[rlmoss]

I' m in Taiwan and do research and writing at a video game room. Even with ER-6 silicon (plastic) tips fully inserted and sealed, I hear the ambient sound. Etymotic suggested that the foam tip is more isolating.

I'm not finding that so & in fact the black foam tip scratched up skin. Is the small yellow foam tip different? is it softer & does it provide more isolation?

(This makes more sense once you lean that inter-net cafes--really a video game room-- have about 60 workstations, each with its own speaker. Add 60 teenagers plus street noise, house sound, and you get the idea.)

Many thanks,

Richard Moss

Taichung
Taiwan ROC

 

[st4r0c3an]

Well, they never provides perfect isolation, and I think the tri-flagles provides the best isolation.

 

[Kenny12]

it dosn't block out all noise, just most noise

 

[groovndc]

I spoke with an audiologist about reducing noise as much as possible. I am a graduate student and the library for the program I am in is a very social place. It's so social it's noisy. I asked for something that would reduce noise as much as possible - almost to the point of not being able to hear anything. She told me the only people who experience "no noise" are folks who are 100% deaf (not hearing impaired - just deaf). I'm in the same boat you are - I want major noise reduction it just seems I won't be able to get it. I suppose we could put in some custom earmolds with filters and put on additional hearing protection - that might help. I plan to try the custom earmolds with the etymotic 6i and I will post my experiences here.

Barry

 

[Kenny12]

the question is are u playing music though ur earphones?

if so you should hear amost nothing other than the music

 

[rlmoss]

Thanks everyone. I am playing music through the Etymotics--a 44kbs web feed of Nord Deutsch Rundfunk Kultur. (http://www.ndrkultur.de). There's a point where music is so loud it distracts & also this web-feed cracks up and hisses.

I'm am finding playing Wagner really loud over the speakers pointed at the children has a chilling effect. [see Apocalypse Now where Lt. Kilgore (Robert Duvall) takes a beach with helicopter blarring out Ride of the Valkeyries.]

I am actually curious enough about the sound level to meter the db. Same at the university where I teach. Unbelievable how much ambient noise there is here.

Richard Moss

Taichung Taiwan ROC

 

[pne]

perhaps isolating earcups on top of the IEM's? If you are really desperate for that much isolation.

 

[Logistic]

With music on with my er6's I can't hear my roommate talk moderately loud to me about three feet behind me. I had to feel his footsteps to know he was there. The triflanges work great for me, I haven't tried the foam ones. If you want more sound reduction, I'd have to guess that you would have to try custom ear molds. You'll get to a point though where you will hear your heartbeat and tinnitus if you have that.

 

[PTheD]

If the ER-6 that you have are suplied with the double-flange tips then the triple flanges should provide a little more isolation. Then I would guess the custome ear molds might help a little beyond that. Aditionaly large over the ear muffs or sound deadaning headphones that seal the ear off from the enviornment should help a little as well. All of these should be small incerments. After the etymotic tips there really isn't a lot more isolation that is possible. As may have been stated before there is a limit to how much sound can be dedend when the enviornment around you is filled with it, literaly vibrating everything including your body and skull not just your eardrums...