"mick" wrote in message
news : On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 13:12:25 -0800, bryan_cass wrote:
:
: Thanks Mick. I think I have enough listening experience already to know
: what I like. I have played trombone and tuba in concert bands for about
: 12 years now. I have played trombone in orchestra pits for musicals over
: the past 8 years. I played trombone and sang in a big band from 1995 to
: 2003. I played piano and sang for our church from 1998 to 2003. I have
: been in marching bands and orchestras since jr. high school and played
: piano since I was 9. Not to mention just playing instruments at home as
: well, and of course attending professional concerts. I'm 43, and I want
: to finally buy a sound system that I can immerse myself in, rather than
: making price the driving factor as it has since my first Realistic stereo
: in 1975. *I want to enjoy my hearing while I still can! ;-)

*Hmm, well, indeed. http://orkestengehoor.nl/achtergrond.../r816_3_ra.pdf
is a dutch report from 2003 : brass section players are on average exposed to 88
dbA
SPL dayly average over a 260 day working year .

K. Kähäri (Linholmen Development, Göteborg) reported in 2003 that
only 26 % of classical orchestra performers had no hearing impairements
;
within the remaining 74 %:
41 % suffered diminished hearing capabilities
43 % suffered tinnitus
39 % suffered hyperacuses

Rudy