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<blockquote data-quote="Jeff Babcock" data-source="post: 55993" data-attributes="member: 46"><p>Re: Earplugs and loud bands</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>As you can see, many of us can rant with you. Me included. </p><p></p><p>I recently recall giving a drummer a texas headphone setup with 2 Mackie HD1531 over 2 HD1801. This is on a small stage. It was cranked right into solid limit and the other band members were complaining that the drum fill was drowning out their own monitor mixes, but the drummer insisted on more, more more.... finally, I said "that's all she's got". I had a conversation with the manager and they convinced the drummer to ditch his 30db plugs and use a small amount of tissue instead. I was able to drop the wedge level almost 10db after that!</p><p></p><p>This is just one of many examples.</p><p>I can understand drummers wanting to protect their hearing from cymbal wash etc, but using 30db plugs is just madness. A 10 to 15db plug is plenty if you really feel you must use them.</p><p>I agree with Void, we should take issue with this when these scenarios arise. It is potentially damaging to equipment let alone sonics.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeff Babcock, post: 55993, member: 46"] Re: Earplugs and loud bands As you can see, many of us can rant with you. Me included. I recently recall giving a drummer a texas headphone setup with 2 Mackie HD1531 over 2 HD1801. This is on a small stage. It was cranked right into solid limit and the other band members were complaining that the drum fill was drowning out their own monitor mixes, but the drummer insisted on more, more more.... finally, I said "that's all she's got". I had a conversation with the manager and they convinced the drummer to ditch his 30db plugs and use a small amount of tissue instead. I was able to drop the wedge level almost 10db after that! This is just one of many examples. I can understand drummers wanting to protect their hearing from cymbal wash etc, but using 30db plugs is just madness. A 10 to 15db plug is plenty if you really feel you must use them. I agree with Void, we should take issue with this when these scenarios arise. It is potentially damaging to equipment let alone sonics. [/QUOTE]
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