Ask HN: Favorite purchases of last two years?

Re:Ask HN: Favorite purchases of last two years? by fho on Thursday May 20, 2021 @02:02PM (#27224746)

I got some bone conducting ear phones lately and really hate them ... both the 30€ and the 120€ versions I tried.

Super cheap sound ... basically no bass response.

My brain got used to it thou and I still use them daily, listing to (mostly speech) podcasts on the (bike) commute.

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Re:Ask HN: Favorite purchases of last two years? by Jakobeha on Thursday May 20, 2021 @08:18PM (#27229098)

tbh the sound quality is not the best. Although it is a lot better (especially bass) if you wear earplugs or you're in a quiet area.

It's the comfort + durability + awareness + good price + still decent sound quality imo, which makes them worth it to me.

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Re:Ask HN: Favorite purchases of last two years? by fho on Friday May 21, 2021 @06:09AM (#27232221)

Yeah ... but if I wear earplugs I prefer my 5-way [1] in-ears ... ;-)

No idea why people need noise-canceling, those (and my drumming headphones) seal pretty well against the outside ... once I put music on I don't hear a thing anymore.

That said ... I use the bone-conducting ones pretty regularly on the bike and while running.

[1] Not really 5 way ... 1x low, 2x mid, 2x high balanced amatures.

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Re:Ask HN: Favorite purchases of last two years? by ivanyv on Friday May 21, 2021 @07:29PM (#27241253)

Do you listen at >1x speeds? I would also like these for biking but would like to know if quality would be enough for 2-3x

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Re:Ask HN: Favorite purchases of last two years? by fho on Thursday May 27, 2021 @08:56AM (#27302490)

Nah ... I don't. But I would guess that speeding up 2-3x doesn't make too much of a difference. Everything sounds thin on them.

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