Can always count on Jim for constructive solutions!
Pat, K9JAUAt 03:52 PM 5/17/2013, you wrote:
>Hi Colin, one suggestion might be to use a couple of good long
>lag boalts to fix each side of the headphone firmly to your face.
>You may want to sterilize the lag boalts before you install them,
>Smile! Jim WA6EKS
>
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>From: Colin McDonald <[log in to unmask]
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Date sent: Fri, 17 May 2013 14:39:49 -0600
>Subject: Re: Interesting headphones!
>
>there is nothing unpleasant about these after shocks at all.
>Like I said,
>they're very clear and crisp and great for speech audio like your
>phone, or
>whatever random talking device all of us seem to carry about with
>us these
>days.
>However, they do sound rather different than a dynamic driver in
>a set of
>headphones up against your ears.  First to be noticed is the
>lacking low end
>response that a moving speaker cone gives to the human ear.  If
>you press
>the aftershock pieces against the bones of your face, you can get
>all that
>and more bass back, and it's actually stronger than with head
>phones...however, pressing that hard will be uncomfortable after
>a couple
>minutes.
>They do have a tension adjustment, but it's not like it can be
>made to press
>hard into the side of your face or anything.  They more or less
>sit on the
>surface of your skin.  And yep, if you have a little bit extra
>flesh around
>your cheek bones they won't work as well as if your skinny as a
>post lol.
>The high end response is good up to probably 5K and then rolls
>off unless
>again, you press the things hard into your skin.
>When people say they have allot of bass, yes, they do, but most
>of that is
>vibrations on your skin or flesh of your face, not actual energy
>transfering
>into the bones.  If someone bangs a sledge hammer on the floor of
>your car
>in time with your music, then it can appear as though there is
>allot of bass
>happening, in fact, years ago, there were some car audio gismo's
>that did
>this very thing...but it's impact, rather than actual frequency
>energy being
>passed into the ear or the bones around your ears.
>When I was researchhing these, almost all the stuff I found about
>them on
>the internet was promotional marketting stuff.  There was no real
>world user
>reviews of them to give a person a true understanding of how they
>sound and
>where they work best
>I borrowed a set from a friend and tried them for a few days like
>I said.
>While I was impressed at what they did, and the novelty of it a
>little bit,
>I didn't really think they were the best thing since sliced
>bread.  I didn't
>really think they were as cutting edge a product as the
>marketting and
>promotional vidios and write ups say.
>I guess at the end of the day I liked them well enough for what
>they work
>best at, but there was a bit of a let down after reading and
>listening to
>others go on and on about how great and wonderful they were.
>The price isn't bad since a good quality set of headphones is
>over 100 bucks
>anyway.
>
>I couldn't justify buying these over say the headphones I get for
>4 bucks at
>a discount electronics retailer.
>However, they do free up your ears for listening, they aren't
>distracting to
>wear or to listen to while doing other things.  They don't look
>odd because
>lots of people wear various types of headsets now and it's
>completely
>socially and cosmetically acceptible.
>And they get the job done.
>
>Sorry if this comes across negative or like I'm bashing the
>product, neither
>is the case.  I'm just cautioning those who might be sucked in by
>the promo
>stuff into thinking these are an alternative to, or upgrade
>replacement for
>standard dynamic headphones.
>If I used things like trekker, or my phone's gps, or used a
>portible audio
>book reader while travelling allot I would probably have a set of
>these.
>Also, I would imagine they are very good on plains and in other
>high noise
>environments.  The audio is sort of a direct path into your ear
>bones, so
>noise doesn't get in the way or fill up the air between the
>speaker and your
>ear canal like with normal headphones on a plain or train or bus
>or
>whatever.
>
>73
>Colin, V A6BKX