Loud all weekend: surviving 808 with your ears intact

Three stages, two nights, one dial. We spent 808 exactly where we always do — front-left of the main stage, close enough to feel the kick in your chest.

The dial stayed on Live for most of it. Between sets, back to Focus so you can actually hear your friends order. On the taxi home, Sleep.

The test was the next morning. No ringing, no muffled hours, no wondering whether it had cost you something. That is the whole point.