Comments on: Is 12 decibel noise reduction good for concerts and jamming at high noise levels? http://www.woolyinc.com/noise-reduction/is-12-decibel-noise-reduction-good-for-concerts-and-jamming-at-high-noise-levels Sound Barriers and Noise Reduction for Home Music Studios Sat, 19 May 2012 09:47:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: billrussell42 http://www.woolyinc.com/noise-reduction/is-12-decibel-noise-reduction-good-for-concerts-and-jamming-at-high-noise-levels/comment-page-1#comment-3821 billrussell42 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:01:59 +0000 http://www.woolyinc.com/noise-reduction/is-12-decibel-noise-reduction-good-for-concerts-and-jamming-at-high-noise-levels#comment-3821 Any noise reduction is good, but 12 dB is not that great, given the extremely high levels at a lot of rock concerts. a rock concert varies from 110 to 140 dB, and sounds louder than 80 decibels are considered potentially dangerous. so 12 dB reduction reduces that 110 to 140 to 98 to 128, still dangerous and can cause hearing damage. .<br><b>References : </b><br> Any noise reduction is good, but 12 dB is not that great, given the extremely high levels at a lot of rock concerts.

a rock concert varies from 110 to 140 dB, and sounds louder than 80 decibels are considered potentially dangerous.

so 12 dB reduction reduces that 110 to 140 to 98 to 128, still dangerous and can cause hearing damage.

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