Sound Isolating Headphones

Undertoad · 11-27-2011, 10:55 AM

I always find closed-ear headphones to be uncomfortable after 20 minutes.

Etymotics was one of the first proper ear canal buds, and they still are a leader. They make the majority of musician's ear plugs, that attenuate all frequencies so you can hear clearly at -20db or more.

They come with an alternate foam tip deal that removes the outside world pretty completely. These work like the E.A.R.S. and the Hearos foam plugs: you squeeze the foam, fit it into your ear canal, and the foam expands until it's a tight fit. At that point the outside world is cut off.

Griff · 11-27-2011, 11:53 AM

My kid likes these from Vic Firth.

Flint · 11-27-2011, 01:38 PM

Thanks, Griff, the Rodd Morgenstein "drummer headphones" are something I've also looked at.

Undertoad, my man. The Etymotic Research MC5 are something I am now seriously considering.

11-27-2011, 11:53 AM	#2
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11-27-2011, 01:38 PM	#3
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Thanks, Griff, the Rodd Morgenstein "drummer headphones" are something I've also looked at. Undertoad, my man. The Etymotic Research MC5 are something I am now seriously considering. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

11-27-2011, 10:55 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I always find closed-ear headphones to be uncomfortable after 20 minutes. Etymotics was one of the first proper ear canal buds, and they still are a leader. They make the majority of musician's ear plugs, that attenuate all frequencies so you can hear clearly at -20db or more. They come with an alternate foam tip deal that removes the outside world pretty completely. These work like the E.A.R.S. and the Hearos foam plugs: you squeeze the foam, fit it into your ear canal, and the foam expands until it's a tight fit. At that point the outside world is cut off.

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