On 08/13/2011 09:43 PM, Spehro Pefhany wrote:
On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 21:32:12 -0400, the renowned Phil Hobbs
wrote:
On 08/13/2011 09:19 PM, Spehro Pefhany wrote:
On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 20:23:10 -0400, the renowned Phil Hobbs
wrote:
It isn't _my_ music that justifies the earplugs. Properly fitted
earplug headphones are far safer than ordinary ear buds in noisy
environments such as airplanes (I just got to gold frequent-flyer
status, so I care about that. If business continues to be good, I may
make platinum this year.)
You have to crank up the volume so high to get any S/N ratio that you
can easily damage your hearing. Give me the occasional case of diver's
ear any day.
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
Bose noise-cancelling headphones. Well worth the cost if you spend
more than 20 hours a year in aircraft.
Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
Are they the around-the-ear or the mash-the-ear-flat kind? I have some
Panasonic ones that work fine but squash my ears hard enough that they
hurt after an hour or so.
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
They don't go around your ear... they have very soft cushions that go
against your ears. And they don't have the background hisssssss that
I've heard with some of the (much) cheaper Japanese ones.
Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
Thanks. I might try a pair, but all the ear-squashing ones I've worn
get uncomfortable pretty fast on a coast-to-coast flight. It isn't that
they aren't soft enough, it's just that they have to grip fairly hard
just to stay on.
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
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