[nagdu] Aftershokz Headphones Review Posted

[Buddy Brannan]

Hi,

It's odd. The sound from the headphones is in your ears. It's a full stereo image. But the sound of the outside world is also in your ears. Outside sound can still drown out your headphones, if it's loud enough, but sound from the headphones, if it gets loud enough, tickles, so you probably won't have it too loud for too long. It's kind of hard to explain, but you really do get both whatever's in the headphones and an undiminished hearing of your immediate surroundings as well. 
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On Feb 22, 2012, at 1:49 PM, "Margo and Arrow" <margo.downey at verizon.net> wrote:

> I think it's relevant, especially when your ears can be freed to listen for those things one's ears listen to.
> 
> Buddy, let's see, how to ask this question.  the Aftershokz are in front of your ears.  What's it like, say, to hear something your gps is saying and something you are listening for with your ears such as traffic.  By the headphones not being over or in your ears, do the sounds have the same volume?  Does your brain seem to process the two sounds as more separated than, say, if the headphones were over or in your ears?
> 
> Margo and Arrow
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>> Nope. I definitely meant to send it here. I may have not sent the original post here mentioning these headphones, but it really is relevant. Think of using a talking GPS. Speaker placement is very difficult, and putting things over or in your ears isn't exactly the safest option. The Aftershokz headphones would plug into your GPS, and they actually fit in front of your ears, not over them, and use your cheekbones to conduct the sound into your ears. Thus, you have the GPS directions (or whatever), and also don't compromise hearing sound in your environment that would alert you to trouble. Since these could potentially make travel with navigational aids much safer, I believe it's certainly relevant.
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>> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
>> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
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>> On Feb 22, 2012, at 12:55 PM, "Nicole B. Torcolini at Home" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com> wrote:
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>>> Um, I think that you may have meant to send this to a different list???
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Buddy Brannan" <buddy at brannan.name>
>>> To: "the National Association of Guide Dog Users NAGDU Mailing List" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 9:47 AM
>>> Subject: [nagdu] Aftershokz Headphones Review Posted
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>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> Last month, I posted about the Aftershokz bone conduction headphones. Well, I got mine, and I love them! Here is the review of the headphones by me and Mike Calvo:
>>>> 
>>>> http://serotalk.com/2012/02/21/a-review-of-the-aftershockz-bone-conduction-headphones/
>>>> 
>>>> Again, you will need an adapter to use these with the Kapten Plus. I have not tried this yet, but I see no reason it would be a problem.
>>>> 
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>>>> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
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