EARPAD , the best hearing protector for listening and practicing music. Why?
1/ because it is the only one with being a genuine linear protector
Our hearing system does not perceive the linear sound of way.
Indeed, two dial tones of identical intensities will not be perceived in the same way according to their emission frequency. Thus, our hearing, not very significant on the frequencies located on the extreme low registers and the acute extremes, clearly restores the zone of the 4 Khz of way higher.
Majority of the linear hearing protectors (ER20, Hearsafe HS-ER 20, Millenium WS20...) are actually protectors with LINEAR ATTENUATION, Earpad is the only hearing protector with LINEAR RESTITUTION which respects the sensitivity of ear.
2/ because it is the only protector to restore sound contents beyond 8 Khz
Direct outcome of the LINEAR principle of RESTITUTION (opposite with the LINEAR ATTENUATION) Earpad makes possible to its user to hear the music on a zone of frequencies usually forsaken by all the other hearing protectors, in particular beyond 8Khz. If this frequency range is not essential for the comprehension of the word, it remains essential in the restitution of the music in its integrity, without loss of dynamics and by preserving the feeling of relief of the sound.
3/ because it offers the best PROTECTION ratio/MUSICAL QUALITY
The sound restitution of contents on the extreme low registers and the acute extremes brings a feeling of more moderate attenuation. Indeed, if one compares the feeling of protection of Earpad with a protector with linear attenuation or interchangeable filter, the difference in perception can reach 6 dB for the same protection level.
The principle is simple,
More frequencies and Less intensity = More comfort and More quality!
UNIVERSAL Earpad, The only one filter for 2 reasons.
Earpad technology offers a NON-LINEARITY of the ATTENUATION. This acoustic principle simply means that the more the loudness increases, the more the attenuation brought is important, this always by preserving the LINEARITY of the restitution. The Earpad filter is developed to react by taking into account the complexity of our hearing system.
To be really comfortable, a hearing protector must be perfectly assimilated by our hearing system. That means that after a necessary time of habituation, our cognitive reflexes are not disturbed any more and that the wearing of the protector becomes unperceivable. That can be compared with a tuning of our mode of hearing perception which quickly immediately becomes automatic when the protector is inserted. The use of hearing protectors with various filters , with different attenuations and thus of the different sound signatures makes more difficult this adaptation and is likely to disturb our mode of assimilation of the hearing messages.