[GRLUG] Digital Audio Player

[adderd at kkmfg.com]

That isn't a bad idea.

As someone who, to no fault of their own, has a significant hearing loss I
am well tuned to this sort of thing. The biggest problem with loud music,
and loud noise in general, is that high frequency hearing loss happens
first. Thus it is initially difficult to realize that it is occurring.
Sure, you might no longer be able to hear high pitched squeaks but you
probably won't miss that. It isn't until you have trouble understanding
people that you'll really realize what has occurred. Then it's a bit late.
On the plus side, you'll still be able to hear that killer bass from your
16" subs. ;-)

Probably more than most any of you cared to know about hearing loss but
well... The soapbox needs to be stepped on from time to time.

On Thu, September 7, 2006 10:30 pm, Benjamin Flanders wrote:
> Side note on the loud music topic.  I bought some hearing protection
> that looks like some big solid earmuffs.  I use this while I am mowing with
> bud-style ear-phones and I can have the volume set at a reasonable level.
> I also use these when I am hammering or doing
> anything else noisy.  I mean I have them, I might as well use them. I'm
> probably adding hours to my hearing lifetime each time I use em.
>
> On 9/7/06, Matt Michielsen <mattmichielsen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I often wonder the same thing when I'm using my headphones in a loud
>> area at work, while mowing, etc.  I mean, it can't be good for me. That
>> being said, I'm an iPod fan.  Rhythmbox works pretty well for managing
>> music on an iPod from Linux, but lately I've been using iTunes on a Mac.
>> I haven't tried Rockbox on the thing yet, but iPod
>> Linux is pretty cool to play with.
>>
>>
>> -mm
>>
>>
>> On Sep 7, 2006, at 8:23 PM, john-thomas richards wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 07:09:48PM -0400, Kyle Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>> I prefer the small players without the color screen. I like the
>>>> Creative Zen player because it's small and had decent battery life,
>>>> even with a single AAA battery. I don't think they make it with
>>>> anything near 20GB storage though. I work in a metal fabrication
>>>> shop and I can still hear it over the noise of all the machines.
>>> ^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^^
>>>
>>>
>>> Is that safe?
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