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Subject: Re: MD: AVLS (was: equipment advice, regarding the future)
Tony Antoniou (aka LarZ) wrote:
> So what you really need, to prevent damaging your hearing,
Tony Antoniou (aka LarZ) wrote:
> So what you really need, to prevent damaging your hearing, is a pair of
> Etymotic headphones with their 27dB attenuation of outside noise 3#-)
I take it they are "active" negative-feedback noise reducing phones?
Rather than spend a few dozen dollars on phones,
I think that is worth repeating... If the ambient noise level is so
high that you can't hear your music without playing it at dangerous
levels, just don't play it.
OTOH, you can buy stock in hearing aid companies and maybe make a mint.
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> On 30 Jul 99, at 16:49, Stev
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They will also tell you (and so can I) that while impatiently waiting for a
train, the platform, during 'regular'
! :-)
Even Central Park can be loud at times...
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Subject: Re: MD: AVLS (was: equipment advice, regarding the future)
Someone wrote...
Your perception of volume levels is subjective and is
On 30 Jul 99, at 16:49, Steven Brooks wrote:
> They will also tell you (and so can I) that while impatiently waiting for a
> train, the platform, during 'regular' hours, is usually loud enough with 3
> million people talking, shouting, and other trains coming in that it is
> hard enough to hear
>er... not to be a smart ass, but isn't that Dolby B/C NR is for? :-)
On a Minidisc player ? Mine definitly doesn't have a Dolby switch.
Alexander
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Subject: Re: MD: AVLS (was: equipment advice, regarding the future)
>Does anyone ever actually use AVLS? I've not ever seen the need or the
>point of having a system that limits the volume - I can just about manage
>that myself with the volume control, thankyaverymuch :)
>Does anyone ever actually use AVLS? I've not ever seen the need or the
>point of having a system that limits the volume - I can just about manage
>that myself with the volume control, thankyaverymuch :)
Yeah, what I would like to see is an option to reduce hissing.
On a portable that's a very
On 30 Jul 99, at 19:53, Simon Gardner wrote:
> Does anyone ever actually use AVLS?
Yes.
> I've not ever seen the need or the
> point of having a system that limits the volume - I can just about manage
> that myself with the volume control, thankyaverymuch :)
Your perception of volume levels
> Good things and bad things about the Sony brand -- they finally had the
> good sense to implement this AVLS (Automatic Volume Limiting System) for
> most of these who listen to their "Walkmans"
> (CD/tape/MD/radio portables) way too loud. Then they got even smarter by
> implementing an "On/Of
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