[zachslc]

Where can I get some very good earplugs?  I need some for eliminating others' music, especially concerning low frequencies.  Thanks.

[bkwiram]

I'm curious too. In my new apartment I'll need some earplugs that are both very effective and very comfortable. They can be costly (custom molded silicone?) as long as they meet these criteria.

I find standard foam plugs fairly effective but uncomfortable for more than an hour or two at a time. I will probably need to wear earplugs every weekday in the morning in future.

thanks for all advice,

bk

[Gordy]

I don't know about ear plugs effectively blocking low freq's, but if you would like to try a rubber/silicon type that we use while working around high speed polymer knives PM me and I'll send out a few samples...  they are washable/reusable!  

HTH,
Gordy

[Upstateaudio]

Music Direct has some.  The website is www.amusicdirect.com.

[SWG255]

I have some custom-fitted earplugs fitted by an audiologist. They're expensive and require replacing every two to three years because the silicon which is custom molded to one's ear canal gradually shrinks. However, I wouldn't be without these for amplified live music listening. They are full spectrum and have really helped me enjoy live shows where the sound pressure levels are just too high for safe and comfortable listening. When consulting your audiologist it might help to refer to these as "musician's earplugs".

It's too bad one has to wear these to so many live venues these days but most amplified live music is just too d**n loud and it doesn't have to be.

[Tyson]

Go to http://www.etymotic.com/ephp/erme.asp and get whichever level of attenuation you need....

[zachslc]

Wow, thanks gents.  I didn't know there were so many options.  I am looking into them.

[lonewolfny42]

Wow, thanks gents.  I didn't know there were so many options.  I am looking into them.

Where is all this "other music" coming from ?

[ctviggen]

Don't they have noise canceling headphones?  Hear are some:

http://popularmechanics.com/technology/audio/1999/5/Noise_Canceling_Phones/

[SWG255]

Noise-cancelling headphones are fine where one wants to reduce the amount of steady-state noise in one's environment while listening to something over them, or for some industrial types, to have just a very quiet background. The earplugs i and Tyson mentioned are for providing an accurate listening experience but at a lower listening level.

So, it depends on what one is trying to do, obviously.

Don't they have noise canceling headphones?  Hear are some:

http://popularmechanics.com/technology/audio/1999/5/Noise_Canceling_Phones/

[zachslc]

The other music is coming from my roommates boombox thingy in the next room.  I am extremely auditorily sensitive, and I cannot read ot concentrate on anything with ANY noise.  before it has never been a problem because we weren't home at the same time, but that has changed.  I ask him to turn it down again and again, and he does, but I still hear it--but then again I have to take my wrist watch off when I read because the ticking is too loud.

[zachslc]

The other music is coming from my roommates boombox thingy in the next room.  I am extremely auditorily sensitive, and I cannot read ot concentrate on anything with ANY noise.  before it has never been a problem because we weren't home at the same time, but that has changed.  I ask him to turn it down again and again, and he does, but I still hear it--but then again I have to take my wrist watch off when I read because the ticking is too loud.

[Tyson]

If you are that sensitive, you might also get some over the ear hearing protection (like what is used at a gun range) and use it in addition to the earplugs.  That should get things pretty quiet.