made for really loud music go to a old mans pub if u cant handle it:pif u want really loud go to the metro in tallagh jesus the vibrations:cool:

stovelid

marko91 wrote: »

u want really loud go to the metro in tallagh

He's talking about aurally loud as opposed to loud mullets and trainers.

Not loud enough for Snyper rogering some young one in the corner.

googlefan

I think they could do with turning it down 10% or so. I can remember in America it was way easier to talk to women when it wasn't as loud, also the women there were easier to approach.

After about 2nd yr in college we used to hit the late bars when we wanted to score. Doing so in a nightclub involves shouting and minor sexual assault on the dancefloor in order to be successful.

Gary ITR

bubblicious wrote: »

Definitely way too loud. It's a disaster trying to hear what your friends are saying over it. Just amazed the bar staff can still manage to take orders despite the loudness!!

You get quite good at lipreading and also in clubs there are generally no speakers at the bar

pistonsvox

Most clubs get checked by a health and safety warden. If they are in breach of the dB limit they can get shut down or heavily fined. Maybe some clubs wing it, but most "nightclubs" have built in Limiters that limit the volume to a reasonable level that the human ear can withstand for a certain amount of hours.

In terms of bass...its easy to just turn down the tops and mids boxes and just crank the subs for bass... if thats all you want? :pac: My fav soundsytems are prob the L Acoustics rigs they have in Whelans and Button Fac. Not too harsh on your ears and can crank the crap outta em:cool:

starbelgrade

pistonsvox wrote: »

Most clubs get checked by a health and safety warden. If they are in breach of the dB limit they can get shut down or heavily fined. Maybe some clubs wing it, but most "nightclubs" have built in Limiters that limit the volume to a reasonable level that the human ear can withstand for a certain amount of hours.

In terms of bass...its easy to just turn down the tops and mids boxes and just crank the subs for bass... if thats all you want? :pac: My fav soundsytems are prob the L Acoustics rigs they have in Whelans and Button Fac. Not too harsh on your ears and can crank the crap outta em:cool:

So says Mr. Dublin-centric.

pistonsvox

Leixlip actually. ha

Victor McDade

deisedude wrote: »

My friend actually did that the other night! He was promptly told where to go

You know Steven Gerrard?!? :eek:

starbelgrade

pistonsvox wrote: »

Leixlip actually. ha

So you live in the suburbs.

pistonsvox

yup. smelly oul n4:pac:

starbelgrade

pistonsvox wrote: »

yup. smelly oul n4:pac:

LOL!

df1985

zinc.......bangin.and thats just peoples faces being banged outside.

Johnnnybravo

If you dont like noise, avoid niteclubs and sit in with a bloody cocoa watching one foot in the grave:rolleyes:

deisedude

Johnnnybravo wrote: »

If you dont like noise, avoid niteclubs and sit in with a bloody cocoa watching one foot in the grave:rolleyes:

That would be disgusting. Imagine the taste!:eek:

Johnnnybravo

deisedude wrote: »

That would be disgusting. Imagine the taste!:eek:

lol............beat that terrible loud musac though;)

Edgedinblue

I'm only 20 and i think there too loud :rolleyes:

Epic Tissue

Clubs need to be less loud around the seating areas. They seem ok on the dancefloor. They need better lights.

blankblank

are nightclubs too loud??


Hmmm i tink the real question you should ask yourself is are your ears too sensitive?

Sarn

This is what is needed in clubs.

Directional audio

You can enjoy the loud music when you're on the dancefloor, step out of the beam and you can have a conversation or listen to a totally different type of music. The best of both worlds.

blankblank

Ive heard of that stuff before, o you could try one of those "silent discos" they used to have in savoy in cork last year.
Everyone is given headphones at the door and when you wanna hear music you put em on and dance away and when you want silence you simply take em off.
twas very interestin to see ppl dancing around while you stand dere in silence!!

DigiGal

I wear ear plugs...:) very uncool

Piste

I'm 18 and I think they're too loud, it's impossible to have a chat.

DigiGal

Piste wrote: »

I'm 18 and I think they're too loud, it's impossible to have a chat.

seriously ear plugs ftw!

Jeanious

Johnnnybravo wrote: »

If you dont like noise, avoid niteclubs and sit in with a bloody cocoa watching one foot in the grave:rolleyes:

Yeah because the coolest thing in the world is to get the head blasted off ya, stand in the corner getting langers until ya have enough dutch courage to not care about making a tit of yourself on the dancefloor, and then vaguely try to chance every bird in a 6 foot radius. :rolleyes:

Jaysus, in this day and age, it is actually possible to set the amps at different levels, i.e. quiet around the dancefloor and loud on it, t'aint rocket science! Im not mad about night clubs, their dwellers and the associated music, but even if im in a place with my type of music, if its blastin it still does my t1ts in and is absolutely unnecessary.

Adyx

Onkle wrote: »

You get quite good at lipreading and also in clubs there are generally no speakers at the bar

I actually often find it easier to take an order from someone 10 feet away by reading their lips than from some muppet shouting in my ear.. Of course in either case you'll end up with dickheads talking through their hands or ordering while talking to someone else.