Re: Neck Speakers
I found this one on Amazon VANPEUSO Neck Speaker, Bluetooth 5.0 Built-in mic, True 3D Stereo Surround Sound (Black) 4.3 out of 5 stars163 $42.95 - Original Message - From: "Doug Parisian" To: ; "Alex Stone" Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2023 1:34 PM Subject: Re: Neck Speakers Alex and fans and non fans! I poked around on both the Canadian sites for Bestbuy and the source. Only Bestbuy had a few choices including an "unboxed" Monster which is the same as mine for $68. Mine was brand new from amazon for $69. That was on Amazon Prime days. I did not purchase them for movies or music though they (sorry, it) sounds reasonable. Monster makes a big deal about being able to feel the music which in fact does absolutely NOTHING for me beyond being slightly annoying. Unlike a quality audio system, or concert,this unit has what I call "toy" bass. $25 apple ear buds sound much better! Ears today, blown tomorrow. On 2023-07-27 1:56 p.m., Alex Stone wrote: I don’t claim to be any sort of expert, but I’ve never heard of them either! On 27 Jul 2023, at 19:21, Doug Parisian wrote: Well gentle readers, perhaps I'm a little slow on the uptake here. Apparently, neck speakers of various types and quality have been around for a few years. For reasons of which I'm not quite sure, there had never been a discussion of this audio alternative. I bit the bullet and purchased a neck speaker made by monster. Were I more knowledgeable and attentive, I would have purchased one which included a microphone. For years, I had this damn silly idea that bone conduction was the way to go so I wouldn't disturb the rest of humanity. Forget that; the rest of humanity has been disturbing me for years with one sided phone conversations, talking rudely on busses and other places, and even in a different language. I ride the buses which in Winnipeg have major stop announcements announced for all to hear. When necessary, I have my GPS fill in the streets not announced including my distance from my chosen location. I make this noise by rubbing my hind legs together! -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/b5721767-fbbb-f42b-dcd1-d472650b1bc4%40gmail.com. -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/2ac2dc53-fee4-cfe5-508c-57f8f5eedf9a%40gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this
Re: Neck Speakers
Sieghard, I cannot provide a specific link and if I did, it might spoil your exploratory fun. You have the idea of neck speakers. My Monster is horse shoe shaped, fits comfortably around the back of the neck, and the two speakers face upward roughly on either side of the head. Though they may fee a bit heavy in the hand, one worn one could easily forget they have the device on as I have occasionally done. My fuzzy brain says you are from Canada so: www.amazon.ca once there, select electronics in the drop-down box, tab over to the search field, enter "neck speaker" and spend money. On 2023-07-27 3:13 p.m., Sieghard Weitzel wrote: Can you provide a link for your Monster neck speaker? By "neck speaker" do you mean those who look a bit like a large horseshoe and you hang them around your neck and the speakers then sit more or less on your collarbone on each side of your neck, straight down from your ears? There are many of them available on Amazon, my first one was made of a hard plastic and I found it less comfortable so I got another one where the part that goes around your neck is a thick, round and softer/flexible material. At the end of it then is the speaker part of each side and on the right side are your typical controls for turning the speaker on/off as well as play/pause, volume up/down and skip forward/rewind. The one I have does have a microphone and I use it if it's just answering a short call, but it's not really good enough for a long conversation. It is of course incredibly rude when people talk on the phone let alone in a different language, I mean, where do we live? What is Canada becoming with so many people from so many different countries and cultures 藍 Then of course I may have been heard speaking Germany on the phone with my Mom or maybe my wife has dared to speak Filipino with her family. What I certainly would not want is fo reverybody around me to overhear not just one side but both sides of the conversation or to hear which audio book I am listening to. A GPS announcement is one thing, but that's about it and for me the neck speaker is something I use when I am working in my shop or in the garden and I want to listen to a book but not necessarily wear a headset. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Doug Parisian Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2023 11:22 AM To: Viphone Subject: Neck Speakers Well gentle readers, perhaps I'm a little slow on the uptake here. Apparently, neck speakers of various types and quality have been around for a few years. For reasons of which I'm not quite sure, there had never been a discussion of this audio alternative. I bit the bullet and purchased a neck speaker made by monster. Were I more knowledgeable and attentive, I would have purchased one which included a microphone. For years, I had this damn silly idea that bone conduction was the way to go so I wouldn't disturb the rest of humanity. Forget that; the rest of humanity has been disturbing me for years with one sided phone conversations, talking rudely on busses and other places, and even in a different language. I ride the buses which in Winnipeg have major stop announcements announced for all to hear. When necessary, I have my GPS fill in the streets not announced including my distance from my chosen location. I make this noise by rubbing my hind legs together! -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com <http://www.avast.com> -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/b5721767-fbbb-f42b-dcd1-d472650b1bc4%40gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives fo
RE: Neck Speakers
