Welcome to the next installment of "Tech Talk." This monthly feature will hopefully help you understand about certain sound and musical gadgets that everyone sees but are just not sure how they operate in the real world.

This month we will be talking about LiveWires In—Ear Monitors.

Let me introduce you to John Diles:

John has been a very successful hearing aid specialist for 32 years. His family has been in the hearing aid business since 1930. John founded EarPeace Technologies to develop unique hearing products for a variety of communities.

He first developed the H3SD Screener, a revolutionary hand held hearing screening device. An individual uses the Screener to self-test their hearing level outside of the audiologist's office. The audiologist provides the Screener to patients, potential patients, and referring physicians as a marketing tool.

After determining that there was a strong need for professional quality customized in-ear monitors offered at a reasonable price, John, together with Earl Neal, co-developed LiveWires, custom fitted in-ear headphones that offer exceptional sound quality and extremely comfortable fit integral to the design. John is passionate about offering our unique product to a wide-ranging audience that includes professional musicians, audio engineers, audiophiles, iPod / MP3 users, and anyone who cares about the quality of the music they listen to.

Imagine someone took your music collection…cleaned it, polished it, and made it brand new. There are notes you've never heard, emotions you've never felt, and a new journey you've never taken. It's like your brain has been wired for music.

That's what happens with LiveWires…It's music for your brain!

* Do your ear-buds hurt your ears?

* Are your ears ringing after a long period of wear?

* Do you keep turning the volume up?

* Are you tired of your ear-buds falling out?

LiveWires custom fitted in-ear headphones address all of these problems. LiveWires were created by audiologically sound principles and may prevent noise induced hearing loss by enhancing signal-to-noise ratios for the everyday, active, "wearer of music." Exceptional sound quality and extremely comfortable fit are integral to our design. LiveWires offer a new, custom fitted in-ear headphone set at a suggested retail price of about a third of the cost of our competitors. Plus, you won't get that "sick" feeling no doctor can fix when you slam the door on a pair. LiveWires feature fully replaceable cables. Til next time,

Roger

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