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On 1/20/2020 at 6:23 PM, leerathje said:

 

Yes, you should read the internet.... (read the internet??)  If you did read the internet, you would find out that in-ear monitors are used for A LOT more than noise reduction.  As a matter of fact, I'm providing a link directly to Wikipedia.  Here's the first two sentences:

 

In-ear monitors (IEMs) are devices used by musicians, audio engineers, and audiophiles, to listen to music or to hear a personal mix of vocals and stage instrumentation for live performance or recording studio mixing. They are also used by television presenters in order to receive vocal instructions, info, and breaking news announcement from a producer that only the presenter hears.

 

In-ear monitors have many, many uses besides blocking noise, which is why so many people, including all the artists that you named, and the news broadcasters do too. Evern seen a broadcaster touch his ear, and then say ther's breaking news, or whatever?  it's because they are wearing an in-ear monitor!

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-ear_monitor

 

L.

 

 

The point is: The music sound is at BLASTING level and IEM's are used for ALL things you listed but you FAILED to mention the Db reduction that these IEM's provide - it DOES protect the hearing of whomever wears these but DOES NOT protect the hearing of the audience.

13 hours ago, sprockie said:

That's correct.  They are in ear monitors.  A band member from the RSRR told me.

 

Please READ the internet for information BEFORE you mentioned in-ear-monitors {IEMs). Herewith is info DIRECTLY from the internet!!!  NOTE the 'incredible' noise reduction!!!

In-Ear Monitors (IEMs} reduce volume of stage instruments and block out noise. According to the wiki definition they decrease the overall volume onstage somewhere between 26 and 34 decibels of noise reduction!!! This means that loud onstage instruments, such as drum kit or large 8x10" guitar stacks, are less likely to cause hearing damage for onstage musicians wearing IEMs.

Chris Martin, Bono, The Edge, Sting...just to name a few use the In-Ear monitors for every gig.

The extremely loud music was experienced on the HAL NEW SHIPS!

9 hours ago, gknep said:

Just off the Oosterdam and did not find the music to be too loud in any venue, but I'm only 53. One night on the MainStage was Magic Rocks which is a rock n roll illusionist with a decent soundtrack. A woman sitting near us spent the whole show complaining about the music and the volume. The fact that we could clearly hear her complaints that were not addressed to us is how I know that it wasn't too loud. 

The point SO MANY people seem to miss: THE MUSICIANS & SINGERS DO WEAR NOISE-BLOCKING-EAR-PIECES!!!!!!

OBVIOUSLY wearing those ear-pieces are not for their enjoyment but for sure: PROTECTING their hearing!!!.

With an email addressed to the President of HAL, we DID express our dissatisfaction about the extremely high music volume.

The way we understood the response: 'If you don't like it don't cruise with us'. Well, that is exactly what we did: Effective immediately, requested  STOP sending emails and brochures since we will NO LONGER cruise with HAL. There are, after all , plenty of cruise lines and countless OTHER vacation choices.    

First, we were pleased to read comments from so many ‘Older Adults’ and ‘Younger Adults’ touching on the HAL R&B extremely loud music and singers screaming their songs with words that cannot be appreciated because it is so ear-deafening!

We want 'Younger Adults' to know that ‘Older Adults’ DO enjoy R&B music but at ear-pleasing volume.

We are sure that ALL cruisers MUST be aware that R&B music players and singers

DO WEAR noise blocking ear pieces to obviously PROTECT their hearing!! Then the question is:

Why should the audience be BLASTED out of the area?

On recent HAL cruises, we experienced ear-deafening show music & singer volume. Also the B&R

bands were blasting their music so loud that we had to leave the areas.

Any cruisers having the same experience or are we, seniors, perhaps too sensitive?