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I’ve been thinking about stage monitoring and been talking to one of my DJ friends who was asking me about particular headphones. So I did a quick google and came up with this far from exhaustive list of resources.

Here are some companies:

http://www.etymotic.com/ – they sell in-ears plus you can get custom molds to go with them – wide range of products/prices

http://www.shure.com/americas/products/earphones-headphones/se-models/index.htm – they also sell in-ears and have a partnership with custom mold makers Sensaphonics

http://www.acscustom.com/au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30&Itemid=45 – high end

http://www.earmonitorsaustralia.com/index.htm – they will do molds for other in-ears and also sell complete units

Hearing is a critically under-appreciated sense. At least until you start to lose it. Another thing that I have been thinking about lately is how ambient noise in the everyday environment is quite damaging to productivity, sanity and well being. There is a lot of research coming out now about this.

Here are a few fascinating videos about this:

http://www.ted.com/talks/julian_treasure_shh_sound_health_in_8_steps.html

http://www.ted.com/talks/julian_treasure_the_4_ways_sound_affects_us.html

http://www.ted.com/talks/evelyn_glennie_shows_how_to_listen.html

Well the hunt continues for an apartment here in lovely Sydney. Could you believe (if you are not from here) that it has been a month of looking? We have inspected a score of apartments at prices ranging from $450 to $550 a week (yes, for those of you in TN who may be reading this, that is dollars and per week!!) and found only 1 place worth living in and someone else got it. Even once you have found a place, inspected it, applied for it (the process is almost more grueling than looking for work!), you are competing against others that want it. At the upper end of the range the competition is not so fierce, whereas at the lower end you can be viewing an apartment with 40 other people! Well we’re on the line for a couple places and with luck we will have a home by early to mid march.

Cheers,
Andre