Is the iPod Generation Going Deaf?

prozac79 writes "Ars Technica and Wired News are both running interesting articles on how personal music players are a major contributor [ArsTechnica] to early hearing loss [Wired]. According the ArsTechnica article, an increasing number of people are now living in "noisy" environments that is only made worse by blocking it out with even louder music. The article also suggests that listening to music for one hour a day is considered safe. So now you have a choice... go deaf early or go insane listening to your coworkers chatter."

Comments

Twat?

[irc.goatse.cx troll]

I cunt hair you.

Heh, the irony

[Ogemaniac]

Both of these responses are exactly the things that XYZ-philes always say.

Bose occupies a niche at the upper end of the mainstream. They are a little more expensive and defnitely better than the cheap crap that most people buy. Every market has such a company or two. The XYZ-philes always attack such companies with the line "but here is some obscure product that is both cheaper and infinitely better".

Thanks for making my point, guys.

I generally don't listen to music

[Ogemaniac]

and don't own expensive speakers. Nor do I care. I was simply making a point that audiophiles' hatred of Bose is predictable.

To the extent that I know anything about speakers, I thought Denon and Onkyo were in the same price range as Bose (typically, the upper end of what you would find at Best Buy or Curcuit City, which is what I mean by "mainstream"). Marantz is rather far up the chain for the label of mainstream, though they do dabble in some mid/high priced models.