Spec me some earphones to use in helmet

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Right, I listen to my ipod on the bike all the time, as it does 2 things, blocks out wind noise and also stops me going insane on the longer journeys.

Now, the ones I got atm are cheapo in ear ones...

But they get pulled/knocked about when the helmet is on, making the sound lower and not as bassy, leaving wind noise a way to get to my ears.

So, spec me some earphones that sit in the ear canal and are flush in the ear its self, so not sticking out.

price would be a max of £70

Good luck, ags.
 
All the Sennheiser CX series. I used to use some CX300s and they were quite easy to get the lid on with. Most stick out too much, any that loop over your ears (shures, ultimate ears, the high end Senn CXs (like my CX7s) are too much of a pain in the arse to use.
 
Thats what I thought would be good... some that have the cable looping over your ear so that the bit that goes in your ear is flush.

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The Senn CX300 series are very good for a stupidly low price, also very loud which I assume you would need on a bike.

They are also very small and when worn fit almost perfectly inside the ear.
 
Get a Sony Ericsson phone and use those ear canal jobbies. Very comfortable.

Not sure it's the best idea on a bike to be honest, but it's your life.
 
Gilly said:
Get a Sony Ericsson phone and use those ear canal jobbies. Very comfortable.

Not sure it's the best idea on a bike to be honest, but it's your life.
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Got ear canal ones atm, just not any good.

as for the bike bit, you obviously havn't done a 4 hour stint on a sports bike motorway running.... your ears ring for hours after due to wind noise. Earphones/plugs are highly advised :) So don't preach about **** you don't know mate.

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agnes said:
Got ear canal ones atm, just not any good.

as for the bike bit, you obviously havn't done a 4 hour stint on a sports bike motorway running.... your ears ring for hours after due to wind noise. Earphones/plugs are highly advised :) So don't preach about **** you don't know mate.

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If you thought that single line was preaching you haven't lived yet. Don't get me started, son.
 
agnes said:
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Doesn't work in my experience. They just get pulled off, and the wire behind your ear gets painful from the helmet pushing your ear against it. The CX300s are your best bet.

And if you ask me, Gilly's right. If I can hear them on the motorway, I can't hear anything at all in town. If it's low enough to hear things outside in town, I can't hear the music on the motorway. A couple of moments where I could just faintly hear a siren but had no idea where it was coming from put me off wearing headphones on the bike. Earplugs, however, are worth it. They just take the rumble out of the wind noise, you can still hear.

Without a workable volume control, headphones on the bike vary between useless and dangerous.

Fair play if you've got a way to control the volume though.

Also, if your ears actually ring from wind noise, you need to be thinking about getting a better helmet, or changing your screen.

Have you got a double bubble screen?
 
Hostility, nice.

I was simply stating that you can't give advice on something you clearly don't know about. 9 times out of 10, a biker has plugs in their ears... The muppets who don't are generaly 17 year olds with screaming scramblers who will be deaf by the age of 30.

Anyway, good price on the Senn CX300. Might have a gander when in town this eve. Doubtful they will let me try before buy unless I stick half a tub of Purell in my ears before hand.
 
There is the Creative EP630's, that are basically the CX300's for less than a tenner, used to have them, then upgraded to the CX300's, they're better, but for a bike i guess the EP630's could be OK, keep the cable steady though, makes a fair bit of noise unfortunately...
 
PardonTheWait said:
Doesn't work in my experience. They just get pulled off, and the wire behind your ear gets painful from the helmet pushing your ear against it. The CX300s are your best bet.

And if you ask me, Gilly's right. If I can hear them on the motorway, I can't hear anything at all in town. If it's low enough to hear things outside in town, I can't hear the music on the motorway. A couple of moments where I could just faintly hear a siren but had no idea where it was coming from put me off wearing headphones on the bike. Earplugs, however, are worth it. They just take the rumble out of the wind noise, you can still hear.

Without a workable volume control, headphones on the bike vary between useless and dangerous.

Fair play if you've got a way to control the volume though.

Also, if your ears actually ring from wind noise, you need to be thinking about getting a better helmet, or changing your screen.

Have you got a double bubble screen?
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No on the double bubble screen, it's a Ducati 748, looks stupid with a DB :(. I got a AGV Ti-Tech, great helmet, just not designed for reduced wind noise lol.

Yea, I have a cable extension that has volume control for when I'm plodding through town. It's a big lumpy slide on that hangs just out the top of what ever I'm wearing at the time, so I can at least hear if someone is talking beside me or if i want to listen to music on the MW.

I did try plugs for a while. Yellow foam ones drove me insane. But did the job good enough.

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Strangely, I found my old CX300's really uncomfortable in my helmet, as my helmet kept trying to force it down my ear. I used some old Apple standard headphones and I could ride for hours without any discomfort what so ever.
 
9 out of 10 wear plugs? No chance. It might be half. Might. I don't tend to wear them personally, except for very long journeys. 20 miles to work I won't bother. You're forgetting factors like helmets, screens etc. Some bikes pretty much put you in a silent void, some leave your head banging left to right by six inches.

Where'd you get the cable extension? Is it easy enough to work in gloves? I'm looking at helmet speakers lately, IEMs were a bit of a faff I felt but that flat speakers that live in your lid seem decent just to provide background noise rather than the slow rumble of wind and my pipe.
 
agnes said:
Hostility, nice.

I was simply stating that you can't give advice on something you clearly don't know about. 9 times out of 10, a biker has plugs in their ears... The muppets who don't are generaly 17 year olds with screaming scramblers who will be deaf by the age of 30.
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No, it isn't very nice, so there was no need to resort to it :) Next time don't bother.

All I was doing was pointing out that it might not be the best idea on a bike. For a start you didn't mention a motorbike, so I was thinking pushbike, which would be tantamount to suicide. Secondly, if music is loud enough to hear over exhaust/engine and road on a long motorway drive, you won't be able to hear anything else when you come off the motorway...
 
Gilly said:
No, it isn't very nice, so there was no need to resort to it :) Next time don't bother.

All I was doing was pointing out that it might not be the best idea on a bike. For a start you didn't mention a motorbike, so I was thinking pushbike, which would be tantamount to suicide. Secondly, if music is loud enough to hear over exhaust/engine and road on a long motorway drive, you won't be able to hear anything else when you come off the motorway...
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Aye,

Agree with you Gilly, a bit of friendly advice you gave - don't get what the huge over-reaction was for you trying to point out some safety.

Rich
 
No wonder so many are involved in road accidents if they can't hear anything on the road.
 
Ultimate Ears Super Fi 3. I used them for months on the R6 inside an Arai lid and can recommend them. Wind noise used to do my head in, and these really work. Not cheap though at around £65.

Also I found some music is bad for your license. Prodigy + sunny day + sportsbike is a recipie for distaster! :o
 
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mk1_salami said:
Ultimate Ears Super Fi 3. I used them for months on the R6 inside an Arai lid and can recommend them. Wind noise used to do my head in, and these really work. Not cheap though at around £65.

Also I found some music is bad for your license. Prodigy + sunny day + sportsbike is a recipie for distaster! :o
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So Sunday for me the weekend just gone hehe :D

cheers guys, Gilly, until next time :)

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