Why are movie theater speakers getting so loud?

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At first I thought it might just be me, but online and in person, I’m hearing more and more people talk or joke about how crazy loud movie theater speakers are getting. Lots of people (including myself) are resorting to wearing ear plugs just to watch a movie without getting ear pain. Meanwhile, I almost never see anyone complaining about *not* being able to hear a movie in the theater.

Is there a secret wave of people who can’t hear theater speakers that I’m just missing? Or is something else going on?

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It’s because you can more easily attenuate the volume for yourself with earplugs, than you can increase it. So a higher volume is inclusive to a larger percentage of the population.

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