DUBS Acoustic Filters

Advanced tech earplugs designed for optimal listening.

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Advanced tech earplugs designed for optimal listening.

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TD4W

@fritzanity hooked me up with a pair for Outside Lands and they worked incredibly well. Beautifully designed as well.

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12yr ago

@abramdawson Looks pretty sweet.

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12yr ago

@abramdawson thanks for the share. I'm a big EDM guy and find myself blasting music time to time. just ordered a pair, excited to check them out.

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12yr ago

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@adamceresko Hope you enjoy them! The DUBS really sing in loud EDM environments. My cofounder and my first experience of the prototype was Fatboy Slim in the Sahara Tent at Coachella - that was the moment that we knew we had the right 'tuning' as we were able to fully enjoy the music (and dance like a-holes) without having our ears ring afterwards...

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12yr ago

@fritzanity yes! I ordered a pair for my buddy and I, clearly excited for them to arrive. First venue will probably be Above & Beyond at MSG in a few weeks :)

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12yr ago

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Hi guys - I'm the Chairman of the company behind the DUBS. Let me know if you have any questions. There is a lot of tech in these little guys... Excited for the early response / thanks for the votes!

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12yr ago

TD4W

@fritzanity I'd love to hear a bit more about the tech inside these. Can you explain how these work?

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12yr ago

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@abramdawson Yes. The DUBS use patent-pending mechanical filters to dynamically attenuate (or mix) audio waves to the optimal dB balance, by frequency range (i.e., lows and highs are attenuated differently). In essence, though the DUBS are passive (and hence only $25), they 'live mix' sound to the Fletcher Munson curve and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fle... Each DUB has 17 individual components in them to achieve this, yet still fits in a form factor that doesn't stick out of your ears (I always hated the Frankenstein effect of other earplugs).

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12yr ago

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@fritzanity They sound pretty sweet. Too bad they are shipping just a little late for TomorrowWorld this weekend. Any way to get my hands on a pair (in the Bay Area) before Thursday?

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12yr ago

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@kjemperud Thomas - if you processed an order online send me the number and I will see if I can get them to expedite your unit. Thursday might be tough but we'll see what we can do!

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12yr ago

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@kjemperud Spoke to the team. Email support@dopplerlabs.com and they will do what they can!

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12yr ago

Pillsy

@fritzanity these look awesome! Do you think they'd work well for suppressing vehicle noise? Motorcycles/Racecars/etc make a lot of noise - I usually just wear earbuds under my helmet when I ride to drown out noise on long trips. But that's just more noise and it can be pretty hard to hear horns, traffic noises, etc if you use foam ear plugs.

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12yr ago

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@ottosipe DUBS Acoustic Filters aren't really designed for motorsports but we were surprised to learn from our Beta testers that they used them for riding (as well as open office plans at work, riding the subway, etc.) We discovered that there is this really big group of people that want a hearing protection product that reduces noise without completely removing the user from the world. We think of ourselves as an "immersive technology" company so not completely removing you from the experience is key. And as you note it's dangerous to block all noise. So in summary, you can use DUBS for "lightweight suppression without complete blocking" and if enough people like you ask us to we could design a new acoustic filter design that targets motorsports...

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12yr ago

I just ordered a pair. I go to a lot of live shows. If you can help me save my hearing then I'm all over this. The music has to sound good - not muffled and it has to be comfortable and stylish. Looks stylish I'll find out about comfort soon enough.

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12yr ago

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@joshkerr Awesome! The DUBS were designed for loud music environments - so hope you enjoy them!

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12yr ago

My typical plugs for going to concerts are 33NRR... these are only 12? maybe i'm too old? lol

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12yr ago

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@ChuckReynolds Haha. We explored lots of different attenuations / there is nothing stopping us from adding more suppression but as our product is really designed for loud music environments, the feedback we got from testers was that an average (since it's dynamic it varies by frequency range) of 12 dB attenuation was optimal. This also reduces occlusion so that one can hold a conversation while wearing DUBS (surprisingly, many testers requested this feature). In the future we may release products with higher NRR though...

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12yr ago