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Where to get Earplugs?

  • 18-05-2012 3:08pm
    #1
    flyswatter
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    Anyone know any shops here where one can buy some earplugs for performing music?

    I hear the ER-20 earplugs by Etymotic are good (and cheap also), am interested in those ones especially.


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  • #2
    Rigsby
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    flyswatter wrote: »
    (and cheap also)

    Your hearing is priceless, so my advice would be to spend as much as you can afford. I got my custom made musician's ear plugs from Advance Hearing on Aston Quay.



    http://www.advancehearing.com/

    They cost around 200 euros, and took about two weeks to be ready.


    Others here have gone to Frank Cass.

    http://www.irishhearingaids.ie/branch/frank-cass-and-sons-kimmage


  • #3
    Demeyes
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    You can get HMV branded er-20's in some of their shops and they are pretty cheap. I've picked a few pairs up off sellers on eBay for ~10 quid. I pretty much try and carry earplugs to every gig I attend, as well as all my band practices and gigs. I don't know how people can stand so close to a drum kit and not get put off by the volume of it!


  • #4
    flyswatter
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    Demeyes wrote: »
    You can get HMV branded er-20's in some of their shops and they are pretty cheap. I've picked a few pairs up off sellers on eBay for ~10 quid. I pretty much try and carry earplugs to every gig I attend, as well as all my band practices and gigs. I don't know how people can stand so close to a drum kit and not get put off by the volume of it!

    Do you know any of the branches you can get them in?


  • #5
    Demeyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 617 ✭✭✭Demeyes


    Nope, I've seen them in a few but they were not there the next time etc. Your best bet is to just ask if you are in one of the stores if they have them in stock.


  • #6
    rcaz
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    flyswatter wrote: »
    Do you know any of the branches you can get them in?

    I got a pair of er-20s in the shop on Grafton Street in Dublin in October 2011.


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  • #7
    PaulieBoy
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    Picked up a pair of the er20's in HMV on Grafton St. yesterday. Cost €1.99 a pair!


  • #8
    zafo
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    Must get in and pick up a few pairs. Can't go too wrong at that price. Do they ahve the different sizes?


  • #9
    flyswatter
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    Got the Er-20s online in the end. Cost me 20 euro including postage, ordered from England, ordered Monday, came the Thursday, can't complain.


  • #10
    PaulieBoy
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    zafo wrote: »
    Must get in and pick up a few pairs. Can't go too wrong at that price. Do they ahve the different sizes?
    The pair I got make no mention of size and I didn't see different sizes while looking at them. They got a test drive this evening and are the dog's ! And for two quid a snip!


  • #11
    Squidgy Black
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    PaulieBoy wrote: »
    Picked up a pair of the er20's in HMV on Grafton St. yesterday. Cost €1.99 a pair!

    Did they have many in stock? If so, gonna pick up a good few pairs, my ears are always in a heap after any kind of jams involving drums.


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  • #12
    **Vai**
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    Anyone know of anywhere in Laois/Offaly to get er20's? For those of us who wont be in da big schmoke for a while.


  • #13
    PaulieBoy
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    stetyrrell wrote: »
    Did they have many in stock? If so, gonna pick up a good few pairs, my ears are always in a heap after any kind of jams involving drums.
    Yup. A fairly decent stock alright so no need to panic :-)


  • #14
    PaulieBoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 534 ✭✭✭PaulieBoy


    HMV on Grafton St. has been cleared out of ear plugs! They had a pile of them but now have none. Must have been a run on 'em!


  • #15
    kessler182
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 118 ✭✭kessler182


    I grabbed a handful from Grafton Street, the guys directly before and after me were looking for them too. Word spreads fast apparetly!


  • #16
    Thephantomsmask
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    I got the last 2 pairs in Cork a few weeks back, must check if they have more in. Very handy to keep a few spare pairs in gig bags or for friends with the price.


  • #17
    triggermortis
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    Specsavers do hearing protection. They do instant fit plugs, ie they fit anyone, or you can get custom moulded and filtered ones made.

    http://www.specsavers.ie/hearing/hearing-protection/


  • #18
    PaulieBoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 534 ✭✭✭PaulieBoy


    kessler182 wrote: »
    I grabbed a handful from Grafton Street, the guys directly before and after me were looking for them too. Word spreads fast apparetly!
    I should have grabbed a handful before I went shouting my mouth off on the internet!!! They still out of stock. I pop in on a Saturday and will post when they are back in stock it that's any use to anybody. I will grab a handful myself first :-)


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