XPost: sci.electronics.design, alt.audio.equipment   
   From: suspendedingaffa@kateshouse.org   
      
   On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 11:47:45 -0500, "krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz"   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 09:24:33 -0700, SuspendedInGaffa   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 11:12:00 -0500, "krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz"   
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 13:24:42 GMT, spam@spam.com (Don Pearce) wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 06:19:35 -0700 (PDT), Globemaker   
   >>>> wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>On Aug 13, 12:18 am, RichD  wrote:   
   >>>>>> I have the standard earpod set, which came with my   
   >>>>>> armband MP3 player.  It pops out every 2 minutes.   
   >>>>>> How did these things become the standard design?   
   >>>>>> They suck.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> So now i'm looking for the earbud style, i.e. inside the   
   >>>>>> ear.  They range from $8 to $40, and Shure offers a set,   
   >>>>>> over $100?!?  For something so small, how can there   
   >>>>>> be such a range? Is there really such quality difference?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> They are all sealed in blister packs, there's no chance   
   >>>>>> to compare.  Even if there were, differences in   
   >>>>>> environment, time of day, etc. swamp perceptual   
   >>>>>> discernment.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> How would you go about testing these things, in the lab?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> --   
   >>>>>> Rich   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>Ear infections come standard, at a cost of intense pain. Never put   
   >>>>>anything in your ears.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>A doctor got it right. Never put anything smaller than your elbow in   
   >>>>your ear.   
   >>>>   
   >>>"Never put anything into your ear, OTHER THAN your elbow."  That said, I do   
   >>>wear ear buds (with over-the-ear hooks) and a MP3 player when I mow the   
   lawn.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>  Several million men and women in this nation alone, wear ear protection   
   >>'buds' every day, and I am quite sure millions more around the world.   
   >   
   >Several million men and women in this nation alone, drink or smoke cigarettes,   
   >every day, and I am quite sure (there are) millions more around the world.   
   >   
   >Just because it's done by "several million men and women" doesn't make it a   
   >smart thing to do.   
      
     With the distinct difference being that the devices they are putting in   
   their ears are 100% OSHA approved, and cigarettes hardly qualify for any   
   "seal" of approval from any agency other than Satan's minions, and the   
   Worldwide Bona Fide Causes of Cancer Registry.   
      
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