[Y3a]

I ride the Metro Subway in DC. About 35 percent of the riders have iPods shoved in their ears and are listening SO LOUDLY, that I can recognize the music. Even the larger headphones don't seem to isolate the listenwer from the rest of us. I hope insurance won't cover the loss!

[TETENAL]

The upper sound volume is nationally regulated in France and every other concerned user (or parent) can do it himself in the iPod settings. Apple informs about the risks. If you go deaf its your own bloody fault.

Apple - Sound and Hearing

[hickey]

I hate it when people listen to their music loud enough so I can hear it too. Makes me wish I carried a dagger with me.

[mac128k-1984]

I agree,

I'm so surprise at how many people have the headphones (not just ipods) so loud that I sitting a couple of seats down from them can make out the lyrics. If I can "enjoy" their music I wonder what type of damage is going on in their ears.

[mitchell_pgh]

Originally Posted by Y3a

I ride the Metro Subway in DC. About 35 percent of the riders have iPods shoved in their ears and are listening SO LOUDLY, that I can recognize the music. Even the larger headphones don't seem to isolate the listenwer from the rest of us. I hope insurance won't cover the loss!

I was on the red line this morning and hat the joy of hearing a guy rap out loud to the thundering iPod of his. That's the most annoying thing in the world. It's magnified when the guy/gal is standing in the doorway oblivious to the world and the people trying to get in/out.

[Dakar]

I heard this not long ago. No surprise.

[teknopimp]

are video iPod users going blind too?

[imitchellg5]

I always listen to my iPod quietly, even when I am listening to Linkin Park and the like. I do turn up the volume if it is plugged into my home stereo sometimes, but not loud enough for the whole neighbourhood to hear.

[Y3a]

I heard ELO, Grand Funk and KC and the SS band thru one guys head yesterday, and this morning a bunch of loud drumming stuff with cymbals from another rider(blue Line). YeeeHH!! I almost wrote "ELO - Evil Woman-1978" on a piece of paper and held it up so the guy 5 rows away on the other side of the car could understand he was playing it too F***kin LOWD!

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by Y3a

I hope insurance won't cover the loss!

That claim is gonna fall on deaf ears. Literally.

-t

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by teknopimp

are video iPod users going blind too?

Muahahaha

-t

[Salty]

The thing is the white headphones really don't keep the sound in the ears. if you actually put them in the wrong ears and shove the bigger parts in deep they actually get almost noise cancelling and can be listened to at half the volume. They look a lil funnier but I do it when I'm in the library now so as to not annoy the other people. When I take them out and hang them from my necklace I can't even hear them.

[d4nth3m4n]

Originally Posted by teknopimp

are video iPod users going blind too?

what they do in the privacy of their bedroom is their own business, bucko.

[Andy8]

Originally Posted by mitchell_pgh

I was on the red line this morning and hat the joy of hearing a guy rap out loud to the thundering iPod of his. That's the most annoying thing in the world. It's magnified when the guy/gal is standing in the doorway oblivious to the world and the people trying to get in/out.

I guess I am lucky to live in a place where even talking on the subway is frowned upon. I love the fact that most rides I take on the subway are in complete silence, even though the train maybe packed, everyone is silent.

[tooki]

In all fairness, this phenomenon is hardly new, nor unique to iPods. There have been annoying subway music listeners for as long as there have been walkmans, discmans, and portable MiniDisc players. MP3 players are just the latest iteration of the portable music player.

As others have said, being able to hear the other person's music doesn't necessarily mean it's crazy loud. Some headphone designs do not block sound (Sennheiser is the notable example of this -- their big headphones look like they should block sound, but they're actually designed not to!). It doesn't take much volume to recognize a song near you.

tooki

[KeriVit]

Originally Posted by tooki

In all fairness, this phenomenon is hardly new, nor unique to iPods. There have been annoying subway music listeners for as long as there have been walkmans, discmans, and portable MiniDisc players. MP3 players are just the latest iteration of the portable music player.

As others have said, being able to hear the other person's music doesn't necessarily mean it's crazy loud. Some headphone designs do not block sound (Sennheiser is the notable example of this -- their big headphones look like they should block sound, but they're actually designed not to!). It doesn't take much volume to recognize a song near you.

tooki

TRUE DAT! I was gonna say that.

[olePigeon]

Just reach over and pinch their neck like Spock.

