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I regularly go to concerts with earplugs, often it sounds better with them in, especially if the volume is too loud or treble is too high.

StavrosK 7y ago
Yes! I noticed that too, the sound gets all jumbled up without earplugs. Not to mention the pain and damage.
microtherion 7y ago
A few years ago, after a Ministry concert which was off the scale loud (or maybe I just have become off the scale old for this kind of music), I bought a pair of Earasers (https://www.earasers.store https://www.earasers.store) and the few times I had to wear them, they worked great, protected my ears while being fairly transparent, and did wonders for my enjoyment of the music.
- __david__ 7y ago
  I've been using Hearos. I'm curious how different the Earasers are in terms of flatness. With the Hearos I can push them further into the ear to make things quieter, but the more attenuation, the less flat the sound is. I tend to pull them out a bit so that it's a little louder but flatter. Either way, it's real nice to leave a concert without concert-ear.
  - debatem1 7y ago
    I do exactly the same thing with the earasers and some of the other brands, but haven't tried hearos. Just my two bits, but I don't think the different brands are all that different. Some seem a bit bigger or smaller, some cost more or less. Of course I can't say that for sure about a brand I haven't tried though.
    - mattmanser 7y ago
      I just use cheap foam ones (classic 3m ones they use in industrial plants), still sounds tons better. In the UK the bar staff have to have some behind the bar for them to use, and they're usually happy to give them out if I forget mine.
debatem1 7y ago
I'm a fan of metal and small venues (something of a double whammy for getting too much volume in one place) and I just can't recommend earasers and similar enough. Literally life-changing. I often wind up going to see live music three or four times a week, and if I didn't wear them I really would be deaf by now.
hi5eyes 7y ago
ear plugs for a 2 hour sunn o)) show is a must, glad I started using them in my early 20s going to basement hc/metal shows

StavrosK 7y ago

Yes! I noticed that too, the sound gets all jumbled up without earplugs. Not to mention the pain and damage.

microtherion 7y ago

A few years ago, after a Ministry concert which was off the scale loud (or maybe I just have become off the scale old for this kind of music), I bought a pair of Earasers (https://www.earasers.store https://www.earasers.store) and the few times I had to wear them, they worked great, protected my ears while being fairly transparent, and did wonders for my enjoyment of the music.

__david__ 7y ago
I've been using Hearos. I'm curious how different the Earasers are in terms of flatness. With the Hearos I can push them further into the ear to make things quieter, but the more attenuation, the less flat the sound is. I tend to pull them out a bit so that it's a little louder but flatter. Either way, it's real nice to leave a concert without concert-ear.
- debatem1 7y ago
  I do exactly the same thing with the earasers and some of the other brands, but haven't tried hearos. Just my two bits, but I don't think the different brands are all that different. Some seem a bit bigger or smaller, some cost more or less. Of course I can't say that for sure about a brand I haven't tried though.
  - mattmanser 7y ago
    I just use cheap foam ones (classic 3m ones they use in industrial plants), still sounds tons better. In the UK the bar staff have to have some behind the bar for them to use, and they're usually happy to give them out if I forget mine.

debatem1 7y ago

I'm a fan of metal and small venues (something of a double whammy for getting too much volume in one place) and I just can't recommend earasers and similar enough. Literally life-changing. I often wind up going to see live music three or four times a week, and if I didn't wear them I really would be deaf by now.

hi5eyes 7y ago

ear plugs for a 2 hour sunn o)) show is a must, glad I started using them in my early 20s going to basement hc/metal shows