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How much do earplugs affect your enjoyment of a gig?

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  • 14-11-2016 7:24pm
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    Rothko
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    I'm going to see Dinosaur Jr. tomorrow night and I plan on wearing ear plugs since they're notoriously loud. I'm just wondering if the plugs will hinder the sound much or will it make much difference at all?
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    Robotito
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    I wear them all the time now and find that they can actually improve your gig experience. The music comes through perfectly clear (and still loud!) but you tend to hear less talking and other crowd distractions.
    They are a necessity for me as I got to 20-30 gigs year and also work in a factory..I just wish I had started wearing them earlier on.


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    Rothko
    Registered Users Posts: 12,888 ✭✭✭✭Rothko


    Robotito wrote: »
    I wear them all the time now and find that they can actually improve your gig experience. The music comes through perfectly clear (and still loud!) but you tend to hear less talking and other crowd distractions.
    They are a necessity for me as I got to 20-30 gigs year and also work in a factory..I just wish I had started wearing them earlier on.

    Had never thought of that. All the more reason to wear them.


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    rubadub
    Registered Users Posts: 32,381 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    There are special ones intended for concerts, bog standard sleeping ones are meant to drown out the type of sound you want. Interestingly when looking them up they reckoned damp tissue would be better for gigs than cheapo ones for sleeping, i.e. whatever frequency or whatever they block out is similar to ones for music.

    I noticed ticketmaster had them as addons when buying tickets, probably 10 times what they are worth knowing that shower of scum.


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