Man, I can't stress this enough. TAKE CARE OF YOUR HEARING. I been DJing since 1992 and never did once I paid attention to my dad all those times when he used to tell me to wear ear plugs.

Now I wish I did.

Last week, my left ear was bleeding. It happened one day I was spending time with my girlfriend. I felt something funny inside of my ear, used a cotton swab, and it came out with blood. Not soaking in blood, but enough to scare the shit out of me.

I'm gonna go to the doctor and get my ear checked soon. Hopefully it isn't related to DJing and I'm hoping it was something temporary. However, I also been noticing that that same ear sounds a bit different than the other.

I'm now looking around for some professional ear plugs. However, I will hold back on purchasing them until I see my doctor. I wanna see what he recommends.

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I highly recommend these ear plugs: http://alpineearplugs.com/ They're made for musicians. They attenuate the sound without muffling specific frequency. Plus, you can put head phones on with them in your ears and it's completely comfortable. Sometimes, I even forget I have them in.

Hope everything turns out alright...

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i'm planning on getting some custom ones this summer

every time i go to the club i usually have at least a pair of those foam ones with me, i used to have a pair of the etymotic plugs, but i lost them

even djing with the foam ones was possible, hard to get precise but possible

after djing in clubs and setting up large sound rigs for 10 years i have noticeable tinnitus, so i do everything i can to protect my hearing now

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While we're on the topic, do any of these brands of musicians earplugs have user-changable filters? I'm in the market for a pair and I feel like the 25db range might be too much for smaller lounge type venues where the sound isn't as loud, but loud enough to warrant earplug use.

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Jesus Christ...you are fucking stupid.

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Originally posted by nrjizer While we're on the topic, do any of these brands of musicians earplugs have user-changable filters? I'm in the market for a pair and I feel like the 25db range might be too much for smaller lounge type venues where the sound isn't as loud, but loud enough to warrant earplug use.

Yes, I use Westone ear plugs. they are custom fit ear plugs where you can change out the filters.

I have a set of 15 and 10 db filters. i found it extremely hard to dj with the 15 so i got 10 to dj with. if im not djing then i put the 15 db filters in. They are expensive though about 150 for the ear plugs and they come with what ever filter you request and then additional filters are about 75 bucks. Hope this helps

Also you Dj's if your planning on djing with ear plugs GET CUSTON ones. they fit your ear perfect since they are molded to it and much more comfortable while wearing headphones for hours on end

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Originally posted by Beatflux Jesus Christ...you are fucking stupid.

He may be stupid, but I'm sure he's smart enough to detect when people are joking.

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Originally posted by Domesticated He may be stupid, but I'm sure he's smart enough to detect when people are joking.

People don't take this stuff seriously enough, so the last thing we need is more jokes.

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Originally posted by DiscoStew I highly recommend these ear plugs: http://alpineearplugs.com/ They're made for musicians. They attenuate the sound without muffling specific frequency. Plus, you can put head phones on with them in your ears and it's completely comfortable. Sometimes, I even forget I have them in. Hope everything turns out alright...

Nice! My research has always turned up the Etymotic Research earplugs. I've been trying to find something better because I'm told that you can't really wear headphones with them. It sounds like these don't have that problem, and they even have multiple filters.

Speak up if you have any experience with these products. I definitely need to get some cheap earplugs. It's just hard to know what will work best for me.

http://www.trustedreviews.com/mp3/n...EARING-LOSS-/p1, scary.