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volume-limiting earbuds

 protect your hearing
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These may be baked, but I've looked for them and found none... I would like headphones that have a limiter so they won't emit sound above a certain db limit. Then I can let my kid use them and not worry about the music being so loud that it damages their hearing.
—gonzola, Jan 04 2009

Automatic Volume Limiter http://earplugstore...t/earsavolifor.html
Plug it in, and plug in your headphones. [goldbb, Jan 05 2009]

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       Nice, but you'll have to have a way to keep the user from defeating the limit.   

       iPods will let you limit volume in the device itself and that's a start.
—phoenix, Jan 04 2009
   

       Sony Walkman also has a db limiter in the device, and that was a major selling point for me. But that's easy to turn off - it's in the options menu. And many MP3 players don't have that feature.   

       I want a pair of earbuds I can give to my kid that are *incapable* of producing ear-splitting loudness, so she can listen to music from any device and I don't have to worry about hearing loss.
—gonzola, Jan 05 2009
   

       Buy a European model MP3 player - volume reduction is a legal requirement in France.
[marked-for-deletion] Invented by the French.
—coprocephalous, Jan 05 2009
   

       They exist and i own some. I find them deeply annoying and i feel like throwing them under heavy traffic whenever i use them.
—nineteenthly, Jan 05 2009
   

       Be sure to take them off before you do that.
—jutta, Jan 05 2009
   

       Ha! I share them with my daughter, so i'll give her them first. Yes i know, manky manky nastiness lurks in the external auditory meatus.
—nineteenthly, Jan 05 2009
   


 

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