V8 wrote:
IceCreamMan wrote:
go to a hearing clinic and get some specially made plugs , its going to cost you around a grand OR get a set of Vater plugs at around R200-00 ( or similar) its worth it
+1 - I researched custom earplugs a few years back. There was a company in PTA doing proper custom made sets of earplugs, around R650 (inc postage to CPT). Alas there was a bit of a mission getting the casts properly done so I just got a set of vaters from the local music shop. They fit all right, have lasted a good few years and come with a 15db & 20db set of inserts.
Hearing damage isn't only music related...I was doing some car DIY this week, which included grinding out some rust from the boot (gotta love old cars) and stoopid me, didn't use earplugs on day1, which resulted in ringing ears and no sleep. Day2 the plugs were firmly inserted and no worries after that.
Perhaps slightly offtopic : I was chatting to some pro PA guys at a trance party - 40K PA rig, during my mates set the FOH engineer told me that I'd have zero ringing in my ears due to the mid range drivers he was using on the system - apparently these mid's had super strong magnets that controlled the travel of the speaker - which he reckoned translated to minimal distortion in the mid range, whioch was supposed to translate into no ear ringing-ness. Which my unprotected ears can testify to, zero ringing, even though I was 5-10m from the speakers for at least 4hours. Colour me impressed...
Wait until you get to my age ☹