whome: UH

[whome]

How exactly do you think you are going to "absorb" the subliminal if you wear anti noise earplugs?
Maybe it would be better for you to switch to corded headphones, the one that cover the whole earlobe, that way you wont hear the poping... just saying...

You think I’m not aware of the sound absorption properties of earplugs? You think I haven’t thought of headphones?

1. No, corded headphones won’t work. I’m a side sleeper, and I haven’t yet found a pair that are comfortable for me to use when sleeping that way.

2. No, corded headphones won’t work. The popping is very loud (I am not kidding!), and I need full on earplugs if I want to sleep.

3. No, corded headphones won’t work. It’s not safe to use ultrasonic tracks with headphones, so I would need to switch to an audible track, and I’m very sensitive to sound and can’t fall asleep to noise, even that of trickling streams or ocean waves.

So here are my options:

1. Don’t use the sub.

2. Use the sub. Start the loops as soon as I know I’m not leaving home any more, and get about 4 loops in before I go to bed. If there’s no popping, let the full 6 loops finish up while I don’t wear earplugs. If there is popping, wear earplugs and hope I get whatever remnants of the sub make it through the earplugs.

I’m going with option 2. Yes, I’m very aware that this isn’t a great way of doing it. Yes, I’m very aware that the earplugs block most if not all of the subliminal. But please trust that I have given a lot of thought as to my options, and if I want to use the sub at all, this is the best I can do while the popping happens. The boiler will only be on for a week or two more and so I only need to work around the popping for that much longer before it goes away until the fall.