Been walking past the earmold stand at the island for the last couple of years saying I'm gonna get a set ,this year I did . If you like to listen to some tunes while rideing these are the Go . Good sound Quality and comfortable . The only problem with them apart from being expensive [ $ 220 ] is that if your motor decides to self destruct you won't hear it ! there is very little background noise !  Used to ride with the i-pod volume set at around 8/10 now 5/10 so should be good for the hearing.cheers

I agree. A great product but I found I could not hear anything on the road   so decided to go back to the normal headphone ear plugs  .  

I use the molded type plug. Good product for the iPod and listening to tunes.
I don't have it up very loud at all, just enough to cut the wind noise and have back ground music.
Can still hear the nasty bits of the motor.

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Never thought of hooking up music unless it was a long constant-speed run. Even then, just putting in ear plugs to kill the wind-whistle, they pop out as soon as I don the lid. Something I'll think about though.

I realise this is an old thread but I took the plunge and bought a pair of earmold plugs that pipe music into my ears from my iPhone. It cost over $200 but seems bloody good so far only I haven't tested them on the bike yet as they're now wrapped up for Christmas. They block out high pitch noises that cause hearing loss like wind and exhaust noise but you still hear other stuff. I wanted to protect my hearing and be able to safely enjoy listening to good quality sounding music on long rides. $200 thereabouts is good for this - people spend more on aircleaners!

Chit you can buy a box of tampons for $5 and I recon they would do the same job!

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If you can get tampons to play music too id give your idea some consideration. But until then you may as well put bear shit into your ears. I was going to say something else about your head if you're putting tampons into your ears....

I used to use them when riding my FZ1.
Now I just listen to the rumble. For me thats sweet music

I must ask why wear earplugs at all? I enjoy the low burble sound of my bike...it's not too loud and not too quiet.

Wore my earmold plugs playing music today on a ride. Easily the best $200 I have spent. Could hear the engine and exhaust subtly with bugger-all wind noise. Had my music at about 20% volume (using iPhone) and could hear it really clearly.

theres no wind noise over 140 your just hangin on cheers BRUSH

bought mine in 2007... the plastic outer sheath on the wires is started to peel off

 

 

does anyone here use the plain earmold plugs?...and what's your opinion of them?
I don't want music playing while I'm riding,just cut out wind noise.
i use those silicon plugs that have the 3 rings they cut out the wind noise,but i can still hear the exhaust,makes for a nice rumble,but my doctor tells me to get rid of them,they are driving wax deeper into my ears

Great bit of kit. I have the music in mine and they are the most comfortable ear plugs around. Cuts out 90% I would say, you can hear things but they take all the wind noise out.

So wax , pushed in your ears a bit deeper , = go to the chemist and buy some wax sofener or go to the doc and get your ears srynged every now and then ,

Don't wear earplugs , -- and in a few years , you can't ear a fucking thing and end up wearing a earing aid anyway .. Ask me how i know ,, although i've not got a earing aid , cos i need glasses has well , and i'm fucked if i'm wearing both , so i just got to decide which one to buy .

Sort of made my mind up when i was young , i said to me self , don't mind wearing glasses , don't mind being fat , don't mind being bald , but i'm FUCKED IF I'M GONNA BE ALL THREE ,, never ever even thought about earing aids , , but thats what loud noises including Loud pipes , and neurotic screaming wifes , and uncontrolable screaming kids do to ya . .

I'd buy earplugs mate and get rid of the doc ,

now i'm open to suggestions what are the silicone ones like , i just buy the foam ones , but the little brown round ones co there stiffer and i can get them in , the other soft ones are too soft to go in .

Just bought a pair of the single drive units from their stand at the Sydney Motorcycle Show. Been thinking about it for ages and finally bit the bullet. I got the "standard" music ones for the mrs ($279) and the single-driver ones for me ($329). The mrs is not fussed as long as they work and don't hurt her ears. I'm a muso and am pretty fussy when it comes to sound quality. For $329, I expected better sound quality. These sound no better than the standard ipod/iphone ear-phones which are known for being pretty average. I contacted Earmold to tell them I'm a bit disappointed - they have offered to swap the over to the cheaper ones and pay me the difference; upgrade to something better if I pay the difference; or refund my money. So I'm happy that they are trying to keep me happy.

As for the custom made earplugs that the music driver is inserted into, they seem pretty good. Will take some getting used to as I can feel a bit of pressure on outside of ear if I am wearing my Nolan N44. Probably a lot more comfortable if I wore them with my Bell Shorty but I haven't tried that yet.

SUMMARY: good build quality; so-so audio quality; good customer service.

UPDATE: I ended up sending mine back to get them upgraded to the dual-driver model. Aaron (business co-owner) called me and offered the next level up (same ones used in their musician’s in-ear monitors) for the same price. He said he thought I’d be happier with the sound quality. He did warn me that these ones didn’t come with the shorter coiled cable. They come with a long cable with some kind of reinforced inner sleeve or something. Anyway I agreed and had them back within a day or so. The sound quality is definitely better than I had, but still not quite what I’d like. A lot of cash for what they are but overall I’m OK with them. So much better being able to listen to music on the bike without blowing my ears apart. And the general reduction in outside noise is huge. They do get a bit uncomfortable after a while. When out for a full day, at some point in the day I’ll usually take them out to give my ears a rest. The longer cable is a complete pain in the arse (tangles up when stored and gets caught on jacket etc. when riding) but I’ll put up with it.

Also, the mrs' single-driver units are hurting her ears. On one side, the air-tube sticks straight out (as opposed to exiting the earmold angled down). So it hurts on that side. The company said to take it and her helmet to one of their agents who can adjust it for her.

I got some, anything over an hour on the highway, they're in. Claimed em on my tax as I work in a noisy environment. Excellent on an aircraft as well!

Cagey1 -- you are onto something with that tax claim. Good call!