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Does anyone know who makes, and where can one get, Frequencey Spectrum
correct Hearing protection?

I heard there are ear plugs that do this. Who makes the best ones, and
where are hey availabe.

I've started doing a lot more live sound, at a club that has a real PA
system, so ...


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In article , nmm wrote:
Does anyone know who makes, and where can one get, Frequencey Spectrum
correct Hearing protection?

I heard there are ear plugs that do this. Who makes the best ones, and
where are hey availabe.


The Etymotics aren't bad. Ask your local audiologist. You'll have to get
earmolds made and all that stuff. Usually someone is doing it on site at
the AES shows too.
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Jay Levitt wrote:
Make sure your audiologist knows something about music. When I had mine
made, they were down something like 10dB at 250Hz. The audiologist said
"But that's not an important range for music, is it?"

Naw.


but it ain't a problem if the rest of the frequencies are down 10dB. (:

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to write provably correct software. also, I want a pony." -- Zach Brown
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Jay Levitt wrote:
Make sure your audiologist knows something about music. When I had mine
made, they were down something like 10dB at 250Hz. The audiologist said
"But that's not an important range for music, is it?"

Naw.


but it ain't a problem if the rest of the frequencies are down 10dB. (:

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Aaron J. Grier | "Not your ordinary poofy goof." |
"someday the industry will have throbbing frontal lobes and will be able
to write provably correct software. also, I want a pony." -- Zach Brown


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i just wear a pair of mackie hr-824's facing outward on each ear.
they are flat from 20-20khz. only problem is they are really heavy,
and look completely stupid.
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i just wear a pair of mackie hr-824's facing outward on each ear.
they are flat from 20-20khz. only problem is they are really heavy,
and look completely stupid.
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