Loud music in nightclubs

opinion guy · 28-10-2012 02:06PM

This has been bugging me too OP.

Does anyone else think they have been playing music louder in nightclubs in the last year or two ? I've certainly noticed alot more places where my ears are actually painful from the volume. Now possibly thats me getting old - at least thats what i thought at first - but recently was in Germany and Inoticed the volumes much lower in general there (and as a result less distortion and better quality sound) and also no pain in my ears. So now I'm inclined to think they have upped the volume in many places here.

Anyone else think this ?

leggo · 28-10-2012 02:16PM

opinion guy wrote: »

This has been bugging me too OP.

Does anyone else think they have been playing music louder in nightclubs in the last year or two ? I've certainly noticed alot more places where my ears are actually painful from the volume. Now possibly thats me getting old - at least thats what i thought at first - but recently was in Germany and Inoticed the volumes much lower in general there (and as a result less distortion and better quality sound) and also no pain in my ears. So now I'm inclined to think they have upped the volume in many places here.

Anyone else think this ?

Nah, you're giving clubs too much credit for being able to come up with some kind of concerted, unified effort for whatever reason. Most of the time it's probably just DJs/staff not understanding how the PA, levels etc work.

Dietsquirt · 28-10-2012 02:23PM

Peters Pub as well, no music, no matches

Jaded Jester · 28-10-2012 02:33PM

In a dark corner of an anonymous nightclub on a rainy night lost in the middle of winter with an almost toxic level of alcohol surging through my veins I felt myself disappear completely to the loud beat of a plastic pop song and I saw the act at the heart of all human action.

jester77 · 28-10-2012 02:56PM

Haven't been to a nightclub in years, much prefer to stay in the pub until 5 or 6am and then either head home or hit some of the morning gigs. Signs of getting old

minidazzler · 28-10-2012 03:00PM

jonon9 wrote: »

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 ****

They know it's sh1t. It's a case of shut up and drink rummy. When you can't talk you drink faster.

bodhrandude · 28-10-2012 03:58PM

The reason they have it so fecking loud is so that you can hear it from two blocks away outside in the street, at least thats what it sounds like from Coyotes in Forster St, Galway with a queue stretching about these two blocks.

Madam_X · 28-10-2012 04:36PM

Can't see anything wrong with music being too loud for chat in nightclubs - they're supposed to be places where you dance.

Music being too loud in pubs though - yeh I don't see the need for it; people want to chat.

KyussBishop · 28-10-2012 08:06PM

Have a small amount of tinnitus in one ear from loud music in a pub; only need one night out in a ****ty place like this, to do permanent damage.
If you hear any ringing in your ears after being at a pub or wherever, generally that indicates some damage is already done, so don't hang around once you notice the music is really loud.

I don't know why it's something that's not clamped down on really, because (seeing as it can cause permanent hearing damage) it's something you think would have legal limits, such as a maximum decibel rating and such?

28-10-2012 08:27PM

Irishwolff wrote: »

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?!

I strongly suggest that you stay away from the fleshpots of Kilmuckridge, down there the only thing you'll hear 'ringing in your ears' is the laughter of the locals as they watch you poncing about the dance floor like a big Dublin jessie.
Believe me, I know what I'm talking about!

Pottler · 28-10-2012 08:34PM

I can't hear you OP, the feckin musics too loud.

Cuddlesworth · 28-10-2012 09:09PM

holystungun9 wrote: »

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).

Irish Clubs regularly push 120 upwards. I really feel sorry for bar staff. In any other industry they would be walking around wearing hearing protectors.

I wear custom ear plugs to clubs when I can. It really helps, only problem is you keep forgetting you have to shout back to people. Got them originally as my hearing is a bit gone from riding a motorbike.

28-10-2012 09:48PM

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

Irish Clubs regularly push 120 upwards. I really feel sorry for bar staff. In any other industry they would be walking around wearing hearing protectors.

I wear custom ear plugs to clubs when I can. It really helps, only problem is you keep forgetting you have to shout back to people. Got them originally as my hearing is a bit gone from riding a motorbike.

Why not wear ear plugs whilst watching TV, some of them ads can be fierce loud.
Oh, don't forget the dark glasses for the 'strobe lighting effect', particularly on some of those modern programmes.
If a burglar ever breaks in whilst you're glued to 'Last of the Summer Wine' he'll turn on his heels screaming "help".

shedweller · 28-10-2012 10:22PM

9959 wrote: »

Why not wear ear plugs whilst watching TV, some of them ads can be fierce loud.
Oh, don't forget the dark glasses for the 'strobe lighting effect', particularly on some of those modern programmes.
If a burglar ever breaks in whilst you're glued to 'Last of the Summer Wine' he'll turn on his heels screaming "help".

