Klarinet Archive - Posting 000372.txt from 1999/12

From: "Doug Sears" <dsears@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] RE: Flat Attenuation/Musician's Plugs
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 18:52:29 -0500

>I recently went to a basketball game at which the speakers were so loud
>that people in the stands were holding their hands over their ears, going
>to the bathroom to get small pieces of toilet tissue to stuff in their
>ears, and going through various other contortions to try to ease the pain.

Either cotton or toilet paper will do a pretty good job of blocking sound if you
get it fairly wet. Of course, the sound is just as muffled (unevenly attenuated)
as with foam ear plugs.

For those who want a better sound than that, but at lower cost than the
custom-fitted plugs, I suggest the ER-20 plugs. One place to get them is

EarWear(tm) Hi Fi Plugs
21 Millay Place
Mill Valley, CA 94941
(415) 380-8273

they have the best price I've seen yet: $17.95 including shipping (not including
sales tax). There's a picture of the plugs at this web site:
http://www.bol.ucla.edu/~dws/earwear/
and there should be some more info once they get some broken links fixed.

I have a set, and they work well. They're not as comfortable as the foam plugs,
because they have to fit pretty tight in your ear for a good seal. They don't
attenuate as much as the custom-fit plugs, but I've found them just right for
very loud amplified concerts.

--Doug
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Doug Sears dsears@-----.org/~dsears

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