XPost: sci.electronics.design, alt.audio.equipment
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.
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