Hey Colin, that is the type of review I was interested in reading and I would not consider your comments as bashing the product. I think providing the pros and cons is what makes a review most effective. Best to know all instead of half.
73
Scott/N3BYY
On May 17, 2013, at 4:39 PM, Colin McDonald <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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
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