Hearing protection + Music

[supermenz]

Anyone tried these?

Amazon.com: TOUGH TESTED Noise-Isolating Wired Headset - Retail Packaging: Cell Phones & Accessories

I have been eyeing them for awhile.

 

[Fallon]

I use some basic behind the neck protection like Amazon.com : Caldwell E-Max Behind-The-Neck Hearing Protection, Dark Green : General Sporting Equipment : Sports & Outdoors although I don't know if mine have audio in. They work well with my cowboy hat & sunglasses. Have some worktune knockoffs that don't work with a hat at all & have iffy reception.

Would love to get some good behind the neck style ones that did radio as well. Might have to find a cheap small FM radio to plug into some with audio in.

 

[newbury]

I've been doing that for about 40 years - 29dB rated earmuffs and a decent set of buds. The last time I looked for the muffs was several years ago and the higher rated ones "topped out" at 30dB.
Well today I hit Amazon and read some muffs are claiming 37 dB NRR and selling for $20. And they look exactly like ones selling for a few bucks more with a few less dB NRR.

Anyone have experience with these SilentSound?

Well DON'T buy those SS ones unless you have a small head and wallet. The "adjustable" part is a joke - I've Howard Leight T3's and they have a headband which is truly adjustable. The SS seem to have the same hearing protection as my T3's.

 

[N80]

I found a cheap, reasonable solution, for me any way. I bought a cheap set of Sony ear buds. These are different from the typical shaped, hard plastic ear buds like the ones that come with iPhones. These have soft round rubber tips like those on higher end stethoscopes and it came with a variety of sizes. So these fit snuggly in the ear canal and which also works to keep outside sound out. The other thing that makes these work is that there is no 'stem' that comes down from the ear bud itself so the ear muffs do not touch the ear bud itself which helps with comfort.

So, they are more comfortable, help keep sound out even without ear muffs over the top. With the ear muffs on, this allows me to keep tractor noise out and to have descent sound quality without cranking up the music volume. For my uses, this is all I need.

 

[Jim Timber]

I found a cheap, reasonable solution, for me any way. I bought a cheap set of Sony ear buds. These are different from the typical shaped, hard plastic ear buds like the ones that come with iPhones. These have soft round rubber tips like those on higher end stethoscopes and it came with a variety of sizes. So these fit snuggly in the ear canal and which also works to keep outside sound out. The other thing that makes these work is that there is no 'stem' that comes down from the ear bud itself so the ear muffs do not touch the ear bud itself which helps with comfort.

So, they are more comfortable, help keep sound out even without ear muffs over the top. With the ear muffs on, this allows me to keep tractor noise out and to have descent sound quality without cranking up the music volume. For my uses, this is all I need.

This was what I did before eliminating the cord. The cord was the problem; not noise level or excessive audio volume to overcome the noise. Catching the cord on twigs, weeds, SCV levers, etc was the problem I needed to solve. Bluetooth was the solution.

 

[N80]

I tuck the cord in my shirt so no issues there. But if I could find similar buds in Bluetooth I'd do it in a heartbeat.

 

[Jim Timber]

I did too... cord from shirt to pocket was the biggest snag problem.

 

[edhruz]

All digital wireless systems suffer some level of latency, compared to analogue systems. The A-D and D-A stages will typically introduce a millisecond or more, and then there's the digital transmission format coding and decoding latency which can add tens of milliseconds if not more...

Where timing is critical, Wired or analogue wireless is the only way to guarantee no latency. After that, the high-end digital wireless manage to keep latency down to a few milliseconds. The cheaper digital wireless and BT systems will always have higher latencies.

However, if the (bluetooth) latency is consistent, (it can vary in some systems), then you could always advance the click relative to the backing track (or delay the backing track) to take the latency into account, so that you end up hearing it in time.But there are plenty of affordable in ear monitor units that can take care of that or for rehearsal we're using a simple Behringer headphone 1 Best Bluetooth Hearing Protection Reviews - List for 217-218 amp with 4 outs with a stereo monitor feed from our mixer using standard headphones to ear buds which is about as cheap as you can get. Headphones always sound better then ear buds and one reason Paul Gilbert prefers headphones in live playing situations over wedges or in ear units.Good Luck.

 

[davrow]

Also, have sun damage on nose and cheeks. Don't want skin cancer. Need hat while mowing. Regular hat won't fit over ear muffs and has wide brim so ear muffs don't fit over hat. Find hat big enough to fit over ear muffs. Look like doofus.

Here is my solution to that problem: Solumbra hat with drape, 100 SPF

Hearing protection fits over easily and still works at noise reduction.

Admittedly, I have had neighbors refer to my "Lawrence of Arabia' appearance, so maybe still a doofus? :laughing: