The bone phones I heard about worked by using the bones of your shoulders. I tried something like this! I wore something like a cape, but the problem was that everyone else could hear them too. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoff Eden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 1:15 AM Subject: Re: Bone conduction headphones.
>I guess it's my turn to add to the confusion. The bone conduction > headphones that I saw rested on the hard bony pad behind your ears and the > sound was transmitted through your skull to your ears. The Fidelity was > not > good nor was the channel separation. > > The bone phone is entirely different. It was a small earphone type unit > that plugged into your ear and picked up the sound of your voice > transmitted > by your skull. It also was an earphone, with some exotic canceling > circuitry that limited feedback. It could be effectively used as a > telephone headset, and had the distinctive advantage of not picking up > sounds in the room. However, if you scratched your head or clicked your > teeth, the other party could hear that clearly. The audio fidelity of the > microphone component was pretty muddy, for obvious reasons. Perhaps those > of us with hard heads or thick skulls could make better use of this phone. > > Geoff > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brent Harding" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 7:18 PM > Subject: Re: Bone conduction headphones. > > > Wow, that seems like something that can't possibly work any better than a > normal radio held at a similar distance, can it? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rick Harmon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 2:31 PM > Subject: Re: Bone conduction headphones. > > >> Hi Anders, >> >> I used something like that about 25 years ago. It was a radio that slung >> over your shoulders and the sounds went through your bones so you could >> hear >> it. Not sure how much the technology has changed since then but the >> radio >> called the "bone phone" did work pretty well. >> >> Rick >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Anders Holmberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 3:26 PM >> Subject: Bone conduction headphones. >> >> >> Hello! >> Has anyone tried bone-conduction headphones. >> I just heard about them and it seems as an intresting thech thing. >> /Anders. >> >> Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
