Earbuds that completely seal the ear canal scare me. Has earbud transducer technology advanced to the point where the transducer's cut off from the source below a reasonable safety level (roughly 100 dBSPL)?
Over the years, I've had many mistaken disasters when plugging in closed-ear headphones into dangerously loud sources. Sometimes my reflexes were fast -- other times not. I cannot imagine the damage I would have caused with earbuds that fit perfectly into the ear canal. As my teen-aged daughters go through the iPod craze, earbuds of any type have been off limits. We only allow them to wear unsealed, on-the-ear headphones. Paul, W9AC ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
