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Always important to point out that these aren't actually bone conduction headphones. Most of the work is being driven by speakers that sit in front of your ear. Cheaper clip on earbuds actually compete pretty well.
Are you sure about that? Their "OpenFit" version use speakers, but these use bone conduction tech.
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From everything I've read, it's a mix with all the treble coming from speakers. There's posts about the equalizer for the Pro 2 enabling a pure conduction mode, but I'm not sure if that's available for the Pro 1. https://www.reddit.com/r/Headphon...ally_bone/
I could see that being true. If the volume loud enough you can hear them even if you aren't wearing them.
From everything I've read, it's a mix with all the treble coming from speakers. There's posts about the equalizer for the Pro 2 enabling a pure conduction mode, but I'm not sure if that's available for the Pro 1. https://www.reddit.com/r/Headphon...ally_bone/
I have a budget pair of ONN bone conduction headphones --and yes, they're really nothing more than a totally enclosed speaker.
The ugly upfront: they have horrible bass response, with mostly all treble.
But I nabbed them for $15 from an ebay "refurbished reseller", and at THAT price, it was fairly ok. I like them enough that I might buy a pair of these better models from scam's club.
They're great for spoken word, unimportant listening. Like having a radio playing in the background, but only you can hear it.
They work great to keep your ears open -- 100% situational awareness. They work great if you're wearing earplugs. And a nice side effect -- you can eat with them on without hearing yourself chew.
Over-the-ear headphones are bulky and obvious if you're trying to be discrete. My ears, like many, reject most earbuds. Both with earbuds and headphones, you eventually feel fatigued. These feel incredibly comfortable and don't fall off, and I often forget I have them on.
And for those saying "get headphones with audio passthrough", you have to pay pretty decent amounts of money to get good versions of that tech. And it doesn't resolve the "i'm wearing headphones, bugger off!" social implication of having one's ears blocked.
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Most of the work is being driven by speakers that sit in front of your ear.
Cheaper clip on earbuds actually compete pretty well.
There's posts about the equalizer for the Pro 2 enabling a pure conduction mode, but I'm not sure if that's available for the Pro 1.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Headphon...ally
https://www.reddit.com/r/ShokzSqu...run_
https://www.reddit.com/r/headphon...ondu
The ugly upfront: they have horrible bass response, with mostly all treble.
But I nabbed them for $15 from an ebay "refurbished reseller", and at THAT price, it was fairly ok. I like them enough that I might buy a pair of these better models from scam's club.
They're great for spoken word, unimportant listening. Like having a radio playing in the background, but only you can hear it.
They work great to keep your ears open -- 100% situational awareness. They work great if you're wearing earplugs. And a nice side effect -- you can eat with them on without hearing yourself chew.
Over-the-ear headphones are bulky and obvious if you're trying to be discrete. My ears, like many, reject most earbuds. Both with earbuds and headphones, you eventually feel fatigued. These feel incredibly comfortable and don't fall off, and I often forget I have them on.
And for those saying "get headphones with audio passthrough", you have to pay pretty decent amounts of money to get good versions of that tech. And it doesn't resolve the "i'm wearing headphones, bugger off!" social implication of having one's ears blocked.
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There's posts about the equalizer for the Pro 2 enabling a pure conduction mode, but I'm not sure if that's available for the Pro 1.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Headphon...ally
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