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Headphones/spectacles/danger
I've just started wearing glasses again after 20 years with contact lenses. I figured having 4 eyes would be a novelty for a while. Quite enjoying it, BUT....
Why didn't someone tell me about the danger of whipping headphones off too quickly when you're wearing specs? Why, I had no idea the dashed things would come off as well. It's a good job I have lightening quick reactions otherwise I'd probably be $500 in the hole tonight.
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Re:Headphones/spectacles/danger
2012/10/11 05:15:23
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You only make that sort of mistake once
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Re:Headphones/spectacles/danger
2012/10/11 06:39:39
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LOL - I just started needing to wear reading glasses this last year so glad to hear I'm not the only one having can vs specs issues!
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Re:Headphones/spectacles/danger
2012/10/11 08:20:39
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I tried contacts.
Almost got myself kilt.
I was cruisin the backwoods in my old restored '72 Ford
and the next thing I know the contacts blew out and I couldn't see.
Then I had to find them so I could get home. I did and glad I had
the eyedrops to clean them.
That happened about the middle of a two week trial run. I'll stay with glasses.
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Re:Headphones/spectacles/danger
2012/10/11 08:47:23
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My problem is my cans push my ear (putting pressure on the frame/ear) which start to hurt after awhile (maybe 45 min or so) and I have to readjust the frame........not much of a biggie, but still present.
BTW Michael, I also have the Ultrasone 750's.......and love em.
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Re:Headphones/spectacles/danger
2012/10/11 08:55:09
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My problem is my cans push my ear (putting pressure on the frame/ear) which start to hurt after awhile (maybe 45 min or so) and I have to readjust the frame........not much of a biggie, but still present.
BTW Michael, I also have the Ultrasone 750's.......and love em.
I know why! They beat everything I've ever tried and that has been quite a few. I love the comfort but really love that I can wear them a very long time and there is just no bad effect. No discomfort from wearing them and especially that I have no reason to think I've damaged my hearing. Their claim to fame with how they direct the sound seems very valid to me. The sound? To each their own but I'm fine with mine. If they ever give it up I'll stick with Ultrasones.
post edited by spacey - 2012/10/11 09:07:03
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Re:Headphones/spectacles/danger
2012/10/11 09:04:10
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If you have good headphones that have one cable to the left can, take your phones in a motion that's toward the back of your head and upward so that won't happen. If you have the cheaper phones where there a wire going to each can, that wire acts like a noose. You just have to be careful when you slowly take them off in a forward motion.
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Re:Headphones/spectacles/danger
2012/10/11 09:08:24
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Mesh
My problem is my cans push my ear (putting pressure on the frame/ear) which start to hurt after awhile (maybe 45 min or so) and I have to readjust the frame........not much of a biggie, but still present.
BTW Michael, I also have the Ultrasone 750's.......and love em.
I know why! They beat everything I've ever tried and that has been quite a few.
I love the comfort but really love that I can wear them a very long time and there
is just no bad effect. No discomfort from wearing them and especially that I have
no reason to think I've damaged my hearing. They're claim to fame with how they
direct the sound seems very valid to me. The sound? To each their own but I'm fine with mine.
If they ever give it up I'll stick with Ultrasones.
+1 I read quite a bit about them and I'm also very happy with the sound quality. My only nit would be that I get a little H-phone bleed when tracking vocals, but it's definitely not game stopper. Have you also noticed a little bleed?
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Re:Headphones/spectacles/danger
2012/10/11 09:13:23
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At my age I try to never rip anything off... I sometimes rip one but that is another story... I also try never to make a spectacle of myself while wearing phones. J
post edited by jbow - 2012/10/11 09:18:43
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Re:Headphones/spectacles/danger
2012/10/11 09:18:22
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Mesh
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My problem is my cans push my ear (putting pressure on the frame/ear) which start to hurt after awhile (maybe 45 min or so) and I have to readjust the frame........not much of a biggie, but still present.
BTW Michael, I also have the Ultrasone 750's.......and love em.
I know why! They beat everything I've ever tried and that has been quite a few.
I love the comfort but really love that I can wear them a very long time and there
is just no bad effect. No discomfort from wearing them and especially that I have
no reason to think I've damaged my hearing. They're claim to fame with how they
direct the sound seems very valid to me. The sound? To each their own but I'm fine with mine.
If they ever give it up I'll stick with Ultrasones.
+1
I read quite a bit about them and I'm also very happy with the sound quality. My only nit would be that I get a little H-phone bleed when tracking vocals, but it's definitely not game stopper. Have you also noticed a little bleed?
No because everything is direct in. When Jeff was doing vocal parts he recorded only a few at my house and he used some AKG IIRC and I noticed he kept his hands around them and seemed to be pressing on them. But no bleed issues. All the other vocal parts he did at his home and I don't know what or how he recorded them.
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Re:Headphones/spectacles/danger
2012/10/11 10:36:26
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sharke
Why didn't someone tell me about the danger of whipping headphones off too quickly when you're wearing specs?
Didn't you read the Forum Super Fred? I'm pretty sure I remember reading that in there. Maybe page 177.
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Re:Headphones/spectacles/danger
2012/10/11 11:12:00
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sharke
Why didn't someone tell me about the danger of whipping headphones off too quickly when you're wearing specs?
Didn't you read the Forum Super Fred?
I'm pretty sure I remember reading that in there.
Maybe page 177.
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Re:Headphones/spectacles/danger
2012/10/11 12:35:01
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Another thing you don't want to do is lean over the side of a boat with spectacles on. I speak from experience.
