Musicsafe earplugs

[magicstar]

Has anyone got any experience of using Musicsafe earplugs at festivals?

I recently bought some of these earplugs because I'm getting increasingly worried about the ringing in my ears after a gig or night in a club. I've only worn them to 1 gig so far and ended up taking them out after a couple of songs because all they seemed to do was amplify the people talking behind me!

[___S_o_m_a__]

Has anyone got any experience of using Musicsafe earplugs at festivals?

I recently bought some of these earplugs because I'm getting increasingly worried about the ringing in my ears after a gig or night in a club. I've only worn them to 1 gig so far and ended up taking them out after a couple of songs because all they seemed to do was amplify the people talking behind me!

[Blueberry]

http://www.dontlosethemusic.com

has some good advice and recomends a few products

[*Amy *]

dontlosethemusic.com were there at the right of the pyramid stage last year I think they were handing out some form of ear protection.

I'm an Audiologist - Unfortunatley unless you want to spend a lot of money they will interfere with the quality of sound from music, however if you have tinnitus I would highly recommend wearing them.

[r0cky]

I've got some ER20s, I value my hearing very much. I will wear them if in a very loud place.

[thirst]

You may be interested in investigating the following which I came across in my line of work:

http://www.iop.org/News/Community_News_Arc...news_36895.html

[kerbear]

I was worried about my childrens (12 and 10 year olds ) hearing, they would not even consider the kids ear muffs just looked at me as if I was insane and laughed so went on ebay and bought 20 pairs of factory sound ear plugs all bright colours and sealed in packs of two for £3.00. something is better thatn nothin at all.

NOT LONG NOW

[Blueberry]

I have ER20s as well, they also come in kids' sizes. they are expensive - £10 a pair - but they do the job and are worth it as i really don't want to go deaf! Compared to my friends who've nver bothered, my hearing is noticibly a lot better.

Yeah, they do hand out free earplugs next to the Pyramid stage - they're the small foam ones. ER20s don't muffle the sound though, so you can still hear everything really clearly. And they're better for your ears.

[ukslim]

I have some of these ACS ones: http://www.hearingprotection.co.uk/index.p...&Itemid=126

I love them.

I found myself at a couple of gigs where I thought the sound was terrible -- as if the amps was distorting or a speaker cone was torn. So distorted that I could hardly make out any pitch, and certainly couldn't understand lyrics; just a mush that throbbed with a beat. Then I put my fingers in my ears, and discovered that all the clarity of the sound came back. So I started using earplugs.

Foam earplugs work, but they let more bass through than they do treble.

The ACS ones are £14, they'll last forever, and have pretty flat effect on the frequencies. Marvellous.

BTW, I learned something the other week - I went to a Holy Fvck gig in Oxford and stupidly forgot my earplugs. I asked at the bar if they had any, and they gave me some for nowt. Worth knowing.

Edited June 10, 2010 by ukslim

[magicstar]

Thanks guys, I'll try to persevere with my Musicsafe ones as I got them because of the good reviews.

Just a case of getting used to them, much better than sacrificing your hearing!