Loud music in nightclubs

Irishwolff · 28-10-2012 12:17PM #1

I went to a club in Dublin city center last night and the music was so loud, it was nearly impossible to have a conversation without shouting. So my question is, why do they have the music so loud in nightclubs? I also paid 6 euro for a pint which is another issue in its self.
Is there any pubs or clubs in Dublin that dont have the music so loud, to the stage where you might consider bringing earphones and use an alternative way of communicating, like texting?!

admiralofthefleet · 28-10-2012 12:18PM

you were willing to pay 6 quid for a pint, you got what you deserved imo

tigger123 · 28-10-2012 12:18PM

The Long Hall on George's Street, great boozer, no music, TV only comes on for big sporting events.

MrMatisse · 28-10-2012 12:18PM

Dem pesky kids

Irishwolff · 28-10-2012 12:19PM

Well obviously didnt know the price before hand

jonon9 · 28-10-2012 12:20PM

Because they think its great, where I live they play the music so loud that you can hear the speakers distorting and cracking its bloody ****

StankyStevie · 28-10-2012 12:21PM

music is played load in clubs so you can't talk and drink more

efb · 28-10-2012 12:21PM

Congrats, you're officially too old for clubbing.
Pull up a still and pass the Times, cheers.

Irishwolff · 28-10-2012 12:22PM

I was wondering if it was an attempt to encourage you to drink more

Irishwolff · 28-10-2012 12:24PM

Not really, I always thought it was too loud and Im sure Im not alone in that point of view.

Irishwolff · 28-10-2012 12:25PM

So my question is aimed at finding out what clubs and pubs in Dublin, have the music playing at a reasonable level

efb · 28-10-2012 12:26PM

how old are you OP?

Irishwolff · 28-10-2012 12:28PM

efb wrote: »

how old are you OP?

In my early twenties. I was just wondering if other people were experiencing the same thing... or maybe it was just the club I was in

efb · 28-10-2012 12:31PM

Wow!
might be giving away my age here but...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B87snXgV7Pg

Sabre0001 · 28-10-2012 12:31PM

Clubs charge more - people drink more when the music is loud because they can't just chat - Clubs rake in profit...

efb · 28-10-2012 12:33PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12VUjgYMm1U

surely people go to clubs to dance? (and take illicit substances)

biko · 28-10-2012 12:37PM

Irishwolff wrote: »

Is there any pubs or clubs in Dublin

The George.

Have fun.

Irishwolff · 28-10-2012 12:37PM

Sabre0001 wrote: »

Clubs charge more - people drink more when the music is loud because they can't just chat - Clubs rake in profit...

For a second I thought I was getting too old but yeah I knew there was some logical thinking behind it. Play the music loud and people will drink more. To be honest, in the past I noticed the more drunk I am, the less aware I am of the music and tend to talk alot lounder. Then I wake up the next morning and my throat is sore from shouting the night before

holystungun9 · 28-10-2012 12:39PM

As I go clubbing quite a bit, the sound levels are something that concerns me but I haven't gone about looking into it until now (your thread has reminded me). Here in Madrid, clubs (in some, at least) have a decibel meter attached to the system by the DJ booth so that people can check out what the levels are like. Last night, in one club the level was about 96 dB and the club I went to on Thursday night was as 105dB.
I've just checked the decibel time exposure guide http://www.dangerousdecibels.org/education/information-center/decibel-exposure-time-guidelines/ and found that the permissible time for being in an environment at 96 is just an hour (I was there for two), and on Thursday night, for 105, I should only have been there for about four minutes (I was there for four hours).
I don't know where exactly the mic for this thing is placed in the club but I presume it's in a reasonably neutral spot, i.e. not right beside a speaker.
Either way, the music is definitely too loud.
Option one is to stop going but that's not going to happen. Option two is to bring earplugs. I know some DJs get bespoke ones made but they cost a lot (granted, not as costly as losing your hearing). I have seen more general club ones in a music store I go to, so I will ask about them as I don't want the music I love to slowly fade away as I get older.

Irishwolff · 28-10-2012 12:39PM

biko wrote: »

The George.

Have fun.

Cool thanks. I will go there the next night

Irishwolff · 28-10-2012 12:43PM

holystungun9 wrote: »

As I go clubbing quite a bit, the sound levels are something that concerns me but I haven't gone about looking into it until now (your thread has reminded me). Here in Madrid, clubs (in some, at least) have a decibel meter attached to the system by the DJ booth so that people can check out what the levels are like. Last night, in one club the level was about 96 dB and the club I went to on Thursday night was as 105dB.
I've just checked the decibel time exposure guide http://www.dangerousdecibels.org/education/information-center/decibel-exposure-time-guidelines/ and found that the permissible time for being in an environment at 96 is just an hour (I was there for two), and on Thursday night, for 105, I should only have been there for about four minutes (I was there for four hours).
I don't know where exactly the mic for this thing is placed in the club but I presume it's in a reasonably neutral spot, i.e. not right beside a speaker.
Either way, the music is definitely too loud.
Option one is to stop going but that's not going to happen. Option two is to bring earplugs. I know some DJs get bespoke ones made but they cost a lot (granted, not as costly as losing your hearing). I have seen more general club ones in a music store I go to, so I will ask about them as I don't want the music I love to slowly fade away as I get older.

Excellent post, well said. Its important to take care of your hearing. I have often left nightclubs with ringing in my ears which I know is not a good sign

efb · 28-10-2012 12:57PM

The George is pretty loud, and not just the clothes!

leggo · 28-10-2012 01:01PM

Why are you going to nightclubs to have a conversation? That's like going to the library for a dance...

Irishwolff · 28-10-2012 01:05PM

leggo wrote: »

Why are you going to nightclubs to have a conversation? That's like going to the library for a dance...

Yeah sure go to a nighclub and only have non verbal communication. Why didnt I think of that before

28-10-2012 01:08PM

I was in a clothes shop yesterday in Dublin, can't remember which one, but they had the music pumping extraordinarily loud - at the level of a nightclub, I would imagine. Is this the norm now?

leggo · 28-10-2012 01:19PM

Irishwolff wrote: »

Yeah sure go to a nighclub and only have non verbal communication. Why didnt I think of that before

No. Walk up to girls and try to shift the face off them while gyrating distractedly to the beat.

That's pretty much what nightclubs are for.

If you're ugly, don't though, or they'll call you a creep.

And stick to pubs for the DMCs pal.

Irishwolff · 28-10-2012 01:30PM

leggo wrote: »

No. Walk up to girls and try to shift the face off them while gyrating distractedly to the beat.

That's pretty much what nightclubs are for.

If you're ugly, don't though, or they'll call you a creep.

And stick to pubs for the DMCs pal.

Sounds prehistoric.

PizzamanIRL · 28-10-2012 01:33PM

That's like going to the swimming pool and complaining about getting wet.

shedweller · 28-10-2012 01:33PM

In 30 years time we'll all be half blind from too much looking at small screens too close, deaf from nightclubs with noise levels above legal limits and obese from sitting on our holes eating and drinking crap!

Im generalising of course.

OneArt · 28-10-2012 01:37PM

I was under the impression that loud music was the point of a nightclub.

What ticks me off is when bars and pubs play ridiculously loud music, so it's impossible to talk to anyone. That gets my goat, that does.

danslevent · 28-10-2012 01:57PM

I only ever go to night clubs when I'm too drunk to care about anything, don't notice the music being too loud :P

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