beats uncomfortable as shit

[babadoctor]

Then it sounds like it's either an unrelated problem, or you still insisted on listening to a headphone that was damaging your hearing. Either way, not Apple's problem.

ok

but then is that article BS?

[SSL]

ok

but then is that article BS?

 

Some parts are right, some less so, but I think it's been misinterpreted by you and a few others in the thread.

[babadoctor]

Some parts are right, some less so, but I think it's been misinterpreted by you and a few others in the thread.

can you verify what is right and what is not

[SSL]

can you verify what is right and what is not

 

Well for one, the lowest note on a standard 88-key piano is 27.5Hz, not 25.

 

You do not have to turn the volume "way up" to hear sub-bass in headphones. You just need a headphone that isn't SHIT.

 

The notion that "deepear bass = louder playback" is presented as factual when it is not at all clear how the author reached that conclusion. The few studies that have been done on the subject generally conclude that people are more likely to turn the volume up when there is LESS bass, in order to compensate for an apparently bass-light presentation. Excess bass should if anything be safer because people won't have that tendency.

 

While it is true that listening at 85dB or higher for more than an hour or two can result in permanent hearing damage, the author makes a leap from this fact to somehow brand Beats Audio as soley responsible for the hearing loss epidemic.

 

To summarize, the author basically draws on a few isolated facts to pull a conclusion completely out of their ass. The real culprits here are music producers, for mixing loud, compressed pop music and making it popular among people too stupid to exercise some common sense. Also somewhat to blame is the preponderance of sensitive consumer headphones which get far too loud even from the weak integrated amps of phones and music players.