cretinbob: meh, 1980 called and wants it's shiat back (new window)
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1980????

Meh.

Double Meh.

Mad Magazine already covered that in the 1970's, if not in the 1960's.



/Too lazy to find the right link at the moment.

//Get off my lawn anyhow.

Meh, any kid who had a Walkman back in the '80s knew about this. All you had to do was rest the headphones at the right spot behind your ears.

/also remembers the Bone Phone

Came for the Bone Fone and to adjust my onion.

Old product is old.

he said bone something...hehehehehehehheheheehhehe

/ehhehehehehehehhehe

I just wanted to say I'm absolutely in love with these right now. That's all.

Oh yeah? Well *I* just got some amazing new headphones that blast music through my skull via "speakers". Take THAT!

I had a phone that used to do that, but the sound quality wasn't very impressive. I wonder if these will do much better.

How exactly is this going to stop you damaging your hearing? That's nonsense.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the reason loud sounds cause hearing damage is that the vibrations harm some part of the inner ear? If so, how is sounds that reach the inner ear through bone conduction any less damaging?

The "JS" in JS&A (makers of the bone fone) is Joseph Sugarman, btw. Which should make everything clear for those of you who know who he is.

Warchild: Done in one. I remember seeing that ad in my dad's porno mags.

What's his porn name? Maybe we've seen him.

Why does subby ALWAYS have to bring YOUR MOM into every tag line?

What kind of a mother do you have anyway?

No way would I give these up: Beyer Dynamic DT 900 600 ohm (new window)

"Observe" twice in one headline, subby? Next time, observe a thesaurus.

Kinda annoyed that the link to Pentagram went to that "other" band called Pentagram.

/Trailblazer

One time I watched Miami Vice, then went into my bedroom and spent about two hours on one of those 1-900 erotic phone lines.

/Bone Phone, right?

Hi, guys, what's going on here?

That's how my hearing aid works.

urethra_franklin: No way would I give these up: Beyer Dynamic DT 900 600 ohm (new window)

I'm partial to these myself Link (new window)

Besides, how would conducting the sound through bone prevent damage to the sound sensitive bits in the inner ear?

Cloudchaser Sakonige the Red Wolf: Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the reason loud sounds cause hearing damage is that the vibrations harm some part of the inner ear? If so, how is sounds that reach the inner ear through bone conduction any less damaging?

Sound is sound, but the issue here is the coupling. Bone conduction requires a tight connection with the bone to effectively transmit sound, and even then, it doesn't take that much force to decouple. Bone conduction headphones can't hit damaging levels without decoupling from the skull. They also take a shiatton more power than your normal air conduction headphones to output the same perceptual loudness level.

/audiologist

Mechagimpy: Cloudchaser Sakonige the Red Wolf: Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the reason loud sounds cause hearing damage is that the vibrations harm some part of the inner ear? If so, how is sounds that reach the inner ear through bone conduction any less damaging?

Sound is sound, but the issue here is the coupling. Bone conduction requires a tight connection with the bone to effectively transmit sound, and even then, it doesn't take that much force to decouple. Bone conduction headphones can't hit damaging levels without decoupling from the skull. They also take a shiatton more power than your normal air conduction headphones to output the same perceptual loudness level.

/audiologist

Got that and from an expert too! Thanx for the info!

Seems that they wouldn't feel the same as well. When I listen to music on my headphones, I mostly keep it at a reasonable volume, but sometimes, I'll crank it up for songs I really like to hear loud, like Living After Midnight. When I do, I can feel the sound hitting my ears. Same when I see a live show. Feeling the sound is part of the experience.

If the skull is vibrating bone deep.... this can't be good for that shaking brain

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