does no one here wear earplugs?

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  • lowlight10
    lowlight10 Posts: 619
    wallawallapj, sorry to hear that.but at least youre sharing your experience with others.

    been wearing earplugs since my second show at the age of 17 (Soundgarden at the Aragon Ballroom in 1996). My ears rang for 2 days, and unlike most people, I did not take that as a sign that it was a "rockin" concert. shortly thereafter, I read a study that said everytime you have "temporary" hearing loss, only 90% comes back. most years through college and law school, I attended 30-50 shows a year. I would certainly have been deaf by now without earplugs.
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  • elwayvedder
    elwayvedder South Jersey Posts: 9,176
    Did anyone else see a woman with a baby at the show? I didn't see earplugs either. WOW. Here's hoping she had them and just put them in later but why even bring a baby to a rock concert?
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  • lowlight10
    lowlight10 Posts: 619
    elwayvedder wrote:
    Did anyone else see a woman with a baby at the show? I didn't see earplugs either. WOW. Here's hoping she had them and just put them in later but why even bring a baby to a rock concert?

    disgusting and idiotic. I dont understand this either, but I think they think that the kid is gonna remember the experience and grow up to be a huge PJ fan. please.
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  • Joe2TheRevenge
    Joe2TheRevenge Posts: 904
    hobbes wrote:
    from reading around i noticed that a lot of people complain about how loud certain opening acts can be and how much it hurts their ears.

    i want to know why exactly the fucking opening band is louder than Pearl Jam

    i have realized, after going to hundreds of shows, that pearl jam is an EXTREMELY low-volume band.

    i wish they would invest in some different equiptment (perhaps something at least made after 1980) so they would sound remotely like they are a rock band from the 90s and not a fucking classic rock band from the 60s.
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  • i am a target
    i am a target Posts: 808
    i don't understand how people who are so passionate and love music so much would risk the chance of never hearing it again? a two and a half hour show compared to a lifetime of music...that doesn't make much sense to me.
  • lowlight10
    lowlight10 Posts: 619
    Joe2TheRevenge wrote:
    i want to know why exactly the fucking opening band is louder than Pearl Jam

    i have realized, after going to hundreds of shows, that pearl jam is an EXTREMELY low-volume band.

    i wish they would invest in some different equiptment (perhaps something at least made after 1980) so they would sound remotely like they are a rock band from the 90s and not a fucking classic rock band from the 60s.

    you want it to be louder???

    I'm sure Ed is sensitive to the issue since his idol PT lost part of his hearing back in the day.
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  • nfanel
    nfanel Posts: 2,558
    lowlight10 wrote:
    you want it to be louder???

    I'm sure Ed is sensitive to the issue since his idol PT lost part of his hearing back in the day.
    plus he said at the dc show his hearing sucks. :cool:
  • elwayvedder
    elwayvedder South Jersey Posts: 9,176
    lowlight10 wrote:
    disgusting and idiotic. I dont understand this either, but I think they think that the kid is gonna remember the experience and grow up to be a huge PJ fan. please.

    let me be more clear...this was a newborn baby...she had it on her front, in one of those backback things where the baby hangs infront of you
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  • PJ_Lukin
    PJ_Lukin Posts: 2,055
    elwayvedder wrote:
    Did anyone else see a woman with a baby at the show? I didn't see earplugs either. WOW. Here's hoping she had them and just put them in later but why even bring a baby to a rock concert?
    Maybe she had it in the parking lot!
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  • libragirl
    libragirl Posts: 4,632
    Im very bad, I could've used them with the opening band. The person I was with put some tissue in her ears. And I wonder why I have trouble hearing people on the phone at work :p
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  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    DeLukin wrote:
    Can you speak up? I couldn't hear you...

    LOL! Awesomeness!
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  • Deadpool
    Deadpool Posts: 155
    I go to a lot of concerts every year and it is mandatory. I actually went to an audiologist and got the custom molded musician earplugs and that was great. I still have ringing in my ears a few days after a festival such as Bonnaroo since you are exposed to noise for such a long period of time.

    My mission this year is 100 shows and after Bonnaroo I am on 56 shows this year. It's my present to myself after getting rid of my girlfriend.
  • merkinball
    merkinball Posts: 2,262
    TenaciousJ wrote:
    for $12, these are the best earplugs for concerts. i go to alot of concerts and they definitely do the trick for attenuating the harmful dB's. plus they don't muffle the music. you can still hear every detail:

    http://www.etymotic.com/ephp/er20.aspx

    I've had the same pair of the etymotic earplugs for about 3 years now (they are reusable), and they work great. Well worth the $12. I had gotten to the point where my ears were ringing for a few days after a show, and didn't want to risk permanent damage.
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  • blondieblue227
    blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    nope.
    but when my guy drags me to Lamb of God i sport my ugly sound proof earmuffs. ;)
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  • callen
    callen Posts: 6,388
    At the Bern show they gave away free earplugs to anyone that wanted them.

    I frequently cover my ears with my fingers so I can understand what ed's saying. Also during certain songs..it does sound better.
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  • callen
    callen Posts: 6,388
    libragirl wrote:
    Im very bad, I could've used them with the opening band. The person I was with put some tissue in her ears. And I wonder why I have trouble hearing people on the phone at work :p
    I just didn't go in till Ted Leo was finished....was loud and really didn't dig their music.
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  • JaneNY
    JaneNY Posts: 4,438
    Earplugs here too - the same etymotic ones that a few people have posted links too. I have some tinnitus, and don't want it increased. I go to quite a few shows - probably at least 15 a year. This year it has been already 12, and I still have Lollapalooza and 3x NIN coming up at least. I want to be able to enjoy music forever. (NIN I don't use the etymotic ones; I use 33db reduction and I can hear whatever Trent is saying, despite that)

    With Pearl Jam, I keep pulling the earplugs a little out, so it takes the edge off the sound, but its not too quiet.
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  • brain of c
    brain of c Posts: 5,213
    i always wear earplugs.........now that the horse left the barn.
    d'oh!!!!!!

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  • ealasaid76
    ealasaid76 Posts: 95
    But sometimes ear wax does wonders. hah hah hah

    Seriously, I do wear them, because I don't wanna have Pete Townsend's hearing.
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  • billtospill
    billtospill Posts: 60
    the $200 i spent on custom ear plugs about five years ago is the best money i've ever spent. i never found the foam plugs comfortable but the custom plugs are amazing! but even though i had been going to shows without any ear protection for fifteen years, i had almost perfect hearing when we did the ear test at my fitting. just lucky i guess.
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