If you step on it now and then, it will rise back and still be good.
But, if you trample it daily , it wears out quickly.
No one is gonna buy this DAP considering most people have ipods or cellphone Mp3 players. What we need to do is produce headphones that do not allow themselves to be turned up to dangerous noise levels. Maybe wth a cut off circuit.
considering the world of frivelous lawsuits, someone might try to sue headphone companies.
Though I'm sure that listening to music loudly is a cause of tinnitus, it's by NO MEANS the ONLY cause. For example, I have hereditary tinnitus -- my Dad has always had it and so have I since I was a little kid. And no, I've never listened to music loudly through headphones.
I hear it right now. Aside from my typing, that constant high pitch squeal I've heard my whole life is the only noise I hear at the moment. If I had the money I'd buy this device in a heartbeat.
Uh, have you even read the article? This isn't a standard DAP, this is a device that emits certain (pre-programmed) noises. And by the way, people have already sued DAP manufacturers for the high volume, and in some countries there is a volume lock to prevent it from going over a certain limit.
Suing consumer HEADPHONE manufacturers might just be a bit frivolous, since many already have warnings on products, and it is hard to imagine any legislation that forces headphones to be made to monitor volume or limit source volume... oh and rtfa
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Hearing is like FINE CARPET.
If you step on it now and then, it will rise back and still be good.
But, if you trample it daily , it wears out quickly.
No one is gonna buy this DAP considering most people have ipods or cellphone Mp3 players. What we need to do is produce headphones that do not allow themselves to be turned up to dangerous noise levels. Maybe wth a cut off circuit.
considering the world of frivelous lawsuits, someone might try to sue headphone companies.
Though I'm sure that listening to music loudly is a cause of tinnitus, it's by NO MEANS the ONLY cause. For example, I have hereditary tinnitus -- my Dad has always had it and so have I since I was a little kid. And no, I've never listened to music loudly through headphones.
I hear it right now. Aside from my typing, that constant high pitch squeal I've heard my whole life is the only noise I hear at the moment. If I had the money I'd buy this device in a heartbeat.
Uh, have you even read the article? This isn't a standard DAP, this is a device that emits certain (pre-programmed) noises.
And by the way, people have already sued DAP manufacturers for the high volume, and in some countries there is a volume lock to prevent it from going over a certain limit.
Suing consumer HEADPHONE manufacturers might just be a bit frivolous, since many already have warnings on products, and it is hard to imagine any legislation that forces headphones to be made to monitor volume or limit source volume...
oh and rtfa
There actually are headphones that do just that, the problem isn't the lack of gear to prevent it, it's the lack of will/knowledge about it.