wednesday, im going to go an get my hearing checked. then get a set of custom earplugs. i tell you what, spending $1000's on cabs, drums, and other bullshit, but then being too stupid to take care of your ears makes you a mega-idiot to the extreme.

LOL @ ur hearing

what?

I've been planning to get a pair of those but I keep not doing it.

Was just saying last night; my father being a woodworker (and his never having worn ear protection ever, and therefore being deaf as fuck) made an impression on me pretty early - I've been (mostly) wearing plugs at shows since I was a wee laddy. Fucking hate when I forget'em onstage and my hearing ends up blown out halfway through a set.

ditto. i stopped procrastinating last week and made an appointment. I think it's going to cost me about $165 total and then $30 for replacements. how much is your hearing worth? probably a lot more than that... unless you are two people
1) the girl sully from godsmack hit
2) the guy that keeps topping the anal cunt in fitchburg thread.

I wear in ear headphones on the train and when I'm strolling around Boston. Highly recommended. I keep the volume on my mp3 player at 1. 2 at the very most... Out of 40. Although, you should be careful that you don't get hit by a car. :P

I cannot play drums or go to shows without wearing ear plugs. I typically wear triple flanged, same with my in ears. They have a much nicer sound than any typical foam earplugs. More balanced instead of just killing highs. I'm sure customs would be even better, but I like what I have now.

The thing with musicians earplugs though is that, instead of attenuating frequencies at different levels (like how earplugs make everything sound way bassier) it attenuates all frequencies evenly so that everything sounds the same, just quieter. I think I remember hearing they were like 100 dollars but I haven't been to an audiologist in like 10 years easily. Need to make an appointment so I can get those shits. My hearing is important to me.

Thankfully I can still hear 16kHz.



bennyhillifier

Earplugs don't all make everything sound way bassier. Try triple flanged ones. The average foam plugs do.

i love when you are at a show and everyone is yelling, but you can hear clear as day since most earplugs let more of the human voice through.

I've been using custom plugs for years, and I hardly ever leave my house without them. Between practice, shows, and other loud events, I use them all the damn time. Well worth the expense!

$15 bucks on amazon.com. Reusable, washable...even though I keep losing them. You can hear every freq, just at a lower decibels. You guys are talking about expensive things. These are fantastic.

Maybe those are the triple flanged ones Erik was talking about. I might need to snag some.

i use the ol fashioned ones that block out all sorts of sound unevenly, but still enough to prevent hearing damage. Good enough for me.

tone > hearing

Why compromise both?

i cant hear anything after it his 13khz no matter how loud i turn it

money+having to wash earplugs all the time. (remember, i wear earplugs >5 hours a day.)

anything more than that is personal preference.

I mean, in practice, you don't really need to hear frequencies that high.

I couldn't hear the freq. past 12-13khz....is that bad?

unless of course, maybe my speakers couldn't handle the freq. above that...

Could be.

It's one of the symptoms of Aids, so yes, it's very bad.

fuck ear plugs.

i dont put them all the way...just kinda stick em in sideways to block some of the sound at practice.

a lot of headphones start at 15-20khz.

But that's not to say the frequency response is equal across that whole spectrum. It's probably an even response from 100 to 8 - 10k or so and the rest drops off slowly.

i have a pair of sony headphones that go to 12khz and they were over $100

yeah, i think the crappy stereo syndrome may hinder hearing anything above 13K, which is where it dropped off for me.

Truth.

I get a hearing test every few months, and own a pair of the custom molded plugs... they're great. Probably the best $150 I've spent on anything music related.

I really can't believe that people don't wear ear plugs at shows, practice, etc. It's really fucking crazy. I plug my ears when ambulances drive by fer cryin' out loud!

Started wearing earplugs in the past year and a half, glad I did finally after killing my ears for the past 10+ years.

They're doing that because they're drunk, not because they're deaf. Or I am, anyway.

DITTO! and when I'm in loud movies I want them too. my problem now is that I wake up and hear the high fuzzy sound of a monitor left on every morning. that sucks.

btw, going to this shortly.

it all gets worse when you get older. trust me.

well.. what did you expect when you joined slapshot?

i got my earplugs today. the left one fits like a champ. blocks out so much when i stuff it in. the right one doesnt feel like it is sealing in there. i am going to have to work it in.

I have always worn ear plugs for band practices/shows/ect. I wear plugs at work 9hrs a day, I get some nice ear wax going.

I have a pair of those custom ones but I don't like them as much as regular foam. They're nice if you know you're going to be popping them in and out 100 times in a row though.

Ahhh. I hate that shit. I'm always walking into rooms and saying "do you guys hear that?"

"Hear what?"

It's usually the ringing sound a TV makes.... Mere mortals can't hear it.

I hear all of these things (as I've protected my hearing since day one of playing music/attending shows) and it drives me apeshit.

Just last night, I was walking around my bedroom playing "find the sound". I couldn't sleep... not because the movie I was watching was keeping me up, but because the goddamn electronic noises of my DVD player/TV were piercing my skull.

Can't remember the last time I didn't wear earplugs while playing.

going back in on 10/20/21