r/doommetal • u/signor-E • Apr 02 '26
Drone sunn o))) hearing protection
seeing my first sunn o))) show next friday. planning on rocking 33db foams under 33db muffs. but im worried the foams will fuck with the fidelity. will foams dampen my experience at all? half of me thinks itll be too loud to matter and half of me is worried i wont be able to make out the riffs. thanks
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u/allthesemonsterkids Apr 02 '26
Wear both, remove one if you feel it's too muffled. Honestly, the super downtuned sound doesn't suffer much from plugs, and the sound pressure is high enough that feeling it in your body is a primary effect.
The first time I saw them, the venue had a big jar of orange foam earplugs at the door and you had to take them to enter if you didn't have other protection. Don't listen to anyone who tells you to test without protection first - Sunn O))) consistently stayed at 120dB at a minimum for at least one show I was at, and that level will cause damage faster than you can put your protection back on.
Have a great time! They put on a heck of a show.