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In Reply to: RE: I'm getting into portable music and IEM/earbuds, cheaper ones... posted by Chris Garrett on August 12, 2018 at 19:21:37

I don't like to stick anything into my ears. I value my hearing and sticking foreign objects into my ears seems like a bad idea to me.
With proper maintenance I am certain users could argue that it is safe but I am talking about that one exception. The thing we don't plan on.
It seems like inviting problems to stick those things in my ear canal. I will go as far as the ear buds that sit outside the ear canal but I won't stick anything in it.
Its just not worth it to me.
Just one man's opinion,
Ed

We don't shush around here!
Life is analog...digital is just samples thereof

Edits: 08/15/18

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Well, it's not so much the 'in ear' part, as it's the volume... - Chris Garrett 12:57:55 08/15/18 (0)
my dad's a doc and always dissuaded us from using Q-Tips in the ear, for cleaning purposes, so I understand taking precautions.

The problem with IEMs, is that they work best when sealed in the ear canal proper. What happens is that people play music loudly and this creates a pressure wave, which has no where to go, or vent, so the pressure wave impinges on and bombards the ear drum. To compensate, the ear muscles tighten around the drum, causing a perceived loss of sound/volume, which then results in the listener bumping up the volume, which then causes more permanent damage.

I forget the company's name, but they created a 'device' that actually acts as a second 'ear drum' and protects the biologic drum from being injured.

Anyhow...I've got 20 guns here, 30# of smokeless powder and 23,000 primers, so I live with a little bit of risk, but I do take precautions.

Chris

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