You can get one of those custom dildo/lollipop/candystick headphones

haha nah, my hdj1000's actually do the job pretty good. I just busted out a mix then (decided to adjust the speakers head height for a change) and that adjustment alongside my headphones being so damn comfortable and good helped the mix alot.

My question was more-so if i was the only one whose got one ear to DJ with. Technically speaking i should be getting deafer from being around sound so much but it hasnt affected me whatsoever (test have proven i have 'abnormally good hearing'. Although soon i will invest in some good quality ear plugs just incase..

I'm also a gamer so i have kinda 'trained' my ears to hear sound and the directions there coming from. I brought myself some 5.1 sorround speakers (everyone else gave me a 'wtf' face) but its good for me if you know what i mean

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well i have hyper-acusis. it is a hyper sensitivity to loud noise. i cant set foot in a club without earplugs. fire bells and any loud noise is very painfull.

it started to become apparent when i started going clubbing. i remember going to clubs without hearing protection and my ears used to ring a lot - which i thought was normal. eventually i started wearing earplugs and now i doubt i would still have hearing after going to a club a whole night without protection.

my mother also passed her sensitive hearing down to me, but she was never subjected to the sound levels modern clubs can produce.

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Originally posted by richg101 well i have hyper-acusis. it is a hyper sensitivity to loud noise. i cant set foot in a club without earplugs. fire bells and any loud noise is very painfull. it started to become apparent when i started going clubbing. i remember going to clubs without hearing protection and my ears used to ring a lot - which i thought was normal. eventually i started wearing earplugs and now i doubt i would still have hearing after going to a club a whole night without protection. my mother also passed her sensitive hearing down to me, but she was never subjected to the sound levels modern clubs can produce.

Good to know what I have. Bleh..

My right ear clicks every time i flex some kind of muscle inside of it. It does not happen when i try to move the outer ear. I have cleaned out all the wax i could, but no help. Also, same clicks are heard when i clap my hands in front of the ear. This may sound strange to most of you. I wonder if anyone else experienced something similar. Oh, and my mother experiences same thing in her right ear. I hope its not a precursor to something more serious.

Fl@k - you need a mixer that has a headphone crossfader. I mix on a DJM-707, and I do a partial split cue, with the headphone crossfader between 60~75%, deck B. It makes it much more clear and sharp.

I dont have any hearing issues, although its more relaxing and enjoyable because I dont need to blast the phones in a standard split cue fashion (typical in a club or house party situation).

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Originally posted by adx Fl@k - you need a mixer that has a headphone crossfader. I mix on a DJM-707, and I do a partial split cue, with the headphone crossfader between 60~75%, deck B. It makes it much more clear and sharp.

Sounds good, I'm still waiting for the day where i can afford such a mixer but its coming.. Oh its coming.

antronx - I would get that checked out man.

Richg - Id never heard of this before you mentioned it, Does it affect you much in general? with all sorts of alarms etc going off all the time in life.

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My hearing is strange too.

I think it comes from DJing too much. Basically if someone is speaking to me and there is a background noise I have trouble focusing 100% on what they are saying to me because I am also concentrating on the background noise. Makes Mrs. Nem very angry but what the hell can I do.

Probably comes from spliting and concentrating on different sounds sources is my guess. After 20 odd years the brain is just to used to that.

I think my hearing is also a little damaged from lound noise but it comes with the territory especially for older DJs pre earplug era.

Cheers
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Originally posted by zoidborglor no you can avoid hurting your ears with musician ear plugs

I hope you weren't talking to me because in my very first post i already said im deaf in one ear by nature.

However i do plan to pickup a pair of musician ear plugs now that gigs are starting to catch on and im not interested in losing the only ear i have left.

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Originally posted by Nemesis44 I think it comes from DJing too much. Basically if someone is speaking to me and there is a background noise I have trouble focusing 100% on what they are saying to me because I am also concentrating on the background noise. Makes Mrs. Nem very angry but what the hell can I do. Nem

I've always thought I was the only with this problem. My GF use to be so annoyed of me everytime it happens. Its gotten so bad to the point that listening to non EDM tracks with vocals, I really don't hear the lyrics, just the music. With movies, I need subtitles on cause half the time I hear background noise versus the lines.