Quit the fags, use the pennys for comms

[judge]

The ones I'm currently using are pretty high end monitors from hearyourself.com They're triple driver, made of solid plastic and sound utterly gorgeous. However, due to the cost of them I don't want to keep using them when on the bike as I think the wear and tear is quite high.

I'm actually looking for a pair moulded in softer silicon to keep specifically for the bike. I hear good things (badum tish) about Green Leopard and our own Judge on this forum works for Ultimate Ears who also seem to be very well thought of.

I think both companies frequent the bike shows and can take the impressions for you while you wait.

Triple drivers on the bike? Wow even I'm not that worthy!!

Our SoundEar are in standard form single driver and even they will deliver a level of detail you'll miss on the bike with all the other noise around you or when plugged in to Intercoms whether wired or wireless.

In a quieter environment when nothing else is competing for your hearing senses the single driver delivers a crisp detailed sound whilst isolating ambient noise of your living room, office down to minuscule levels (think the Mr & Mrs Sound Booth).

For the audiophiles amongst you we are about to launch multiple driver music monitors but as Mr Magicfingers says above these are serious overkill for bike use.

 

[mr_magicfingers]

Hi Judge,

yep, the triple drivers are way overkill, but I had a set and wanted to see if they were a better solution than the helmet speakers and that I could also put up with the small extra faff of dealing with them. Now that I've used this combination I'd never go back, hence I want some single driver, softer material ones for the bike.

Will you be down south at any point in the coming months to take moulds?

EDIT: Just noticed you're in Kent, thought you were up north for some reason. Will save up and figure out when to come and see you.

 

[Rushingphil]

multiple driver music monitors

For the audiophiles amongst you we are about to launch multiple driver music monitors but as Mr Magicfingers says above these are serious overkill for bike use.[/QUOTE]

These sound interesting

Will PM you

 

[russ996duke]

The ones I'm currently using are pretty high end monitors from hearyourself.com They're triple driver, made of solid plastic and sound utterly gorgeous. However, due to the cost of them I don't want to keep using them when on the bike as I think the wear and tear is quite high.

I'm actually looking for a pair moulded in softer silicon to keep specifically for the bike. I hear good things (badum tish) about Green Leopard and our own Judge on this forum works for Ultimate Ears who also seem to be very well thought of.

I think both companies frequent the bike shows and can take the impressions for you while you wait.

hi thanks for the info.
I had UE montors which did have very good sound quality and a good comfortable fit but the wires broke too easily and luidicrously expensive to get repaired so I moved on to GL.
I still use the UE plugs as they are comfy and nice material,to keep noise out, pity they had such a serious design flaw. I understand that they have made some fforts to improve/redesign the wire/plug interface to strengthen so its up to the job.
The GL design uses speakers and sound tubes into ear moulds. The quality of sounds is OK but not as good as the old UE, and the comfort is not as good and needs care when "plugging them in" to ensure the tubes dont get caught and
a. get trapped in an agonising place on your ear lobe
b. get trapped and kinked so the sound is affected
The wear time before they become undearable is getting shorter, which leads me to think that I may need new impressions made and new plugs, as maybe my ear canal shape has changed slightly or I have become intolerant to the material they are made of as the old UE ones are still ok...these are much smaller than the GL plugs, it could be simply the GL are sticking out too much!
sadly scianninni is no longer agent for GL and their website is inpenetetrable to use when looking for a local agent!

Looks like my christmas present has been decided already!

 

[big stu]

Just an up date, sent chain speed an e mail and they (Sam ) are on the ball, quick answer , fair play.
Decided i do not want to use phone in the system however. I ride my bike to get away form phones and life`s silliness.
Use the gamin 660 as gps and play tunes or via i pod, switch the phone off as i do now.
As regards to the above decided on the helmet speakers, thank`s for the crack the position of these has to be good or a waste of time. Like to hear what is going on around me as well as tunes and chat.
Cheers for the replies, guess i`m sorted once i can organize a run doon to Wales.
Stu

 

[Bumpkin]

As regards to the above decided on the helmet speakers, thank`s for the crack the position of these has to be good or a waste of time.

Not a total waste of time but it made me appreciate how good the Autocom really is. Prior to proper alignment wind noise made hearing music and sat nav difficult over 75-80mph. This year tested on Autobahn (seriously) at 120 using PMR radio and managed to hold a reasonable conversation. Music and sat nav at a cruising speed of 80-90 is adequately audible. I'll admit that in ear monitors are probably better at higher speeds. I always wear MaxLite ear-plugs whilst riding.

Like to hear what is going on around me as well as tunes and chat.

With Autocom helmet speakers and my Super Pro Avi, which (as said previously) has auto volume depending on background noise, I can hear what's going on around me. Maybe not quite as well with music playing but I tend to only bother with that when on the motorway or similar anyway.