[chestercopperpot]

Originally Posted by Y3a

I ride the Metro Subway in DC. About 35 percent of the riders have iPods shoved in their ears and are listening SO LOUDLY, that I can recognize the music. Even the larger headphones don't seem to isolate the listenwer from the rest of us. I hope insurance won't cover the loss!

Same here. It's usually ghetto kids (many colors, all trash) who have them plugged in, and literally, they MAX the volume. Damn. That owuld hurt my ears. I don't know how they do it.

[B Gallagher]

Originally Posted by Y3a

I heard ELO, Grand Funk and KC and the SS band thru one guys head yesterday, and this morning a bunch of loud drumming stuff with cymbals from another rider(blue Line). YeeeHH!! I almost wrote "ELO - Evil Woman-1978" on a piece of paper and held it up so the guy 5 rows away on the other side of the car could understand he was playing it too F***kin LOWD!

LOL you sooo should have done that. Classic.

[monkeybrain]

Originally Posted by Y3a

I heard ELO, Grand Funk and KC and the SS band thru one guys head yesterday, and this morning a bunch of loud drumming stuff with cymbals from another rider(blue Line). YeeeHH!! I almost wrote "ELO - Evil Woman-1978" on a piece of paper and held it up so the guy 5 rows away on the other side of the car could understand he was playing it too F***kin LOWD!

The world would be a better place if everyone could hear some ELO every day!

[kikkoman]

Originally Posted by Y3a

I ride the Metro Subway in DC. About 35 percent of the riders have iPods shoved in their ears and are listening SO LOUDLY, that I can recognize the music. Even the larger headphones don't seem to isolate the listenwer from the rest of us. I hope insurance won't cover the loss!

I invested in a nice pair of sound isolating earphones. These are the earplug type of phones that seal the ear canal. I can listen to my iPod at less than 1/3 max level even in noisy environments and lower in normal ambient levels.

[Y3a]

but what does it sound like to those around you?

[finboy]

Originally Posted by Y3a

I ride the Metro Subway in DC. About 35 percent of the riders have iPods shoved in their ears and are listening SO LOUDLY, that I can recognize the music. Even the larger headphones don't seem to isolate the listenwer from the rest of us. I hope insurance won't cover the loss!

It's been that way since the Sony Walkman came out. And people will have to pay for it later in life.

Like having loud car stereos. We liked 'em loud, back in my high school days, but nothing like now. It's got to be detrimental. Thorstein Veblen would probably describe the car thing as a form of conspicuous consumption, the only kind available to some people, perhaps. They burn their ears because they have no concept of "a future" or goals for later in their life.

[brassplayersrock²]

this reminds me...i had this idea going to print out little "info about loud music and hearing loss" mini booklets and hand them to people on the subway who listen to there music to loudly

Alex

[wvx]

And all of us who take care of our ears will be paying for it with higher insurance premiums... uggg... thanks Apple!!

[real]

Originally Posted by finboy

It's been that way since the Sony Walkman came out. And people will have to pay for it later in life.

Like having loud car stereos. We liked 'em loud, back in my high school days, but nothing like now. It's got to be detrimental. Thorstein Veblen would probably describe the car thing as a form of conspicuous consumption, the only kind available to some people, perhaps. They burn their ears because they have no concept of "a future" or goals for later in their life.

yeah nothing new, its a sign you are getting older when you think to yourself "WOW those damm kids are going to go deaf".


nothing more.


real

[TheoCryst]

...WHAT???

Seriously though, it's to the point where I'll be walking around campus and can hear two or more independent songs WHILE I'm listening to mine.

[zro]

What? What??


Guess they shoulda listened to their weird uncle Pete instead.

[Railroader]

Originally Posted by TheoCryst

... WHILE I'm listening to mine.

That's the part that amazes me. I usually have the volume on my iPod about 50% and I can often hear other people's music through their headphones. I pull mine out and theirs is by far louder and they are much further away then I am to my earbuds. Actually, they usually drown out mine.

[Kerrigan]

And if more people start watching videos on their iPod, they'll start going blind as well as deaf.

[Railroader]

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

And if more people start watching videos on their iPod, they'll start going blind as well as deaf.

Depends on the videos doesn't it?

[Railroader]

Originally Posted by Y3a

...About 35 percent of the riders have iPods shoved in their ears...

OUCH!