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<blockquote data-quote="Uncle Hud" data-source="post: 1417626" data-attributes="member: 29492"><p><strong>EXACTLY.</strong></p><p></p><p>(1) So, if you wear conventional earplugs you drop sound levels to your eardrum. By turning up the speaker volumes, you're listening to music LOUDER than ambient, but still lower than being unprotected. Unfortunately, I can't get my Sena speakers to be audible this way. (I'm sure if I moved the speakers slightly, that would change things, but I've already earned several frustrating hours moving them a few mm this way and that way, with no perceptible improvement.)</p><p></p><p>(2) If you wear quality ear<em>BUDS</em>, they too will reduce ambient sound levels to your eardrums. However, the music gets a direct, unobstructed pipeline to your eardrums, and you can listen with the audio volume set very low.</p><p></p><p>I prefer option #2, although several here have told me option #1 is equally protective. (Except I can't hear my music under option #1.)</p><p></p><p>&lt;<em>edit, 2 mins later</em>&gt; Please note I am not an audiologist, nor do I play one on TV.</p><p></p><p>&lt;<em>edit after reading <strong>BigOgre</strong>'s comment below</em>&gt; Yeah, moving the speakers around will help, as do the foam backers that press the speaker against your ear. Mine are already centered and tight against my ears. Still using an iPhone 5, and will <em>not</em> spend money to upgrade something that continues to work just fine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Uncle Hud, post: 1417626, member: 29492"] [B]EXACTLY.[/B] (1) So, if you wear conventional earplugs you drop sound levels to your eardrum. By turning up the speaker volumes, you're listening to music LOUDER than ambient, but still lower than being unprotected. Unfortunately, I can't get my Sena speakers to be audible this way. (I'm sure if I moved the speakers slightly, that would change things, but I've already earned several frustrating hours moving them a few mm this way and that way, with no perceptible improvement.) (2) If you wear quality ear[I]BUDS[/I], they too will reduce ambient sound levels to your eardrums. However, the music gets a direct, unobstructed pipeline to your eardrums, and you can listen with the audio volume set very low. I prefer option #2, although several here have told me option #1 is equally protective. (Except I can't hear my music under option #1.) <[I]edit, 2 mins later[/I]> Please note I am not an audiologist, nor do I play one on TV. <[I]edit after reading [B]BigOgre[/B]'s comment below[/I]> Yeah, moving the speakers around will help, as do the foam backers that press the speaker against your ear. Mine are already centered and tight against my ears. Still using an iPhone 5, and will [I]not[/I] spend money to upgrade something that continues to work just fine. [/QUOTE]
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