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An interesting finding recently while, get this riding my John Deere 133 Lawn Tractor. Most of you know how loud a mower can be, blades engaged, RPMs flying. Well, recently, I have begun to think more about my hearing, and being able to continue to enjoy musical details as I get older.
While in an industrial sales job YEARS ago, I accumulated a few ear plugs to protect my ears while inside various plant facilities. I decided it was time to start using these while mowing and weedeating. I have this pair that have a rubber disc design with like 2 different size discs. If you seat them properly, it's almost like they are up against the ear drum and these babies really close the sound out!
Now to the fun part. Could it be possible for me to actually hear the low frequencies of the tractor while the ear plugs are in? Well, believe it or not, if I drive over my driveway, I can actually HEAR the rubber knobs of the tires as they hit the drive way. I swear the first time I heard this, I thought, no, this can't be! How can I hear that through all this noise and the ear plugs? This is a small noise folks!
I then thought, yes, we learned this in HT101, about the carrying properties of LFE. So this is not an anomoly, this is the real deal. Again, last time I mowed, I took the tradition trip over the driveway, and I could again hear each and every tire knob as it contacted the drive way.
Amazing phenominon, and a good analogy for the "carrying" characteristics of LFE.
I want to conclude this post by encouraging each of you to take steps to protect your ears while mowing. After all, listening is the heartbeat of what we do. I for one have been lax in this area, far to long. No, not Lex, Lax.
Good listening,
Lex
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While in an industrial sales job YEARS ago, I accumulated a few ear plugs to protect my ears while inside various plant facilities. I decided it was time to start using these while mowing and weedeating. I have this pair that have a rubber disc design with like 2 different size discs. If you seat them properly, it's almost like they are up against the ear drum and these babies really close the sound out!
Now to the fun part. Could it be possible for me to actually hear the low frequencies of the tractor while the ear plugs are in? Well, believe it or not, if I drive over my driveway, I can actually HEAR the rubber knobs of the tires as they hit the drive way. I swear the first time I heard this, I thought, no, this can't be! How can I hear that through all this noise and the ear plugs? This is a small noise folks!
I then thought, yes, we learned this in HT101, about the carrying properties of LFE. So this is not an anomoly, this is the real deal. Again, last time I mowed, I took the tradition trip over the driveway, and I could again hear each and every tire knob as it contacted the drive way.
Amazing phenominon, and a good analogy for the "carrying" characteristics of LFE.
I want to conclude this post by encouraging each of you to take steps to protect your ears while mowing. After all, listening is the heartbeat of what we do. I for one have been lax in this area, far to long. No, not Lex, Lax.
Good listening,
Lex
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