My guess is that you can bring an iPod and listen, but don't bring your Bose Home Theater system and you $5000 sub and then listen to Blue Man with the music up as loud as it can get.

Does anyone else find it rather ironic that FIRST is banning loud music when they're blaring loud music all day during the competition?:rolleyes:

I don't "do" loud noise
 

It's got to be quiet some place. Personally I'm still bringing ear plugs this year.

I thought the same thing. If a person had a year-round job in an environment as loud as that created by the music and announcements from the "official" PA system at a FIRST competition, the person would have serious hearing loss in a short time if they didn't use ear plugs.

I worked for years on the factory floor. Loud music and loud equipment is the order of the day. I even take naps during lunch. You get used to it.

You get used to it, but you still suffer hearing loss if the sound pressure level is too high. I could be wrong, but I think 90dba is the most you should be exposed to on an 8 hour/day basis.

My old supervisor told me I was going to go deaf because I used to play my headphones so loudly.

Did you?

Nah I'm fine and still trying very hard to make myself deaf by blaring my boombox as loud as I can on my dock. I don't think playing Toni Braxton will make you deaf though.

If there are several sorces of loud music in the pits, it gets really anoying. If there is only one source of loud music, it isn't as bad (depending on what the music is).

If I hear that once at a regional or the championship i will shut their music off myself.....The dogs are dead!!

hrmmm.... i'm going to have to remember that for this years IRI :D :p

Macarina (sp?) was the song that was played about 5 times/hour my first two or so years with FIRST ('96-'97) I suppose they played it at least a few times last year, but, fortunately not too often.

I remember one of the first songs they played at the Buckeye regional was Margaritaville. I may be mistaken but I don't think it was a Jimmy Buffet crowd attending the regional.:rolleyes:

Re: music in the pitss
 

All teams should vote for music or no music!!

Just as long as we can play the theme song to "King of the Hill" over and over again, we will be fine.


(Just because it goes along so nicely with the game this year).