Hi. I hope that this group is appropriate for this question.

I was recently at a rock concert and was lucky enough to find a spot
near the stage. The show was great, but too loud. I had a pair of
cheap earplugs that the health department gives out, so I slipped them
in. The music then sounded awful. I noticed the guys in the band used
ear plugs also, but I assume that their plugs didn't diminish sound
quality as much.

Does anyone have any recommendations for a good brand of ear plugs that
will allow me to enjoy the music while not damaging my hearing?

Thanks.

On 28 Sep 2006 12:10:50 -0700, wrote:

Hi. I hope that this group is appropriate for this question.

I was recently at a rock concert and was lucky enough to find a spot
near the stage. The show was great, but too loud. I had a pair of
cheap earplugs that the health department gives out, so I slipped them
in. The music then sounded awful. I noticed the guys in the band used
ear plugs also, but I assume that their plugs didn't diminish sound
quality as much.

Does anyone have any recommendations for a good brand of ear plugs that
will allow me to enjoy the music while not damaging my hearing?

Thanks.

The ones you can buy by the dozen in Boots are as good as any. Look up
the Fletcher Munson curves of equal loudness and see what happens to
the frequency response when you knock 20dB off the level. It is
screwed. The plugs will also add their own unflatness. This is what
the guys in the band will be hearing as well, but they aren't fussed
about the quality - they've heard it all before. They just want to
still be able to hear when they are fifty.

If you still can't handle the sound quality, find other bands to
watch.

d

--
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

wrote:
Hi. I hope that this group is appropriate for this question.

I was recently at a rock concert and was lucky enough to find a spot
near the stage. The show was great, but too loud. I had a pair of
cheap earplugs that the health department gives out, so I slipped them
in. The music then sounded awful. I noticed the guys in the band used
ear plugs also, but I assume that their plugs didn't diminish sound
quality as much.

Does anyone have any recommendations for a good brand of ear plugs that
will allow me to enjoy the music while not damaging my hearing?

Any of the soft tapered foam plugs will be good, and very comfortable.
For example, item 126337 at http://uk.farnell.com
Best to try a few before buying a big box of them.
The yellow cylindrical foam ones and the silicone rubber mushrooms are
not so comfortable so I don't use them any more.
Etymotic do custom-fit musicians' earplugs with more accurate frequency
response, at a price....

At the last concert I attended I was more worried about my fillings and
the new metalwork in my heart shaking loose. :-)

--
Eiron

No good deed ever goes unpunished.

"Eiron" wrote in message
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wrote:
Hi. I hope that this group is appropriate for this question.

I was recently at a rock concert and was lucky enough to find a spot
near the stage. The show was great, but too loud. I had a pair of
cheap earplugs that the health department gives out, so I slipped them
in. The music then sounded awful. I noticed the guys in the band used
ear plugs also, but I assume that their plugs didn't diminish sound
quality as much.

Does anyone have any recommendations for a good brand of ear plugs that
will allow me to enjoy the music while not damaging my hearing?

Any of the soft tapered foam plugs will be good, and very comfortable.
For example, item 126337 at http://uk.farnell.com
Best to try a few before buying a big box of them.
The yellow cylindrical foam ones and the silicone rubber mushrooms are
not so comfortable so I don't use them any more.
Etymotic do custom-fit musicians' earplugs with more accurate frequency
response, at a price....

....and non-customised ones for about 9 quid a pair.
http://www.stringbusters.com/ko-kat/...RSONAL%20CARE/

Well worth the money, although if you've got weird ear canals like me you'll
need to trim a flange or two off the ends. Get the clear ones and they're
virtually invisible too.

wrote:
Hi. I hope that this group is appropriate for this question.

I was recently at a rock concert and was lucky enough to find a spot
near the stage. The show was great, but too loud. I had a pair of
cheap earplugs that the health department gives out, so I slipped them
in. The music then sounded awful. I noticed the guys in the band
used ear plugs also, but I assume that their plugs didn't diminish
sound quality as much.

Does anyone have any recommendations for a good brand of ear plugs
that will allow me to enjoy the music while not damaging my hearing?

Thanks.

Get a pair of decent earbud headphones, a pair of ear defenders, a minidisk
recorder, and a microphone.

"Don Pearce Asinine Pommy **** "


Look up
the Fletcher Munson curves of equal loudness and see what happens to
the frequency response when you knock 20dB off the level.


** Nothing.

When the SPL is over 85 dB.


It is screwed.



** ******** !!!!


Don Pearce = congenital SCREWBALL & pommy ****wit.



The plugs will also add their own unflatness.


** YAWN !!!

More of this asinine, pommy ratbag's CRAPOLOGY !

More full of **** like a blocked sewer.

Twice as smelly.





......... Phil

Grumps wrote:
wrote:
Hi. I hope that this group is appropriate for this question.

I was recently at a rock concert and was lucky enough to find a spot
near the stage. The show was great, but too loud. I had a pair of
cheap earplugs that the health department gives out, so I slipped them
in. The music then sounded awful. I noticed the guys in the band
used ear plugs also, but I assume that their plugs didn't diminish
sound quality as much.

I use these:

http://www.ear-responsible.com/MusiciansEarPlugs.htm


and you can get them in the UK. They cast the body to fit your ears
and then put in whatever grade of attenuator you want (9, 16 or 25dB).
I use them for loud classical concerts and I find that the sound is
much less muffled than when using coventional roll-up-and-shove-in foam
earplugs.

They do cost an arm and a leg though. About £60 IIRC.

Robert