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Re:Headphones/spectacles/danger
2012/10/11 12:49:36
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Not good. I drove off once with my glasses laying on the car. That didn't turn out so well either. I did find them eventually.
I tried contacts several times but they never could get my perscription right. One prescription worked really well up close but I couldn't see distance,then I tried bifocal contacts and everything was blurry. I think I would like contacts if they could get it right.
Yeah I have had the cans take my glasses more than once.
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Re:Headphones/spectacles/danger
2012/10/11 13:29:12
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I'm definitely going to work on my can removal technique to make it more spec-friendly.
Another dangerous area for me is drying my hair with a towel with specs on. I nearly lost them in the gym locker room last night when I decided to give my hair one last towel rub before I left. Should've taken my bins off first, I'm so lucky to have caught them on the way down.
To be honest I have much better vision with contacts. I have the right prescription in my glasses, but you just don't get full-range sharpness across the whole field with specs. Things are a little iffy on the extreme edges, and of course there's the chromatic aberration (colored edges) and barrel distortion. My first excursion out of the opticians onto the streets of Manhattan was a wild trip. I honestly thought I might die, everything looked so freaky. I'm kind of used to them now.
Only reason I got them was because my optician told me that I should give the contacts a rest for a couple of days a week. But now I'm wearing them every day because, well, I look so damn hot in them and they bring all the girls to the yard. Still like my contacts though. I wore one-day Acuvue and they are really amazing, so comfortable to have a fresh pair in every day.
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Re:Headphones/spectacles/danger
2012/10/11 13:34:19
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Man...funny how things work out.
I have two very nice pair of glasses and the only thing I'm finding
in my yard is trash. I even had to get rid of a used baby diaper before
I could mow. Well at least I could see the nasty thing good enough to
know before I grabbed it.
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Re:Headphones/spectacles/danger
2012/10/11 13:50:52
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Re:Headphones/spectacles/danger
2012/10/11 14:33:39
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I even had to get rid of a used baby diaper before
I could mow. Spacey are you implying that a forum member recently visited your yard?
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Re:Headphones/spectacles/danger
2012/10/11 14:37:19
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spacey
I even had to get rid of a used baby diaper before
I could mow. Spacey are you implying that a forum member recently visited your yard?
Sorry about that........my 2yr old should've known better. 
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Re:Headphones/spectacles/danger
2012/10/11 14:37:24
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spacey
I even had to get rid of a used baby diaper before
I could mow. Spacey are you implying that a forum member recently visited your yard?
Man...when ya have to explain the funny is just gone....but oh well....No. Sharke said, "I look so damn hot in them and they bring all the girls to the yard".....so I said.......try to keep up Bapu. ;)
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Re:Headphones/spectacles/danger
2012/10/11 14:40:34
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spacey
I even had to get rid of a used baby diaper before
I could mow. Spacey are you implying that a forum member recently visited your yard?
Man...when ya have to explain the funny is just gone....but oh well....No.
Sharke said, "I look so damn hot in them and they bring all the girls to the yard".....so I
said.......try to keep up Bapu. ;)
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Re:Headphones/spectacles/danger
2012/10/11 14:41:02
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spacey
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spacey
I even had to get rid of a used baby diaper before
I could mow. Spacey are you implying that a forum member recently visited your yard?
Man...when ya have to explain the funny is just gone....but oh well....No.
Sharke said, "I look so damn hot in them and they bring all the girls to the yard".....so I
said.......try to keep up Bapu. ;)
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Re:Headphones/spectacles/danger
2012/10/11 23:36:20
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sharke
I've just started wearing glasses again after 20 years with contact lenses. I figured having 4 eyes would be a novelty for a while. Quite enjoying it, BUT....
Why didn't someone tell me about the danger of whipping headphones off too quickly when you're wearing specs? Why, I had no idea the dashed things would come off as well. It's a good job I have lightening quick reactions otherwise I'd probably be $500 in the hole tonight.
I just wear my glasses to see. I've worn them since sixth grade, which was just slightly after Moses did his Red Sea gig.  I just tried sliding my 'phones on and off. Turns out I grasp the ear cups with both hands, spread them slightly, and set them over my ears. Reverse to take them off. The procedure is so automatic, I don't even think about it. You'll get used to it.
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Re:Headphones/spectacles/danger
2012/10/12 00:58:29
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I've just started wearing glasses again after 20 years with contact lenses. I figured having 4 eyes would be a novelty for a while. Quite enjoying it, BUT....
Why didn't someone tell me about the danger of whipping headphones off too quickly when you're wearing specs? Why, I had no idea the dashed things would come off as well. It's a good job I have lightening quick reactions otherwise I'd probably be $500 in the hole tonight.
I just wear my glasses to see.
I've worn them since sixth grade, which was just slightly after Moses did his Red Sea gig.
I just tried sliding my 'phones on and off.
Turns out I grasp the ear cups with both hands, spread them slightly, and set them over my ears. Reverse to take them off.
The procedure is so automatic, I don't even think about it.
You'll get used to it.
Damn. Two hands you say? I was hoping I wouldn't have to take my hand off the mouse/coffee/bagel. I was just wrenching them off with one hand.
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Re:Headphones/spectacles/danger
2012/10/12 01:03:23
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Re:Headphones/spectacles/danger
2012/10/12 03:20:56
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That's not the worst thing about headphones, the worst is getting the wire tangled in the wheels on your chair while working, then getting up to quickly get something, YANK  Wish there was some decent wireless headphones.
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