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...TIME's video "A Gas Pedal Built for Stilettos...
There was a time not too long ago when you could walk down the street without seeing white, brightly colored or bedazzled earbuds jammed into everyone's ears. Just as the iPod has revolutionized the way we buy music, the small, disk-shaped earbuds that come bundled with it have changed the way we listen to music. But not in a good way. Aside from being uncomfortable and prone to falling out, earbuds sit outside the ear canal and leave room for lots of ambient noise to seep in, leading many of us to turn up the volume dangerously high...
...that into perspective: the average individual can tolerate up to eight hours of sound at 85 db - think busy city traffic - before suffering hearing damage. "For every 5 db over 85 db, the exposure time before irreversible damage gets cut in half," says Beth Orliss, an audiologist in New York City. To sell iPods in France, Apple had to max out the volume at 100 db, which, by the way, is as loud as a motorcycle engine...
...what's the best solution? Custom-made IEMs. Get a licensed audiologist to take molds of your ears and send them to JH Audio. "The audio signature is tuned to the individual's ear-canal size and shape, allowing us to tune the audio for time, phase and accuracy," says founder Jerry Harvey, whose clients include Bon Jovi and Lady Gaga. (See the top 10 albums...
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