Quote Originally Posted by Troy
Cuz it clips the highs and muddies the bass. You simply lose clarity.

Anyone wearing earplugs has no business saying the sound was bad!
The effects of tinnitus are much worse, macho man. And my earplugs do not muddy the bass. If anything, it's tightened up. I agree about the rolled off highs, though, but I'd rather have somewhat mildly rolled off highs and hear everything else clearly, than permanently distorted highs and a permanent buzz or whine or background noise that removes clarity from everything.

Go to the middle of the desert, shut off the engine, and just listen. That's what not using earplugs and listening to your iPod too loud is doing to you. (And I know you listen to your iPod too loud.)