TitianWarrior I have constant tinnitus and it’s wank. All self-inflicted though so I can’t even be mad at anyone

I’m amazed I haven’t. Some of the damage I did to my ears, especially with the Shelley’s/eclipse systems was off the chain. I spent days with partial hearing usually into midweek. Some nights we used to joke when we left the club that we couldn’t actually hear one another talking for a few hours. For a laugh we used to stick our heads in the giant bass bins to see how long you could last.

There was a big group of us, most of whom Im still in touch with and don’t know of one of us that got permanent hearing damage from it. Must just be luck of the draw because we were all exposed to ridiculous levels weekly for years. You never came across those levels post 95ish. People started wising up to it.
Hope you find a solution mate 👍

      Cankles-McJeggings I’m amazed I haven’t. Some of the damage I did to my ears, especially with the Shelley’s/eclipse systems was off the chain. I spent days with partial hearing usually into midweek.

      you lot are lucky bastards!

      I’ll be honest, I’m purely spitballing here, but I’ve seemed to notice:

      1. My friends with DJ careers who have tinnitus, seem to have used Sennheiser HD-25 headphones for years and years
      2. I get much worse hearing damage (ringing for hours) from Mids and Trebles than bass
      3. Someone wrote a post recently about how much brighter/harsher HD-25 headphones are in these areas when turned up, compared with other headphones

      Although the HD-25 are crystal clear, I own a pair of those and I own a pair of “AIAIAI TMA-2 DJ Preset” - which I played on for 7 years prior, and I can definitely tell how easy it is on my mixer to turn the HD-25s up too loud in comparison.

          I bought and sold the senhiessers within a month.
          Absolutely awful for DJing. Harsh , uncomfortable you name it. Horrible fucking things. I switched to Sony Mdr7506s and have never looked back. Over 20 years in fact.

            Cankles-McJeggings pretty much everyone DJs with them in Finland. I also don’t like them. I really miss my A&H Xone-headphones that got stolen. Wish they’d still make them. The Phonon’s I use now are also discontinued, but losing them too is not a high risk situation as I only use them at home. Too expensive, and delicate. I have Audio Technica ath-m50s for gigs, they’re pretty close to the Xone-headphones in terms of sound.

                My wife thinks I’m going deaf, but I get my hearing tested every year as part of my medical and it’s on the turn, but nothing to worry about. She could help my not speaking to me whilst walking away and whispering so that she feels she has an excuse to berate me for having to say everything twice. The reality is that I’m just not listening.

                  The Mrs tells me I have 2 major faults.

                  I don’t listen - and something else.

                  I’ll check my inbox!

                    Digweed, Carl Cox and Brixton Academy did me. Sides of my head were numb after leaving the club.

                    Got shredded and it miraculously disappeared… until COVID.

                      Smallman1 The Mrs tells me I have 2 major faults.

                      I don’t listen - and something else.

                      I’ll check my inbox!

                      Surprised she’s still there. Can’t be long now.

                        NasserAlazzawi The HD25s are loud, I think partially because they isolate so well, but they’re not bright by any stretch. Their frequency response is boosted around 100-200 hz and they dip around 5000-6000 hz (and get wobbly in that range).

                        I found most djs I played back to back with had the monitors up too high and compensated by turning their cans up to match. That’s more likely the issue.

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