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humanity's most efficient earwax removal system

*tsss-kta-tsss-kta-tsss-kta-tsss*

Where's that irritating and strangely tinny noise coming from? Look no further than the ear of the person sitting beside you. This persistant scuffling is the unique selling point of the in-ear

headphone, which manages to reduce even the most polyphonic, digitally recorded, surround-sound stereo work of musical genius to the flat and faintly tinny production values of an eighties Europop hit.

Fact: to your neighbours on the tube/bus/street everything in your music collection sounds like you are listening to 5ive when played through in-ear headphones.

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