PNY Audio Labs is a combination of engineers, audiophiles and technicians who are committed to bringing the highest quality audio products to market. In 2012, PNY Audio Labs introduced the Smart Sound IQ line of earphones, multi-use audio products that offer simple integration and high performance. Based in our state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Parsippany, NJ, PNY audio products undergo a rigorous testing process to ensure that we are delivering consumers the highest quality end product for many years of listening enjoyment.
Listen Carefully
Save Your Ears – Listen Carefully
Hearing Damage is irreversible and can easily happen after listening to music through earphones at too high a level for extended
periods of a time.
Low performance earphones do not efficiently reproduce the dynamic range of a recording. This results with the listener turning up
the volume to unsafe levels to hear more of the music resulting in Listening Fatigue and Hearing Loss.
Low Performance can be a result of Low Quality Components, Poor Air Seal in the Ear Canal and Designs based on aesthetics
and not efficiency. PNY is incorporating technologies that maximize performance at Safer Listening Levels.
Enhanced Sealing for Maximum Noise Isolation
Focused Sound directly where it is needed
Safe Listening Duration Time by Decibel Level |
90 dbA |
8 hrs |
92 dbA |
6 hrs |
95 dbA |
4 hrs |
97 dbA |
3 hrs |
100 dbA |
2 hrs |
102 dbA |
1.5 hrs |
105 dbA |
1 hrs |
110 dbA |
0.5 hrs |
115 dbA |
0.25 hr or less |
Typical Decibel Range of Common Sounds |
60 dB |
Everyday conversation, ringing telephone |
70 dB |
Restaurant |
80 dB |
Heavy city traffic, alarm clock at 2 feet, factory noise, vacuum cleaner, garbage disposal |
90 dB |
Subway trains, motorcycle, workshop tools, lawn mower |
100 dB |
Chain saw, pneumatic drill |
110 dB |
Dance club |
120 dB |
Rock concert speaker sound, sandblasting, thunderclap |
130 dB |
Jet take off, gunfire |
Quick Facts on Hearing Loss:
- 6.5 Million Teens have noticeable hearing loss. That is 31% more than a decade ago.*
- People are losing their hearing at a rate 2.5 Times faster than their parents and grandparents.*