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Old 06-20-2005, 12:01 PM
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http://store.yahoo.com/earplugstore/erisear.html

$220 or so but they work great.
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Are wearing headphones legal (car or motorcycle)? I seem to remember something about wearing them not being legal in Florida or Tennessee (or maybe Illinois, the state laws are all blurring together). I could be wrong. Regardless, being able to hear things around you while on a bike is pretty important to me. We got lots of idiots that run over people and just keep on going in South Florida. Guess I just like to have all of my senses about me when I'm on my motorcycle.

Besides, I paid good money for that Harley sound [8D]!

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Are wearing headphones legal (car or motorcycle)? I seem to remember something about wearing them not being legal in Florida or Tennessee (or maybe Illinois, the state laws are all blurring together). I could be wrong. Regardless, being able to hear things around you while on a bike is pretty important to me. We got lots of idiots that run over people and just keep on going in South Florida. Guess I just like to have all of my senses about me when I'm on my motorcycle.

Besides, I paid good money for that Harley sound [8D]!

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Man, at highway speed, all I hear is wind! I'd rather listen to music. I really only want it for long highway hauls.

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Clammy - I have the Shure's (E4) and I have a pair of Sony noise cancelling models that ran me about 140 bucks american - It just never occured to me try them on the bike - I will give it a try tomorrow and let you know what I think
 
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Clammy - I have the Shure's (E4) and I have a pair of Sony noise cancelling models that ran me about 140 bucks american - It just never occured to me try them on the bike - I will give it a try tomorrow and let you know what I think
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Here's a lead for you:

http://estores.infront.com/superseer...fo.asp?pid=116
 
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Old 06-22-2005, 01:17 AM
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Clammy - I did a not very scientific test this afternoon and here is my suggestion - I compared the Shure E4 with the sony MDR-NC11 headphones and I gotta tell ya the Sony's won out. I used an iRiver mp3 player for the test. They sounded real nice with and without the noise cancelling feature on and they stayed in my ears real well- I found they didn't block the road sounds that you need to hear yet they cut right through nicely - They are going for about a hundred bucks american these days - I really wish you could do a try and buy so if you didn't like them you could return them - The reason being is that I ride a classic glide with the bat wing so I am such your results will vary but I still think the Sony's will give you a ton of bang for the buck - They give you a generous long cord and three sizes of earbuds to help with the fit. I inlcuded a link but do a search for the going price cause you can get them a third cheaper then listed here


http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTE...uctSKU=MDRNC11
 
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I use the SHURE E3's and they are the shiznit! You can buy them reasonably on EBAY, and they have great great tone across the whole equalizer range!!
 
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I use the SHURE E3's and they are the shiznit! You can buy them reasonably on EBAY, and they have great great tone across the whole equalizer range!!
Cool. How are they for noise cancellation? Do you use them with a 1/2 helmet?

Thanks for the info.

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