Motorcycle earphones?

[bledubd]

I am looking for earphones which would be suitable for use on my bike. Ideas any one?

 

[CanadianFZ6]

To listen to music (ipod), for radio (chatterbox) between bikes, cell phone or wind noise reduction?

 

[bledubd]

To listen to music (ipod), for radio (chatterbox) between bikes, cell phone or wind noise reduction?

for listening to music... and will cancel out the wind noise as well.


or if possible is there one with all the functions you have stated

 

[Nelly]

for listening to music... and will cancel out the wind noise as well.


or if possible is there one with all the functions you have stated

Fast blue one in london had quite a nice set up for music and GPS. It was also quite inexpensive. Give him a PM.

Nelly

 

[reiobard]

I have a set of Koss headphones that have the squishy ear plug material around a sound tube that do a spectacular job of blocking the sound and i can hear the music very well. I also has a set of in ear nicer ones that my cat ate that did the same but sounded better (better quality)... Damn cat...

 

[dark_isz]

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[bledubd]

I was looking into the ER 6i, the name reminds me of the Kawasaki ER5 I did my bike training/test on.

 

[FzPilot]

I am very very picky when it comes to sound quality.

Here are my buds of choice:
Super.fi 5 Pro Description - Products - Ultimate Ears Earphones Headphones Personal Monitors

be careful if buying there is a very similar version of this unit called the 5 EB (extended bass) they sound very good, but cut noise allot less. (16db instead of 26db)

Super.fi 5 Pro Description - Products - Ultimate Ears Earphones Headphones Personal Monitors

I have tried active noise reduction ear buds and was quite disappointed.

Cheers!

 

[MrTurner]

Sorry to go against the grain.. But I'd never listen to music while on my bike, that's what the car is for! I want to know as much about what is happening around me as I can. I don't wear earplugs, if it's that noisy I'll get a lid with less wind noise.

 

[Doorag]

I have some crap, £14 JVC in-ear jobbies that do the trick. They are a bit fiddly to get to stay in after putting on a helmet, but once settled, they are great. I can still hear noise around the bike even with music on (below about 50mph).

 

[dark_isz]

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[HavBlue]

I have some Sony buds that are rated at 35 but even they don't cut out all wind noise. They do however cut out any ability to hear then engine and because of this I am totally dependent on the instruments.

 

[MrTurner]

Dark - there are scientific studies that 'can' prove a lot of stuff - my main comments related to earphones to listen to music.

 

[bledubd]

Sorry to go against the grain.. But I'd never listen to music while on my bike, that's what the car is for! I want to know as much about what is happening around me as I can. I don't wear earplugs, if it's that noisy I'll get a lid with less wind noise.

Thanks mate, but my journey 'sounds' much better with the music on.
Can't we get some scientist to do a study with a hypothesis that listening to music in a car and on a bike are the same.

 

[Scorphonic]

Sorry to go against the grain.. But I'd never listen to music while on my bike, that's what the car is for! I want to know as much about what is happening around me as I can. I don't wear earplugs, if it's that noisy I'll get a lid with less wind noise.

Even at that you wont get a helmet that will prevent you damaging your hearing if you are riding at 70 miles per hour for extended periods of time. The only answer for that is earplugs.

I used to listen to music on the bike but the headphones I had (even though they are designed to keep noise in and stop wind getting in) were just too damn loud at the end of a ride...the wind was still able to make its way in and since it was passing through a small hole it was quite painful...now i'm with the sponge earplugs! Its very very possible that the highly priced earphones mentioned above are just fit for the job....only problem is the price...

 

[MrTurner]

OK - stop flaming me now! I only made quick comments to see if others agreed - seems not.

Agreed, music in a car is probably as much as a distraction (but would have to be really loud to have the same impact as speakers in your ears), but the difference with a car is if you crash it, you've got 1000kg++, and usually multiple airbags to keep you safe.

There cannot be many of us that would subject ourselves to 70mph+ for extended periods of time. I bet you could also count on the fingers of one hand how many bikers have lost their hearing through wind noise. Different helmets do give different wind noise. Not saying that any would be creating less db, but surely here the point is the noise wants to be replaced by music, nothing to do with hearing loss? I'm sure there are plenty of scientific studies that say having earphones on deteriorates your hearing, probably the same as riding with no earplugs..

 

[fast blue one]

Mine are just a cheap seat of over the ear phones from Currys that I velcro into the recesses of the helmet. They come with extra casings so I can use them off the bike as well without wandering about with velcro hanging off my ears.
I only use them to hear satnav but they are probably good enough to use generally.

 

[CanadianFZ6]

Thanks mate, but my journey 'sounds' much better with the music on.
Can't we get some scientist to do a study with a hypothesis that listening to music in a car and on a bike are the same.

.... in a car though, you are protected by seat belts, airbags and 2 tonnes on steel. It's hard enough to stay safe on a bike to let something like listening to music distract me... even for a split second. That's all it takes.

 

[2-stroke]

Any of the In-ear monitor style of headphones will work. I wouldn't spend less then $100 new. The ultimate ear is a good option. If you are worried about your hearing you can get you can get ultimate ears with a custom ear mold I toured with a band that loved them. I have a pair of Shure E2s they are more then enough if you just want to listen to an Ipod. Shure has changed there model names since I purchased mine. The nice thing about IEMs is the sound isolation not sound cancellation. Cancellation you usually need an extra battery and it adds sound to the music to cancel out the noise. I am at a tech expo right now if there is any new technology out I will let you know.

 

[Fred]

I have a set of Challengers. Made by a friend of mine, but they truly do work.

They're custom molded to my ears and block sound better than anything I've ever tried. Good audio quality too.

Earplugs, BMW tank bag repair, hearing protection, GPS


Fred