{"id":6726,"date":"2021-02-06T09:35:22","date_gmt":"2021-02-06T09:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/?p=6726"},"modified":"2021-02-06T09:35:26","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T09:35:26","slug":"bone-conducting-headphones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/?p=6726","title":{"rendered":"Bone conducting headphones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I usually listen to audio-books on my phone by inverting the phone (so speaker upwards ) in my shirt or jacket pocket and listen to stories. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has a few issues:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. sometimes the stories are recorded quietly and there is no way to boost the sound so you’d carry the phone near your ear<\/li>
  2. It distracts and annoys people around you<\/li>
  3. when driving the engine noise is louder than the story, so its hard to enjoy the story. On long distances I have the phone wedged in my shoulder under my jacket. <\/li>
  4. On the beach you have to put your arm up to reflect the sound so you can hear as background noise sometimes overwhelms the sound.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    So there is a bit of frustration with listening to audio-books. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Zoe has given me some Headphones that are bone conducting. They are great. You can hear the story you are listening to as well as hearing surrounding environmental sounds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Earbuds and headphones I generally do not like. they irritate my ears and cause me discomfort for a few days. I prefer to use the phones speaker to listen to stories. This method does not irritate my ears. But there are negatives as discussed above<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Bone conducting headphones<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    The headphones are AfterShokz Air <\/a><\/strong>and they are older headphones , but I really love the idea of them. They give high quality sound and you can hear what is going on around you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I’ve just broken my phone ( a howya, after 3 years) and bought an Oppo A91, it pairs with the headphones as well as the car Bluetooth sound system (the Howya didn’t) so that is good. Maybe I needed a more powerful phone, but all is working now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Zoe’s friend commented that the Chinese phones fail quicker, but was surprised when I said that the one phone that lasted me 3 years was the Chinese phone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    So suddenly I have access to playing audio books in the car (pairing with the car system) and also with the bone conducting headphones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The headphones are more transportable in that once paired you can continuously listen to them, so you don’t have to re-pair with car and headphones, but I presume that the batteries will run down more quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I do like that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. You can listen to audio-books without distracting people around you<\/li>
    2. The sound quality is sufficient that you can hear the story<\/li>
    3. You can switch ears by moving the headphone but forward\/backward so main sound only coming from one direction. Stereo or Mono, but realistically you’d have both sides conducting. <\/li>
    4. even with bone conductor sometimes surrounding sound still too loud<\/li>
    5. It has button to allow you to stop the tape on the phone, so it pauses it, that is great, no fumbling for the phone app to pause it. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      I wonder if it works when going to bed? I think they may be uncomfortable. I’ll give them a trial though, so as not to disturb the dog more than I have to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Positives so far<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
      1. Continuity. I can listen to story at home and walk to car and drive and at beach the story continuous and the sound quality is consistent<\/li>
      2. Not as irritating to surrounding people<\/li>
      3. After pairing the sound quality is better than I’d get with just the speaker for the phone<\/li>
      4. It has button to allow you to stop the tape on the phone, so it pauses it, that is great, no fumbling for the phone app to pause it.<\/li>
      5. Apparently waterproof so handy on a rainy day walking dog. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        They work with glasses and hat too. That was a nuisance with headphones normally in that they interfere with wearing a hat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Negatives so far <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
        1. Ears are irritated even though head phones do not cover ears<\/li>
        2. Sea noise is still overwhelming story , you put on loud and they vibrate on side of head. <\/li>
        3. Discomfort of headphones, something that I’ll have to try and get used to <\/li>
        4. I’m still trying to figure out the charging. They are supposed to last for 6 hours. It needs a road test. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

          Controls on head phone<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

          On the left earphone there is a button,. If you press it it stops the connection between phone\/\/headphones, so stops audiobook. That is handy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          On the RIGHT headphone, further back is the volume control, so you can make louder or quieter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

          End comment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

          I’m new to the headphones and am enjoying the use of them. They don’t irritate my ears as they are in front of them. I need to use them more and get used to having them on my head. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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