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07/16/2008, 10:55pm, EDT
Wednesday, July 16th
Purebuds earphones preserve hearing via Reverse Sound
Amazing Tech Products on Wednesday unveiled Purebuds, a set of earbud-style headphones that are designed to reduce damage done to the internal workings of the ear through "Reverse Sound Technology". Rather than driving sound directly into the ear, Purebuds fire towards the back of the earbud, reflecting the sound back to the eardrum. Amazing Tech Products is offering the digital Purebuds for $50, and are currently available from the company's website with free shipping.
"Purebuds meets the growing consumer audio demand for a healthy, entertaining way to listen to music," said Raman Narayan, VP of Product Development at Amazing Tech Products. Purebuds have integrated latest technology, deliver higher audio quality, and minimize potential long-term hearing damage."
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Ohh gee.. !
The damage to the ear is equal the DB that the sound hits the ear with. be it indirect or direct. SO, these earbuds simply does not play so loud as the others?
Do it yourself - don't turn the volume all the way up!
what a piece of bs
Wow, so you can "reduce damage done to the internal workings of the ear" by letting the sound reflect from some other surface (back of the earbud) before it hits your ear?
How incredibly stupid would anyone have to be to believe this? And how much coke would any marketing douche have to sniff to come up with BS like this??
Digital
Let's just back up a bit and ask what makes them digital? Why bother disputing the rest of the "health" claims?
Are these posters Stupid?
I love it when people state an opinion before even thinking!
First, the ear work off vibrations... the whole ear captures sounds and transfers the vibration to the ear drum; it does NOT reflex all sounds into the ear. Now, yes lot of sound does get direct tunneled into the ear drum, but in the end it’s all about vibration.
Second, if I poked your ear with a cotton swab it would hurt and could damage your ear drum, yes? Now if I poked your ear bud (the back bottom of your ear) with a cotton swab it won't hurt as much and won't damage your ear drum, right! You see PRESSURE is what damages the ear drum but DB. Now DB can and is related to pressure but more related to how loud something is... let me explain it this way, if I took a small cotton swab size air hose and put it to your ear drum and released the air, the pressure of the air can damage your ear, though the air coming out isn't loud, simultaneously, you could be standing on a pair of 18" EV (Electro Voice) speakers pumping 128db, which will be really loud but won't damage the ear drum.
I do NOT work for this company, I simple had the same idea and they beat me to the same or similar product.
Ok, I am Stupid,one...
I just went to their site and watched their video... Yep, I agree, stupid. I stand corrected. Not the idea that I was thinking of, so I could move forward with mine, yeah! ;-)