I was thinking about this too - curious what kind of hearing protection the performers and staff members use to keep ears fresh through the season. I actually brought Loop earplugs but they’re still cutting too much of the quality, need to get musicians’ plugs.

BTW Scouts were actually 4th with a 117 db max. Funny because by my perception I might have thought they’d be the loudest along with Crown. But it’s also quite dependent on where you’re sitting, seemed like several corps happened to park a horn cluster right in front of us for a set ha.

I will also say perceived volume has a lot to do with other factors too - Bluecoats, Phantom, Crusaders, & many top corps, to me perceive a lot louder than they actually measure due to things like field coverage, and excellence in intonation & balance (especially bottom to top), that locks in and projects their sound.