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[Chris]

I used to have a pair of the £15 ones R&B used to stock that were sized to fit your ear. Stopped wearing them after a while 'cause I found I couldn't get into the music as much due to the drop in sound level. They also seemed to cut a lot of the top end out and leave a bassy mess.

Should really try some more earplugs though as there seems to be a much bigger range out there now.

[Spoonie]

Originally Posted by Chris

I used to have a pair of the £15 ones R&B used to stock that were sized to fit your ear.

those would have been the proplugs i use. used to hang on the back of the door to the basement and had a mirror and a size guide thing that you held against your ear. i find them suitable, but a bassy mess works well for me

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[Neill]

Without trying to be flippant you are treating the symptoms, not the cause. You state you hit stupid loud dB's at some points. For prog rock? I thought it metal/punk that wanted stoopid loud, well there you go, you learn somehting new every day.

Just turn it down.

You only get your hearing once you know, don't fuck with it!

Quiet, man its the new loud!

[the scotsman]

Originally Posted by Neill

Without trying to be flippant you are treating the symptoms, not the cause. You state you hit stupid loud dB's at some points. For prog rock? I thought it metal/punk that wanted stoopid loud, well there you go, you learn somehting new every day.

Just turn it down.

You only get your hearing once you know, don't fuck with it!

Quiet, man its the new loud!

Yeah, were more a post-rock band. and yeah it gets loud. If we turn it down we loose the intensity we are after. And yes, i fully understand that i get my hearing only once, thats why i'm protecting the beauties from now. And it's not just the band, it's clubs (which i hardly attend these days), the djembe circle i'm in, my drum kit, gigs etc etc. Thay all contribute to the mess.

Recon i'm gonna try the cheaper plugs first of all... the £10-15 ones and see how that goes. Splendid.

[soundian]

Originally Posted by Chris

I used to have a pair of the £15 ones R&B used to stock that were sized to fit your ear. Stopped wearing them after a while 'cause I found I couldn't get into the music as much due to the drop in sound level. They also seemed to cut a lot of the top end out and leave a bassy mess.

Should really try some more earplugs though as there seems to be a much bigger range out there now.

Did you have the vented ones though? I've got a pair of the vented ones and they let enough top end through to be a practical solution for me as a system engineer (when the band has their own engineer). Even drummers hitting their snares right next to me ear doesn't hurt with them in but I can still hear enough to know if there's a problem that the band engineer is failing to fix.

[texjamm]

I use Elacin ER15's - designed for musicians so they lower the overall levels not just certain frequencies. Hope this helps

[snorestore]

See our range for musicians at Snorestore . We particularly recommend Alpine's MusicSafe earplugs.

[Chris]

Originally Posted by snorestore

We particularly recommend Alpine's MusicSafe earplugs.

And you charge twice as much for them as some places I've seen online

Average seems to be about £13 but a deaf shop (2nd or 3rd results if you google Alpine Musicsafe has them for a tenner). They look pretty good though, might invest in a pair.

I actually quite like the bass-heavy sound of non-musicians earplugs.

man.

[the scotsman]

Thanks again everyone for their help with this... it has made the job allot easier in finding out all the various option open to me...

Cheeeeeers!!!