Determining the "loudest recorded sound" depends on how you define sound and on which measurements you choose to include.

More often than not, rock ‘n’ roll is meant to be played one way and one way only: loud. After all, new equipment was created for this very purpose. However, every so often, a band comes around and ...

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What are the loudest sounds at UB? Where are the university’s quietest spots? What unlikely noises here are around 60 decibels, the level typically associated with a normal conversation between two ...

How loud can sound really get? The human ear can safely hear up to around 120 decibels. Beyond that, it starts to hurt. At 150 decibels, eardrums can rupture. But history has witnessed sounds far ...