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Wednesday January 9, 2008
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Yup, that's right: we now have photos of both me and my sister on Gearlog at the moment. I am modeling the stylish "Audio Bone," a product that really needs to have its name changed when it finally comes here from Japan. The Audio Bone is really weird - it's a pair of bone conduction headphones. You don't actually put them over your ears - you put them on your upper jawbone right in front of your ear, and they transmit music through your skull. Bone conduction typically hasn't delivered very good sound quality, but these headphones sounded pretty decent, though they felt quite odd - my whole head was vibrating!
Along with the basic Audio Bone, Japanese firm Goldendance had a waterproof model - the Audio Bone Aqua. That one is even more interesting, because bone conduction just might let you listen to music underwater where standard headphones don't work well.
The Audio Bone costs $120 and the Aqua costs $90, but Goldendance doesn't have a US distributor yet.
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January 10, 2008 7:45 PM
Does anyone know if these will work with people who are dear (or at least with certain kinds of deafness?).
Thanks.
January 10, 2008 9:57 PM
Back in the 1980s there was a device called "Bone Phone". It was a decent quality FM radio in that you wore over your shoulders. Conducted sound through your bones - sounds wierd, but it worked great. I wore one while riding my motorcycle. People standing nearby heard it (very softly), but drape it around your neck and the sound just "popped".
January 11, 2008 3:02 AM
I also had a Bone fone back in the 80's. I loved it for jogging. i could even use it mowing the lawn. Someone else had a swimmers bone conduction mp3 player about two years ago. It was pricey and only had 128mb memory, and included it's own swim goggles, but worked pretty well, but best if your head was below water.
January 11, 2008 8:59 AM
Bone phones sound like a great innvoation for those of us who have already lost some hearing and hesitate to use earphones for the further damage they do. sign me up!
January 11, 2008 12:54 PM
I feel they will be great for the deaf & hard of hearing! However for thw rest of us, too pricie for the fair sound quality, by far!
January 12, 2008 6:52 AM
I want one :) I stay in India :(
January 13, 2008 2:16 AM
PLEASE! SEND ME INFO ON THIS SET OF HEADPHONES,
AUDIO BONE, AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE OR WHERE I CAN
ORDER THEM FROM IN JAPAN.
THANKS,
BRE
January 25, 2008 12:34 AM
Bone conduction sound does work very well underwater. I have the SwimP3 player and its sound is phenomenal, plus the newer model has 256 MB. Leagues beyond any other underwater MP3 player around.