I love Bluetooth bone conduction earphones and I’m ready to buy something pricier, sturdier, waterproof, and hopefully sound far superior to everything I’ve tried.

I’ve had a few budget sets, and I love the convenience, portability, and weight of all of them, but the audio is obviously dog s***.

Are there any bone conduction headphones that are not dog s*** audially that any of you can personally attest to?

Thanks

  • hydroptic@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Looks like the company has rebranded itself to just Shokz and they’re no longer making Aeropex, but they do have a bunch of different kinds of bone conduction models available. I’ve never actually listened to podcasts with them so I have no clue how well they’d deal with something that’s mostly just speech, but I bet they’re generally going to be better than generic chinesium ones at any rate

    • Varyk@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Got it.

      I have tried some $300 shokz at a mall once, and was not blown away by the audio, but that was really my only foray.

      I think I have to do some deep research, read reviews and watch videos because bone conduction isn’t popular enough to gather a wide anecdotal consensus.

      • hydroptic@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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        5 months ago

        Yeah generally you’re just not going to be blown away by the sound of bone conduction headphones, their advantages are elsewhere as you’ve probably noticed, but they can definitely sound better than your average chinesium ones – just never going to be stellar in that regard.