You know perfectly well theres a big difference between nightclub sound systems and a tv.

ArseLtd · 28-10-2012 10:41PM

I laugh at people who talk about their social life when it includes going outside yourself pissed and going into a club and not having a single conversation unless in the smoking area.

Stavro Mueller · 28-10-2012 10:59PM

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

Irish Clubs regularly push 120 upwards. I really feel sorry for bar staff. In any other industry they would be walking around wearing hearing protectors.

I wear custom ear plugs to clubs when I can. It really helps, only problem is you keep forgetting you have to shout back to people. Got them originally as my hearing is a bit gone from riding a motorbike.

I really hope someone working in a nightclub bar sues.

TimeToShine · 29-10-2012 12:08AM

ArseLtd wrote: »

I laugh at people who talk about their social life when it includes going outside yourself pissed and going into a club and not having a single conversation unless in the smoking area.

people usually "socialize" before they go to the nightclub. i know very few if any people who drink and go out on their own.

3GAINSBOROUGH · 30-10-2012 01:16AM

I am what some would call an Old Skool Raver.
I attended raves from 1992 when I was 15 years of age.
One of the clubs I used to attend was The Ministry of Sound in London.
My friends all used to laugh and take the piss out of me for wearing ear plugs there as the music was so loud.
Now some of them suffer with tinnitus and hearing loss.
I have looked after my hearing over the years, both in and out of the clubs.

awec · 30-10-2012 01:18AM

Don't know how people can be arsed with pints in nightclubs. What's the point in paying in to a nightclub if you're going to stand at the side or sit in the corner drinking your pint, seeing as if you go anywhere else with it you'll end up wearing half of it.

3GAINSBOROUGH · 30-10-2012 01:20AM

ArseLtd wrote: »

I laugh at people who talk about their social life when it includes going outside yourself pissed and going into a club and not having a single conversation unless in the smoking area.

So true, mass is fierce craic altogether. What more could you want?

shrewd · 30-10-2012 01:29AM

Irishwolff wrote: »

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?!

what kind of music do you like? i've only found the workman club on Wellington Quay,D2.
the music is usually played at moderate level

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 30-10-2012 01:30AM

efb wrote: »

Congrats, you're officially too old for clubbing.

I found them too loud since I was too young to be in one. I suspect the people who don't mind the volume are already half deaf from spending so much time in them.

Madam_X wrote: »

Can't see anything wrong with music being too loud for chat in nightclubs - they're supposed to be places where you dance.

You still need to communicate with people. Have you really never shouted yourself hoarse right in somebody's ear and they still couldn't hear you?

opinion guy · 30-10-2012 04:20AM

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WHAT ?????

:pac:

12gauge dave · 30-10-2012 04:34AM

Ya ive noticed you have to smoke in order to have a conversation in pubs and clubs didnt bother me when i was 18 and it was all new but at 24 its a a bit annoying already

Eathrin · 30-10-2012 05:17AM

I go to a club to dance, and I like my music loud.
There are places in clubs to sit down and have a chat if one so wishes.
My only issue with loud music is the danger it poses to my hearing.

validusername1 · 30-10-2012 05:55AM

if it's too loud, you're too old

shedweller · 30-10-2012 07:40AM

But what about rules and regulations? Do they get left at the door?
Is there an exemption for nightclubs wrt noise levels?

kippy · 30-10-2012 07:46AM

I've seen some club and pub staff, not sure was it here or in the UK, wearing earplugs (and still manage to hear orders btw). Whatever about the young lads laughing at us aul ones, from a technical health and safety at work act, there are strict guidelines for signage and the provision of safety equipment for staff who are exposed to noise over certain decibel levels for a prolonged period as well as a responsibility to, where possible, bring the noise within safe limits. Any other work environment and it is taken really seriously.
A court case cannot be two far away and that will change the game.
As far as the punters go, there is probably not the same onus on the club but again a case would change that.

smash · 30-10-2012 09:30AM

Talk about being a buzz killington... Nightclubs have always been loud!

Neewbie_noob · 30-10-2012 09:42AM

Irishwolff wrote: »

Well obviously didnt know the price before hand

I ALWAYS ask the price of an item before buying, failing that when he rung up 6 squids on the till, I would have told him to shove it and walked away. I never go to clubs anyway. They're not a place to meet a nice girl anyway, and just a venue (unfortunately, mostly populated by sumbags). I met the most amazing girl by random chance and a weird coincidence, which I won't get into here

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