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Yeah, I also find it hard to believe that people are playing their earbuds
so loud that they annoy people sitting around them.  I didn''t think that
most earbud/portable combinations could even give off that much volume.

Larry

"Jeff J. Voeller" wrote:

> On 17 Jul 2000, at 17:27, Alexander Dietrich wrote:
>
> > Sorry, but that's just not true. I don't know if american headphones
> > are built differently, but riding Hamburg's subway I'm always amazed
> > at how loud people can turn their earbuds and NOT have their eyes come
> > out bleeding. I tried and turned my own volume up until it started to
> > hurt, but when I took my earbuds out I could hear nothing.
> > So what does this tell us ? Buy stock in hearing-aid companies.
>
> That's terrifying!  I prefer earbuds simply because it's physically
> impossible for me to annoy others with them.  I can't imagine the
> pressure those people are putting on their eardrums!
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