Loud Music

[TickTockMan]

For the last few days I have been hanging out at the bar I like. After 9pm it becomes a night club. When they turn on the music (its really loud) my chest starts to feel funny. Is this normal or should I leave. I am not sure, but I think my heartbeat may change depending on the song.

 

[youngboyslut]

If it's loud music and being played at a bar chances are that it has a lot of bass which can give you that feeling in you're chest from the vibrations.

 

[Lukeee]

I don't think there is anything wrong with that. I sorta get what you describe. I like it.

 

[jdoe4822]

yeah i don't think there's anything dangerous about it...it's just the deep notes vibrating the air. The my buddy named the old GT1 Chevy Corvette racecars "esophagus rattling" because everytime they went by, you could feel the deep thunder of that V-8 ratting your chest. Jet planes, especially older ones with turbojets/lowbypass turbo fans as well as military one under full afterburner do the same thing. I love it.

While it may not harm your internal organs (you need something more on the level of the Space Shuttle or Saturn V - which could kill you if you were close enough - to do that), I can't say whether or not its doing your hearing any good. I think around 90 decibels is when hearing damage can start to take place, no matter how deep or high the notes are. We certainly see much louder noise levels than that at work and obviously have to wear hearing protection.

 

[TickTockMan]

Thanks for the answers.

 

[pigface]

Agree with the above; the chest situation is unlikely to be harmful, but at that sort of volume it WILL destroy your hearing - irreversibly. Buy some earplugs!

 

[sheep]

Move away further from the sub woofers particularly if you have heart rhythm problems.