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RE: what farfeched doesn't say
Posted by Norman M on February 24, 2021 at 12:17:30:
Before the era of hearing protective devices, performers like classical music conductors made it part of their careers to stand less than ~10 feet away directly in front of a 125+ member orchestra/chorus rehearsing, performing and recording blockbuster compositions, e.g. Mahler Symphonies. L Stokowski conducted his last commercially released recording in his 95th year and a performance in front of an audience at age 93.
I recall having listened to a Mahler Symphony (in Lincoln Center) whose sound was so overbearingly loud that I found myself reflexively using my hands to cover my ears. Needless to say my listening room is sub-microscopic in size compared to a concert hall but that totality of such sound exposure (in frequency range of the instruments involved) could never take place at home. At least in part that's what made it so desirable. Not to imply that I think it's safe without severe consequence to routinely expose oneself to such loud sound.