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Custom ear plugs?

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wildsponge

Oct 21, 2004
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Novato, CA
#1
Hey guys. This is my first post. My name is Wildsponge and I've surfed here for quite a while and am a regular at Harmony-Central Bass Forum so we can skip the introductions.

My question is: I was thinking about getting some custom ear plugs and see that there are the er-9, er-15, and er-25. My question is, does a set come with all 3 levels of filters or do you only get to pick one and have to buy the additional ones if you want them? THX
 
#2
Hello and welcome aboard!

I have a set of the ER-15's that I got made at my local ear doctor. They cost me $160 but worth EVERY penny.

Here is the kicker. Its not the cost of the plugs themselves thats high, its the filters. I only got to pick one set. If you want to replace them, its about $40-45 just for the filters. Expensive, but if you take care of your plugs, you won't replace them anytime soon. The 15's are a good halfway point and still keep all the clarity, with very minimal high end loss.

I've had mine for over 3 years and as long as I don't lose them, I'll use them for many years to come.

Hope this helps. My friends got theirs at local hearing aide shops for somewhat cheaper. I believe it was Westone.

Thanks
Tommy
 
#3
I have both the ER-15 and the ER-25. I use the 25s any time I'm watching a show somewhere and the 15s onstage. I highly recommend them.

One thing I did was to get the soft molds (silicone, I think) instead of the hard plastic molds. The musicians I know who have the hard plastic dislike them a lot. My silicone plugs are very comfortable though, and don't unseal when I move my mouth like the hard plastic ones are reported to do sometimes.
 
#5
They are designed to sit inside of your ear canal and not stick out. The silicone is clear, so in a club setting it's impossible to tell that someone has them in. In any pictures I see of myself playing I always look and never can tell.

If someone is standing onstage also, they can probably tell. But they're mostly invisible. The only thing that sticks out is a string (think "fishing line") with a small ball on the end so you can get them out after the show.
 

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