ETY-Plugs High Fidelity Earplugs, Standard Fit, Frost Tip (Health and Beauty)

I'm a sound engineer and have been looking for a good pair of plugs for concerts. I spend most of my time in the studio, not at concerts, because I don't want to damage my hearing.Let me start with this: No earplug can replicate the ears response while impeding sound. Just ain't gonna happen. At least not for any affordable price. But these aren't bad. I had formerly been using a pair of Combat Arms ear plugs - Peltor 97079 Combat Arms Earplugs - but they cut out too much of the high end. As someone who has very detailed hearing (over 20db better than average all the way up the scale) this lack of high end bothered me. So I got these.PROS:- While not perfect, these are very effective. They have a natural response in much of the range of the human voice, meaning that when you're listening to your favorite song,...Read more

The ER20 plugs do work well. I'm a fulltime musician and love them. BUT, the last pair I got turned out to be the "Baby Blues" which are made "for small ear canals". The descriptions here are very weak and it's easy to make that mistake. The actual sound filter is inside the stem, but the silicone plug (the blue part on these plugs) is smaller than normal, too small for my adult male ears. I'm not sure the seller understands this. Be careful.

Interesting that the manufacturers insert that comes in the plastic bag with this product states, "...reduces sound levels evenly by 20 dB evenly across the frequency range without changing the clarity of speech or the richness of music." Then, you notice the chart directly underneath (circled) that states, "12 dB" Noise Reduction Rating. If someone would care to explain the 8 dB difference it would be appreciated. I doubt if it's false advertising, but an 8dB difference is quite a bit. if (typeof amznJQ != "undefined") { amznJQ.onReady('jQuery', function() { amznJQ.available('popover', function() { var widgetDom = jQuery("#RD10JFF01E8FP_imageSection_5A50CE24-9BB1-11E6-9E7F-96DDA58CC7B5"); var images = widgetDom.find(".review-image-thumbnail"); for (var c=0;c