-> Try using better equipment if you can't hear it enroute....Littman's
-> really DO make a difference, especially enroute, due to all the
-> background noise they cut out......or get a quieter rig!!! 
 
Welp, maybe it's psychological, but to me, the Littmans are the same
as a cheap one. I don't have the best hearing (too much Metallica), so
the differences (and I'm sure there are advantages of more expensive
stethascopes) are wasted on me.
--- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 
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