LOL! A serious question for you and Tom (and others). Attenuation: what sort of dB reduction do your headphones offer and what do you reckon is a good amount for clubbing (probably the only place I would use them).
N > Hey, it worked for Van Gogh ;-) > > MEK > > "Nik Stoltzman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 03/12/2007 09:34:45 AM: > >> I agree totally. If I am going to spend money on earplugs, I am >> going to get custom-moulded ones. >> There is still the article on Max Duley's site about his experience >> - he has contact numbers and >> everything. Very thoughtful. >> >> I think severing my own ears so that I could get someone to buy me >> custom-made plugs in the US >> might be construed as a bit drastic, even by my standards. >> >> > >> > I see the joke in what you're saying but you do need to have them made > for >> > you. Tom's won't fit anyone else's ears except for Tom's. That's what > is >> > so cool about those custom made ones. They're molded to your ear canal > and >> > the process is pretty funny to go through. They inject this pink foam > that >> > expands and then sort of gets a bit more solid (but stays sort of Nerf >> > football like). For a few seconds you're deaf because they do it in > both >> > ears. About as close as you want to come to being deaf. They make the >> > earpiece from that mold (and a small disc-like filter fits in it) and > you >> > get to walk out with the mold if you need another pair made. >> > >> > it's the best you can get imo. >> > >> > MEK >> > >> > "Nik Stoltzman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 03/12/2007 07:20:21 AM: >> > >> >> If anyone from the UK is heading over to the states I will lend them >> >> my ears if they'll pick some >> >> up for me. >> >> >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > Things are expensive over here though Tom. >> >> > >> >> > r >> >> > >> >> > Thomas D. Cox, Jr. wrote: >> >> >> On 3/12/07, Nik Stoltzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>> I am seriously considering buying >> >> >>> some custom-moulded ones because for a couple of hundred quid it > is >> >> >>> definitely worth it. >> >> >> >> >> >> i got a pair made here for $100 (about 50 pounds), i love them a > whole >> > lot. >> >> >> >> >> >> tom >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> > >
