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Noise Cancelling Headphones Calgary 04-26-2008
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Posted by Calgary on April 26, 2008, 1:19 pm
My apologies in advance for beating that Ashley guy to this inane
question. I am sure he would have gotten around to it in a month or
so.

First I can't wear ear plugs. Never have been able to. They make weird
stuff happen to my ears and equilibrium. Not a good thing to have
happen when on two wheels.

Second I would like to have the option to listen to tunes from time to
time while on the road.

Third I want to cut down on the ambient noise, wind, pipes etc.

Fourth, yes I am admitting the V&H Ovals on the RK are too loud. Let's
not go there.

So I got to looking at various headphones I could adapt to fit in my
helmet and connect to my mp3 or the mp3 in my gps. While checking out
the online catalogues I see there are noise canceling headphones
available and got to thinking these might just be what I am looking
for.

Has anyone used this technology? In your opinion would they be
effective on a motorcycle?

Right now I am butchering the J&M headset that I used on the Venture,
to direct connect to an mp3. I know from past experience these headset
speakers are pretty crappy for music. If my plan works I will upgrade
the speakers. The microphone on this set crapped out a year or so back
so no big loss if the plan turns out to be just another of my bonehead
ideas.

Somehow I need to adapt a motorcycle glove friendly volume control
into the system too.

Let's see Broil King and Radio Shack are stopovers on my tour today.


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See Ya On The Road


2000 Yamaha Venture Millennium
2004 HD Road King

Posted by Who Me? on April 26, 2008, 1:36 pm


> My apologies in advance for beating that Ashley guy to this inane
> question. I am sure he would have gotten around to it in a month or
> so.
>

LMAO !!
You missed the mark though.
The answer to your question is NOT intuitively obvious to an untrained 3
year old. ;-)

I don't know anything about sound inside a helmet but would think that
anything larger than ear buds would compromise the reason for the helmet in
the first place............and/or tend to indicate that your helmet was too
large to start with.



Posted by Calgary on April 26, 2008, 4:44 pm
wrote:

>
>
>> My apologies in advance for beating that Ashley guy to this inane
>> question. I am sure he would have gotten around to it in a month or
>> so.
>>
>
>LMAO !!
>You missed the mark though.
>The answer to your question is NOT intuitively obvious to an untrained 3
>year old. ;-)

LOL Nice addition.
>
>I don't know anything about sound inside a helmet but would think that
>anything larger than ear buds would compromise the reason for the helmet in
>the first place............and/or tend to indicate that your helmet was too
>large to start with.
>

Some helmets, mine included have a cut out in the area around the ear,
perfect for helmet speakers.


--
See Ya On The Road


2000 Yamaha Venture Millennium
2004 HD Road King

Posted by Stephen! on April 29, 2008, 4:14 pm

> Some helmets, mine included have a cut out in the area around the ear,
> perfect for helmet speakers.

As does mine. The only problem with your theory is the fact that the
speakers mounted in those pockets do not contact your ears. In order for
noise cancelling headphones to work *properly* (marketing propaganda
aside) they must seal off the area around your ears.

The speakers I've mounted in my helmet must be turned up quite a ways
to overcome the wind and road noise. So much so that when coming to a
stop the volume from the speakers is actually uncomfortable and must be
turned down.

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Posted by Calgary on April 29, 2008, 7:08 pm

>
>> Some helmets, mine included have a cut out in the area around the ear,
>> perfect for helmet speakers.
>
> As does mine. The only problem with your theory is the fact that the
>speakers mounted in those pockets do not contact your ears. In order for
>noise cancelling headphones to work *properly* (marketing propaganda
>aside) they must seal off the area around your ears.
>
I have thought of that and would find headphones just a little thicker
than the depth of the opening so there would be contact, but not
excessive pressure.

> The speakers I've mounted in my helmet must be turned up quite a ways
>to overcome the wind and road noise. So much so that when coming to a
>stop the volume from the speakers is actually uncomfortable and must be
>turned down.

Now we are back to needing an independent volume control. ;-)

I may just but some J&M amplified handlebar speakers and wire them
direct to the GPS. I just don't like the look of too much clutter on
th handlebars.


--
See Ya On The Road


2000 Yamaha Venture Millennium
2004 HD Road King

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