lol.  can double as elevated antenna anchor points too when not using the 
aftershocks.

73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Gammon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: Interesting headphones!


> 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