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I have worn all types of earplugs at concerts, playing music etc. and the flat attenuation 'botique' moulded ones sound so much better for any situation, it's n
by ubercow13 8y ago
I have worn all types of earplugs at concerts, playing music etc. and the flat attenuation 'botique' moulded ones sound so much better for any situation, it's not even close. If the concert really is loud enough that 25dB isn't enough attenuation maybe it's not worth going. If something is loud enough, no earplugs will make it safe.
- circlefavshape 8y agoI belatedly (47 years old, been playing bands all my life) got the moulded ones last year and they're amazing for shows. I suspect it's because all the sound engineers are wearing them too
- kazinator 8y agoYou're not even sitting in the box where the sound engineers are tweaking the mixing board. Every location in the hall sounds a bit different. Boutique plugs sound better because they attenuate less. Louder sounds better. A fair A/B comparison of two audio signals requires them to be level-matched. When two samples are being compared, where one is louder, listeners will tend to be biased toward preferring the louder one.
- kazinator 8y agoYou're not making a level-matched A/B comparison. That's like mistake #1 of audio engineering. Louder sounds better; plugs that attenuate -25 dB will sound better than -32 dB.
- ubercow13 8y agoNo, I am comparing cheaper types of plugs with the more expensive ones, with similar levels of attenuation. You are thinking of a quite subtle effect which can lead you to think louder sounds are better, when they are actually the same apart from the volume. The difference between the sound of different types of earplugs is _massive_. There is no mistaking the difference.