 I don't know if you guys have heard the news today, but there is a death warning for iPod fans if they have their volume up too loud!
I have to admit that the news did scare me a bit and I've actually put the volume down half way this morning! I normally have the volume up by about three quarters to block out the traffic noise. Now I think it's time for me to buy one of those in-ear headphones...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4162028.stm
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Huh? Whats that? Sorry can't hear you ; p
Seriously though what a load of old nonsense - If you listen to loud music repeatedly you'll eventually damage your hearing, what a revelation!
This has been a problem for years regardless of iPod. iPod hysteria is becoming as bad as mobile phone hysteria. First iPod users are likely too 'experience hallucinations of music constantly playing' and now we're all going deaf. Blah, blah, blah. Just keep the volume sensible and you'll be ok.
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lol i read your post and was like what my ipod is killing me!!!?
yea i try to not put it on too loud..
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 Fiona, take a chill pill girl and enjoy your music and stop trying to start a panic!
As Rodney says, this is hardly a new worry for music lovers - I would say it's more the length of time people spend with headphones on rather than the decibels involved. Unless of course you're listening to similar to that which our office was subjected to last week by one of my colleagues - real ear-bleed inducing stuff and all I can say is thank goodness he got lynched before our heads all exploded.
As with all things in life, moderation is the keyword :)
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 I read that in-ear headphones are worse for your ears - Fiona, if you're worried about going deaf but still want to drown out all that city noise, have a look at the Sennheiser PXC-250s.
They're 70 quid, but I've been using them on the tube and they block out even the most irritating of loud-mouthed commuters...
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 I recently heard that watching too much television will give you square eyes...
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If you are really want the latest upgrade in noise gard headphones, try the new PXC 300's. They apparantly have the most advanced noisegard yet!
This way you can turn your volume down even lower - look after your ear drums!!
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Thanks guys. Just searched those head/earphones and they both cost around £90!!!
Not very good for a poor student ;)
Also, I prefer earphones than headphones. These headphones still remind me of 1980s :p
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Ok, if you're after in-ear 'phones have you seen Shure's EC2s? If you search about you'll find them for about £60. They've got 'sound isolating' technology and should help to block out all that noise.
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Better if you buy them from the States. Much cheaper.
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 On the volume issue I remeber an old casette walkman I had (remember them!) had a feature called AVLS which stood for auto volume limiting system and when turned on automatically stopped the volume from going over a certain loudness. Presumably designed for those who can't just turn down the volume a bit.
Needless to say that it was completely useless and kept the volume so low that you could bearly hear it, hence it was a feature I never used. But hey that was 10 years ago and guess what - I'm not deaf!
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I've got the AVLS function on my current Sony MP3 walkman. The player is quiet enough without it, so yes, I can vouch for the function being completely useless!
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Wow I'm amazed they still bother with that, though having said that I doubt its a particularly difficult feature include :0)
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To remove the EEC volume limiter from iPods (this page and click "Go"!) :-
http://gopod.free-go.net/#
(Just if you wanted to 'rock-out' for a few minutes!!)
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You'll believe that mobiles give you cancer next. Which they do...
If people aren't sensible enough to keep the noise down to a proper level then they deserve to go deaf. And its a snowball situation to, the volume goes up and up and theres nothing more annoying than some idiot listening to drum and bass next to you on the train at full volume.
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