{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5fe36a71f3869269deaf79a5/625fc4e21f4ad40013f99d1a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"0541 – Your Mic Levels With Headphones","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5fe36a71f3869269deaf79a5/1640517727663-c9732320b1dc90956152d18c807b99bc.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>2022.06.25 – 0541 – Your Mic Levels With Headphones</strong></p><p><strong>Your levels with headphones</strong></p><p>If you notice a lower level in your headphones, you might begin to speak more loudly to compensate, and suddenly you’re in a situation of talking <em>at</em> the listener, rather than telling them a story, or chatting with them in a conversational way, and lessening the ability to communicate with them.</p><p><br></p><p>Incidentally, the best way to tell your sound levels are set correctly is to always use headphones, and to have them turned up high enough to drown out your normal speaking voice. Anything too loud will cross the threshold of pain and soon have you reaching for the volume control. There’s more on the correct use of headphones, in a bit.</p>","author_name":"Peter Stewart"}