I've been experimenting with just $20 ear buds and find that, even at low to med volume,the occlusion effect is minimal.The head sound blends in. I bet if I had an EQ in the monitor signal I could cut the head sound freq. and get a good sound. Not bad as it is actually.I'm leaning towards the Westone as they are THE people for this.


John
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Lenovo Turion II /4 Gig Ram/ Win7x64 be
15.6" Monitor
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