XPost: sci.electronics.design, alt.audio.equipment   
   From: speffSNIP@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat   
      
   On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 21:32:12 -0400, the renowned Phil Hobbs   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 08/13/2011 09:19 PM, Spehro Pefhany wrote:   
   >> On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 20:23:10 -0400, the renowned Phil Hobbs   
   >>   wrote:   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>> It isn't _my_ music that justifies the earplugs.  Properly fitted   
   >>> earplug headphones are far safer than ordinary ear buds in noisy   
   >>> environments such as airplanes (I just got to gold frequent-flyer   
   >>> status, so I care about that.  If business continues to be good, I may   
   >>> make platinum this year.)   
   >>>   
   >>> You have to crank up the volume so high to get any S/N ratio that you   
   >>> can easily damage your hearing.  Give me the occasional case of diver's   
   >>> ear any day.   
   >>>   
   >>> Cheers   
   >>>   
   >>> Phil Hobbs   
   >>   
   >> Bose noise-cancelling headphones. Well worth the cost if you spend   
   >> more than 20 hours a year in aircraft.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Best regards,   
   >> Spehro Pefhany   
   >   
   >   
   >Are they the around-the-ear or the mash-the-ear-flat kind?   I have some   
   >Panasonic ones that work fine but squash my ears hard enough that they   
   >hurt after an hour or so.   
   >   
   >Cheers   
   >   
   >Phil Hobbs   
      
   They don't go around your ear... they have very soft cushions that go   
   against your ears. And they don't have the background hisssssss that   
   I've heard with some of the (much) cheaper Japanese ones.   
      
      
   Best regards,   
   Spehro Pefhany   
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