Ear plugs?

[RedRocksU2]

Will you use them for the tour?
Did you use them already?
Does it make a difference in sound quality?

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Yes
Yes
Not really

 

[cruzila]

i will most definitely be using them for the tour. i use them most of the time when i see local bands in bars/clubs too. musn't forget to protect!! don't really believe the earplugs alter or dimish the sound quality at all.

 

[RedRocksU2]

elfa, which ones do you have? any specific brand?

 

[gman]

Hmmm....interesting. I actually started to feel pain on the inside of my ears at last nights gig. I have never experienced earplugs before, but would have thought they would interfere with the quality of the sound

 

[Irishteen]

Used them for both concerts I saw, sound was still great, just quieter

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

elfa, which ones do you have? any specific brand?

cheap ones from the drug store - I don't really use anything specific but they work well enough, I didn't wear them for the first night of Vertigo and boy did I regret it

I actually have noticed that the hearing in my one ear is starting to go so I'm all about looking after it going forward.

 

[alison0313]

I bought these ER-20 Hi-Fidelity Ety-Plugs - Music & Concert Plugs for my upcoming concerts. My hearing has suffered the past year, due to concerts and playing my music too loud. It almost feels like an addiction. It will be really hard keep from pulling them out during the show.

 

[Irishteen]

I bought these ER-20 Hi-Fidelity Ety-Plugs - Music & Concert Plugs for my upcoming concerts. My hearing has suffered the past year, due to concerts and playing my music too loud. It almost feels like an addiction. It will be really hard keep from pulling them out during the show.

I have those too, they sound great you forget you have them in

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

I see Sicy is the only Badass so far

 

[LemonMelon]

Outdoors, no. Indoors, yes.

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

I did not use them for the Croke Park shows, but I will use them for the Atlanta show since it is indoors. My ears hate me for what I have done to them without wearing them.

 

[LemonMelon]

Does it make a difference in sound quality?

Cuts the bass, brings the melody into greater focus. In some ways, it's an improvement.

 

[digitize]

I'll use earbuds, although I'll probably take them out on songs I really really want to hear (thinks like NLOTH, Boots, UC, Krazy, Streets, Ultraviolet, and MOS) since it is my first U2 show. I did the same thing at my first Coldplay show a couple of months ago.

 

[BonosLil'Pal94]

I've been to maybe 10 (?) concerts now, but I've only used earplugs once, when I was 9 and saw Paul McCartney. I don't even think I had them in for that long.....
They bug me so much and they always seem to fall out or be uncomfortable. I didn't wear them in Hawaii or LA when I did GA. My hearing is still perfectly fine; the only downside is the ringing in your ears for a few days, which I'm sure you'd get with earplugs anyways. I'm not saying don't use them, I mean, I really should be wearing them. And I know that. I just don't care for them.

 

[digitize]

My hearing is still perfectly fine; the only downside is the ringing in your ears for a few days, which I'm sure you'd get with earplugs anyways.

Actually, that ringing in your ears is a sign of permanent hearing damage.

 

[BonosLil'Pal94]

Really? I used to get that before I even started going to concerts.....

 

[digitize]

Really? I used to get that before I even started going to concerts.....

Aye, it is the starting of tinnitus.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

just wait till your mother reads this

 

[BonosLil'Pal94]

Shoot! Well thanks for letting me know!!

^She doesn't wear them either

 

[WildHoney]

I don't normally use them but i will be in Cardiff

I got Glasvegas again

 

[BonosLil'Pal94]

Find some heavy-duty ones; maybe it'll block them out

 

[kramwest1]

I always were earplugs, but I probably go to an average of about 2 concerts per month. If you want to enjoy concerts for your whole life, you really should wear them.

I can't remember where this was discussed recently, but there are 3 types of in-ear plugs: very soft ones that are rounded on one end (often bright green or orange), slightly harder ones that are just simple cylinders (often bright yellow), and the more rigid plastic ones that are a little like pour spouts for liquor bottles.


Mark

 

[MacHat]

I wore earplugs for the Wembley 2 gig and it was great not having ringing in my ears afterward, which can happen. Glad I wore them and they didn't diminish the sound quality at all .

 

[BonosLil'Pal94]

I must've had crappy ones when I used them, because the sound was horrible! I'll try to find some good ones before October.

 

[zwervers2]

For the first time ever I hav a very bad sound experience at a u2 concert. My left ear was hurting like hell the whole night and the day after that. I dont know what it is but my ears arent made for the new sound (on cd, in concert). The high notes just made my head hurt. Again this was the very first time in a line of at least 250 concerts so it was weird. My ears are sensible, I need them for the music and producing and this was a very annoying experience

I wish I had brought them because it would have increased the listeningpleasure consideraly.

 

[kramwest1]

At the Silversun Pickups show the other night, a security guard was passing out earplugs to anyone who wanted them before the show.


M

 

[RedRocksU2]

I bought these ER-20 Hi-Fidelity Ety-Plugs - Music & Concert Plugs for my upcoming concerts. My hearing has suffered the past year, due to concerts and playing my music too loud. It almost feels like an addiction. It will be really hard keep from pulling them out during the show.

Thanks!

I see Sicy is the only Badass so far

That's because she is still young. I'm an old fart.

Outdoors, no. Indoors, yes.

 

[lauramullen]

I have never used them and my hearing is fine so far.

 

[RedRocksU2]

what?