Hot take: Music at concerts sounds like shit without earplugs.
You know why that is, though? Because the person doing the sound-balancing at the concert is either 1.) wearing earplugs, so the sound is balanced for someone wearing earplugs; or 2.) is not wearing earplugs and so likely has damaged hearing.
please for the love of music wear earplugs, or loops, or something. I went to a Static-X concert once and I couldn’t hear anything for three days after because I forgot mine and figured “sure, no problem, if it gets too bad I’ll step out”. I did not step out, they are way too good.
earplugs by far make the music better – the band is wearing them, the mixers and audio techs are wearing them, you should be wearing them. Live music is for feeling the music, and ear plugs would never stop that, but they also get rid of the highs from the speakers that everyone finds unnerving.
Wear earplugs. Protect your hearing.
If you can’t do ear plugs like me(miniscule ear canals that make it legit painful) I highly reccomend getting a pair of those ear muffs for gun ranges and industrial work. You can get ‘em pretty cheap and they work great!
Look for different sizes of ear plugs too, i used to have the small-ear-canal-can’t-find-plugs-that-fit-without-hurting problem but they make more sizes now.
You can also go to gun shows and they always have booths where someone will make you custom molded foam ear plugs for a very reasonable price.
You can also get moldable silicone ear plugs that can be shaped to sit in the shell of your ear and don’t have to go in the ear canal.
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