Linked by Jordan Spencer Cunningham on Wed 30th Sep 2009 20:43 UTC
"There are no current European standards on volume controls for MP3 players, though under French law personal music players must be limited to an output of 100 decibels (db). The Apple iPod, which can reach 130db, was briefly withdrawn from sale in France in 2002 until Apple updated the software to reduce the maximum volume. All iPods sold in Europe are now limited to an output of 100db. The European Commissionâs new proposals call for the default setting on all personal music players to be 80db. This would apply to MP3 players and mobile phones that are capable of playing music. However, the proposals apply only to the default setting, not to the maximum setting for the device."
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RE: Not only dumb, but bad science
by righard on Thu 1st Oct 2009 11:22
in reply to "Not only dumb, but bad science"
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I think several studies have found that the type of sound you are listening to matters as much as the decibel level. For instance, you will go deaf listening to a road drill at a lower sound level than if you were listening to undistorted classical music.