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On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 11:47:45 -0500, "
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On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 09:24:33 -0700, SuspendedInGaffa
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On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 11:12:00 -0500, "
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On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 13:24:42 GMT, (Don Pearce) wrote:

On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 06:19:35 -0700 (PDT), Globemaker
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On Aug 13, 12:18*am, RichD wrote:
I have the standard earpod set, which came with my
armband MP3 player. *It pops out every 2 minutes.
How did these things become the standard design?
They suck.

So now i'm looking for the earbud style, i.e. inside the
ear. *They range from $8 to $40, and Shure offers a set,
over $100?!? *For something so small, how can there
be such a range? Is there really such quality difference?

They are all sealed in blister packs, there's no chance
to compare. *Even if there were, differences in
environment, time of day, etc. swamp perceptual
discernment.

How would you go about testing these things, in the lab?

--
Rich

Ear infections come standard, at a cost of intense pain. Never put
anything in your ears.

A doctor got it right. Never put anything smaller than your elbow in
your ear.

"Never put anything into your ear, OTHER THAN your elbow." That said, I do
wear ear buds (with over-the-ear hooks) and a MP3 player when I mow the lawn.


Several million men and women in this nation alone, wear ear protection
'buds' every day, and I am quite sure millions more around the world.

Several million men and women in this nation alone, drink or smoke cigarettes,
every day, and I am quite sure (there are) millions more around the world.

Just because it's done by "several million men and women" doesn't make it a
smart thing to do.

With the distinct difference being that the devices they are putting in
their ears are 100% OSHA approved, and cigarettes hardly qualify for any
"seal" of approval from any agency other than Satan's minions, and the
Worldwide Bona Fide Causes of Cancer Registry.