Earplugs: S/D

I'm also guilty of playing harder when I have plugs in, I hate that.

Personally, I think that custom plugs are a good investment. But since I have yet to invest -- you have to go for a fitting, and I can never seem to get 'round to doing it -- I'm not particularly qualified to say. I should get my guitarist on here to testify about his, 'cause he seems to be wild about 'em. One of his plugs has a small speaker or somesuch that he connects to a DI line from his rig, which seems a great feature for an electric instrumentalist, but not so great for a drummer.

i am playing with etymotic plugs right now, but really, it is dreadful for a drummer to play with plugs. always trying to overcompensate, playing too hard--not fun

I love little combos.

few grammar mistakes is as bad than that

Earplugs are a good idea.

http://www.etymotic.com/ephp/er20.aspx

You get what you pay for with the cheaper ones, they will help protect your hearing but the high end really rolls off a fair bit losing massive amounts of clarity in hi-hat regions and makes a very dead sound with no "air". (Plus you look like Frankenstein with the ends popping out of your ears).

http://www.earinc.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=52

(BTW, you should be able to buy these at a decent music store for $13)

true--eventually i do want the molded etymotics

Whenever I switch ear when talking on the phone I scare myself at how different each ear sounds. Weirdly different frequency response. And actually despite the first paragraph I've suspected for a while I don't hear bass too well myself, now I think about it. Maybe time I got rid of the bass guitar...

Every time I have got earplugs more expensive than cheap pharmacy foam plugs I have lost one of the pair within weeks (even though I've never noticed losing the foam ones). Do any of the really expensive ones come with magic anti-stupidity properties? Because if not I'd better not buy them.

For a long time I just didn't play with very loud bands, so I don't think I felt the need. But now I'm realizing the aural havoc it can cause to bring the rock.

When I had my appointment he said I'd lost lows too, but he said the curve was pretty usual for someone of my age (31)

Wolfram syndrome? It's far too late for half-arsed MEDLINE searches.

After playing bass for 12 years I've finally got 'round to buying some Etymotic ER20s, and I'm pretty impressed. I wish I'd done it earlier though, and started saving for the proper ones.

i started wearing my plugs again recently after not wearing them for awhile. it's hard, last night they made it sound like my backbeat didn't have any meat to it so i was overplaying.

then i took out only the right one for the second set (the stupid loud-ass monitor was on my left) and that helped a lot. then i took out the other one for the third set, and that was dumb.

I need EARPLUG ADVICE
Prepare to be horrified:
I went to the doctor for a routine physical and discovered that there is a small piece of one of my old earplugs lodged inside my head/ear canal. I have to go see an ENT to pry it out. Not painful (yet) but also -- not cool!

I am desperately ISO advice for earplugs that are
* one piece (none of it falls off inside my ear)
* durable (long lifespan)
* effective (these will be used while I am playing drums)

Suggestions!? Recommendations?

I really like my Ear Peace set - https://www.earpeace.com - I am enjoying loud metal shows much more now! Great for drumming, too, LL!