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Whatever the metal of choice ...

it looks like a ludicrous design for a piece of personal protection.

https://www.flareaudio.com/pages/earfoam-size-guide

... From the original idea of poking a pen in your ear ??

MichaelG.

I use these.

Robust, economical, and I haven't heard a thing since 1984.

Pete

What's the point of going to a Motorhead concert if it doesn't make your ears bleed?

Neil

Pardon?

It's a well worked out method of getting people with more brass than sense to spread it about a bit.

And in response to Neil's post, what is the point of going to a Motorhead concert at all?

I suppose if it encourages people to wear ear protection because they think its trendy and fashionable then it can't be a bad thing, better than nothing at all.

It's a most enjoyable experience, bit quiet compared to Ted Nugent though who is probably not your cup of tea either but we all like different things.

Mike

Finally, a use for all those spigots.

As for the music, I'm not particularly swayed by motorhead, despite listening to the genre, however i think their gig i saw at Wembley arena was an unforgettable gig. Lemmy could definitely draw a crowd.

Michael W

Edited By Michael-w on 24/02/2017 21:11:24

I think it would be a cold day in hell before I would part with £60 for a pair of earplugs, let alone £300 for Titanium ones, they are right royally taking the piss, but some stupid snowflakes will buy them!

How odd, they have lowered the prices!, or they are doing to old trick of advetising in different places at different prices, and seeing which makes the most cash! still ludicrously expensive, probably made in china for pennies a dozen!

Once you have completely occuded the external ear canal bone conduction becomes the dominant sound transmission route, therefore so long as the plug material has a higher resistance to sound transmission than bone there is no point in making it any denser. As for cost, my plugs usually cost me about £40 to £50 per pair as they are individually moulded and I change them every three or four years because the plugs may change shape, and ear canals tend to change shape with time. The beauty of moulded plugs is that it is virtually impossible to insert them incorrectly and that guarantees optimum performance.

I prefer to use lumps of cheese, as they are bio degradable!

And you can always eat the cheese!

' a nice bit of Wensleydale dont you think Grommitt?'.......

Ok, back to the workshop......I have things to mend...

Neil wrote "What's the point of going to a Motorhead concert if it doesn't make your ears bleed."

I never saw Motorhead but saw Lemmy in the early 70's at a Hawkwind gig like this one :-

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Small venue, pitch black at times with strobes going, and very loud. It was quite an experience. Great days.

Steve