| Author | Message | ||
     Ewulls01 |
So in my search to find the best way to listen to music while riding I ran across something called "Bone Conduction Technology." This is pretty cool and looks like it will be perfect for those of us who want to wear ear plugs to protect the hearing (it is basically a speaker that doesn't make any noise but makes small vibrations picked up by your ear drum). I saw on another website where these will also be used for two way radios as well. The benefit: No noise interference from road noise because it just senses the vibration from your jaw/ear bones. Here is a link to a page where they have it built into a helmet already: http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2005/11/bone_conduction.html Until these hit the states is there a safe way to listen to music over my loud exhaust? Thanks, Erik | ||
| Firefightergarcia |
That's pretty cool. I still love my ipod because I listen to what I want with no blah blah blah from dj's..Good find though. | ||
| Ewulls01 |
well that's the best part is you can plug these into your iPod! | ||
| Diablobrian |
Looks cool, I'll wait a bit for the technology to be proven. Until then I'll use my chatterbox's audio input to amplify my music. Aerostitch used to have battery powered amps for walkmans and helmet speakers on their web site. | ||
| Bueller69 |
I use helmet speakers that I made out of ear buds for my radar detector. These look way cool, but the price is ridiculous compared to my $2. ear buds. | ||
| Bueller69 |
Sorry! I was looking at the prices listed below on that site! $50. bucks isn't all that bad, if they work. | ||
| Ara |
Bone conduction isn't a new technology. It's been around for many years. Piezo speakers aren't in the least bit new, either. The description that they "don't make any noise but make small vibrations that are picked up by your eardrum" doesn't make any sense in several ways. I'm very skeptical about the way this product is marketed. | ||
| Stevenknapp |
You can get custom earplugs with speakers in them. They aren't cheap, $150 or so, but they work VERY well. Keeping bad sounds out, and piping the good sounds in. Many sell em, most all source the product from EAR. One example. http://www.earplugco.com/prod01.htm | ||
| Gearheart |
Personally I rock or perhaps am rocked by a pair of earbud headphones. Etymotic makes the most well known one that are high quality high price. I on the other hand have a pair of Sony MDR-EX51LP earphones that sit in the ear canal. These so far have hit the mark for me as they block outside sounds, not quite as good as earplugs, and they allow me to listen to music at a reasonable level. Of course as always your mileage may vary. Oh and they are reasonably cheep at give or take $25 depending on where you order them which allows me to throw them in my pocket without stressing out about it. | ||
| 1stbuell |
I bought a set of $19 speakers for helmets on eBay, mounted them in 2 minutes and use my Ipod. I wear earplugs almost always and can still hear the music fine. It's not going to blow you away, but it works, it's cheap and you won't lose your hearing. |
