Quote Originally Posted by Honkey_Kong View Post
I don't know. Some of the best music is being made today. Of course it's not in the mainstream. But if you look at what the mainstream was putting out even back in the 70's 60's and 50's, most of it was garbage.


I mean go listen one of Opeth's last few albums or go look at Porcupine Tree, Soen, Sons of Apollo, etc etc. In fact because of the fact that quality recording equipment has become very affordable and that the internet has given a direct pathway from the artists to the listeners, There's more stuff being made than ever before.
This is true, good music is still being made currently, but like you said, its the underground scene where actual quality is being made. mainstream music is trash, especially now. i remember in the 90s when alot of the mainstream was actually good though.

Quote Originally Posted by wango View Post
That’s why there were headphones & now ear buds. If you really do listen to bands like Pantera, then if you listen to it loud the way it’s intended to be listened to that will drown out any background bullshit.

I’ve been doing it since the first walk-men, portable cassette players came out. Problem is, your hearing will start to suffer. Mine has, but it was worth it & just another part of the sacrifice.
bro, i love listening to loud music, with headphones or in the car. i listen to music loud at home too, but i recently got reported to my HOA for noise complaints. damn snitches, if i was 20 years younger id aggressively doorbell ditch their house at 3 AM

loud music is starting to affect my hearing though.

Quote Originally Posted by Honkey_Kong View Post
I heard this before and I don't know if it's true or not. But every time you listen to something so loud you hear a really high-pitch ringing in your ears afterwards. That is the last time you're ever going to hear that specific pitch. It seem plausible to me, but I don't know.
im no expert on this, but i heard that the ringing in your ears is the result of having lost one or several of the hairs in your inner ear which are used for detecting sound. the length of the hair would impact which frequencies that hair can detect, so it seems likely this is 100% true.