[sdiy] Speakers and SDIY (was: The final cut power amp!)

[Scott E.]

I appreciate this as well. Sound should be good at low levels too.

I would just like to caution anyone on the list (JH included) that even 
with low volume levels, be careful about spending too much time using 
headphones to do your mixing. Even at reduced levels, the headphones can 
deliver serious transient impact to the ear drum due to the low mass of 
the air involved in sound transmission and cause hearing damage over 
time. This can be mitigated by not using headphones that completely 
cover the ear (isolation style ear cups) and using the "open" style of 
headphones.

Regards, Scott E.
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JH. wrote:

>This may sound surprising, but I don't feel comfortable at high sound levels
>at all.
>I want to hear music in reasonable (low) volume, and I want my environment
>to
>be accordingly quiet, such that I still have high dynamic range. Our world
>has
>become increasingly LOUD, and silence - silence per se, and silence as a
>background
>for music that does not need to scream over background noises - is a most
>valuable
>good to me.
>
>I'm recording and mixing with headphones. This is said to be difficult, as
>it would
>have a tendency to increase bass unnaturally in the mix (to compensate for
>the loss
>of bass in headphones). I have my own method to avoid this, however: I'm
>using the same
>type of Sennheiser headphones for as long as I can think, and every time one
>is worn out,
>I'm buying the exact same model. (Yes, this means looking on ebay, as they
>aren't built
>anymore.) So I have learned how they sound, and how my recordings will sound
>on other setups. The final test, of course, before I finish a piece of
>music, is putting it
>into other setups, like car speakers, portable radios, and the hifi in the
>living room.
>Sometimes there is an unpleasant surprise (and will be taken care of), but
>normally
>this works remarkably well.
>
>JH.
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