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[KCKitsune]

OK everybody, I did a search for cyberears and looked at every topic that came up and nothing answered my question. My questions are as follows:

Are cyber ears &/or ear mods other than Dampening worth the Essence cost? I mean you can get a RFID microphone built into an earring (or ring, or anything else) and put audio enhancement into it. Worried about Availability? just get two or three RFID microphones and load up on the goodies!

Also about Sound Link, is there an audio enhancement Sound Link for those times you want to be completely discreet? Route the data stream from the Sound Link Audio enhancement into your datajack and then into your brain.

[Sir_Psycho]

By RAW, it is more effective to get a lot of cyber enhancements replaced by gear. Take the cyber-arm gyromount. You can just wear one. Why get a radar sensor implanted when you could just carry one? Why would you get an illegal cyber-spur implanted in your hand when you could carry a ceramic knife instead?

Cyberware is often about convenience. You always have cyber-ears. They're legal so you can take them anywhere. If an enemy has an opportunity to rip your cybernetic eardrums out of your head, you've got other problems to worry about. RFID ear-rings? Sure, it's a little munchy, but whatever. I was play-fighting with a tomboy named Ciara in primary school. I accidentally ripped her earing out of her ear-lobe. Of course there's no RAW to suggest this would happen during SR combat, but it's food for thought.