You wankers and your classical music! 
If you have been to as many arena concerts as I have, well you have to reach for 11 at home! Solo Piano not so much. Any classical that I might listen to has to be the Heavy Metal of classical and then again...11!
There is one concert I went to that made me 100% committed to ear plugs from that night on and that was the Scorps at the Los Angeles Forum, 10 minutes in I was begging our server for a napkins to pack my ears, holy crap that was loud.
When I listen, I listen loud or loudness to previous events and perceptions. When I do blues and jazz I generally adjust to small venue levels, still loud, maybe 7 to 8, lol.
When I put on Judas Priest Stained Class, that $hit is on 11 the whole album, its designed to be listened to that way! To be fair Mike and Steve's kit pull that album off very well much to their chagrin, would have gone louder, but hey, not my equipment to put the beans to!
My favorite place of all time for metal was The Universal Amphitheater because they cared about sound levels and quality. They would take it to the limit just short of distortion and overloading the building, never needed ear plugs there. I always took them but never used them. The metal heads would always be screaming "Turn it up" but they never did, it was fantastic. Sadly its a Harry Potter ride now.
It's been said that Americans listen louder than most, don't know if its true or not but I am 100% guilty of it and don't intend to change that anytime soon.
At the same time I would be perfectly content with Justin Johnson with his steel guitar or his 3 string shovel guitar and his battery operated little amp out on my front stoop at his preferred levels for a few hours, the man simply needs no other musicians to accompany him, in fact they get in his way.
Different strokes, different levels, different folks.
If you have been to as many arena concerts as I have, well you have to reach for 11 at home! Solo Piano not so much. Any classical that I might listen to has to be the Heavy Metal of classical and then again...11!There is one concert I went to that made me 100% committed to ear plugs from that night on and that was the Scorps at the Los Angeles Forum, 10 minutes in I was begging our server for a napkins to pack my ears, holy crap that was loud.
When I listen, I listen loud or loudness to previous events and perceptions. When I do blues and jazz I generally adjust to small venue levels, still loud, maybe 7 to 8, lol.
When I put on Judas Priest Stained Class, that $hit is on 11 the whole album, its designed to be listened to that way! To be fair Mike and Steve's kit pull that album off very well much to their chagrin, would have gone louder, but hey, not my equipment to put the beans to!
My favorite place of all time for metal was The Universal Amphitheater because they cared about sound levels and quality. They would take it to the limit just short of distortion and overloading the building, never needed ear plugs there. I always took them but never used them. The metal heads would always be screaming "Turn it up" but they never did, it was fantastic. Sadly its a Harry Potter ride now.
It's been said that Americans listen louder than most, don't know if its true or not but I am 100% guilty of it and don't intend to change that anytime soon.
At the same time I would be perfectly content with Justin Johnson with his steel guitar or his 3 string shovel guitar and his battery operated little amp out on my front stoop at his preferred levels for a few hours, the man simply needs no other musicians to accompany him, in fact they get in his way.
Different strokes, different levels, different folks.