Can you provide a link for your Monster neck speaker? By "neck speaker" do you mean those who look a bit like a large horseshoe and you hang them around your neck and the speakers then sit more or less on your collarbone on each side of your neck, straight down from your ears? There are many of them available on Amazon, my first one was made of a hard plastic and I found it less comfortable so I got another one where the part that goes around your neck is a thick, round and softer/flexible material. At the end of it then is the speaker part of each side and on the right side are your typical controls for turning the speaker on/off as well as play/pause, volume up/down and skip forward/rewind. The one I have does have a microphone and I use it if it's just answering a short call, but it's not really good enough for a long conversation. It is of course incredibly rude when people talk on the phone let alone in a different language, I mean, where do we live? What is Canada becoming with so many people from so many different countries and cultures 藍 Then of course I may have been heard speaking Germany on the phone with my Mom or maybe my wife has dared to speak Filipino with her family. What I certainly would not want is fo reverybody around me to overhear not just one side but both sides of the conversation or to hear which audio book I am listening to. A GPS announcement is one thing, but that's about it and for me the neck speaker is something I use when I am working in my shop or in the garden and I want to listen to a book but not necessarily wear a headset. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Doug Parisian Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2023 11:22 AM To: Viphone mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> Subject: Neck Speakers Well gentle readers, perhaps I'm a little slow on the uptake here. Apparently, neck speakers of various types and quality have been around for a few years. For reasons of which I'm not quite sure, there had never been a discussion of this audio alternative. I bit the bullet and purchased a neck speaker made by monster. Were I more knowledgeable and attentive, I would have purchased one which included a microphone. For years, I had this damn silly idea that bone conduction was the way to go so I wouldn't disturb the rest of humanity. Forget that; the rest of humanity has been disturbing me for years with one sided phone conversations, talking rudely on busses and other places, and even in a different language. I ride the buses which in Winnipeg have major stop announcements announced for all to hear. When necessary, I have my GPS fill in the streets not announced including my distance from my chosen location. I make this noise by rubbing my hind legs together! -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com<http://www.avast.com> -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu<mailto:mk...@ucla.edu>. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com<mailto:caraqu...@caraquinn.com> The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/b5721767-fbbb-f42b-dcd1-d472650b1bc4%40gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/PH7PR12MB5656100A6571AF27B6011237C701A%40PH7PR12MB5656.namprd12.prod.outlook.com.
Re: Neck Speakers
Alex and fans and non fans! I poked around on both the Canadian sites for Bestbuy and the source. Only Bestbuy had a few choices including an "unboxed" Monster which is the same as mine for $68. Mine was brand new from amazon for $69. That was on Amazon Prime days. I did not purchase them for movies or music though they (sorry, it) sounds reasonable. Monster makes a big deal about being able to feel the music which in fact does absolutely NOTHING for me beyond being slightly annoying. Unlike a quality audio system, or concert,this unit has what I call "toy" bass. $25 apple ear buds sound much better! Ears today, blown tomorrow. On 2023-07-27 1:56 p.m., Alex Stone wrote: I don’t claim to be any sort of expert, but I’ve never heard of them either! On 27 Jul 2023, at 19:21, Doug Parisian wrote: Well gentle readers, perhaps I'm a little slow on the uptake here. Apparently, neck speakers of various types and quality have been around for a few years. For reasons of which I'm not quite sure, there had never been a discussion of this audio alternative. I bit the bullet and purchased a neck speaker made by monster. Were I more knowledgeable and attentive, I would have purchased one which included a microphone. For years, I had this damn silly idea that bone conduction was the way to go so I wouldn't disturb the rest of humanity. Forget that; the rest of humanity has been disturbing me for years with one sided phone conversations, talking rudely on busses and other places, and even in a different language. I ride the buses which in Winnipeg have major stop announcements announced for all to hear. When necessary, I have my GPS fill in the streets not announced including my distance from my chosen location. I make this noise by rubbing my hind legs together! -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/b5721767-fbbb-f42b-dcd1-d472650b1bc4%40gmail.com. -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/2ac2dc53-fee4-cfe5-508c-57f8f5eedf9a%40gmail.com.
Re: Neck Speakers
I don’t claim to be any sort of expert, but I’ve never heard of them either! > On 27 Jul 2023, at 19:21, Doug Parisian wrote: > > Well gentle readers, perhaps I'm a little slow on the uptake here. > > Apparently, neck speakers of various types and quality have been around for a > few years. For reasons of which I'm not quite sure, there had never been a > discussion of this audio alternative. > > I bit the bullet and purchased a neck speaker made by monster. Were I more > knowledgeable and attentive, I would have purchased one which included a > microphone. For years, I had this damn silly idea that bone conduction was > the way to go so I wouldn't disturb the rest of humanity. Forget that; the > rest of humanity has been disturbing me for years with one sided phone > conversations, talking rudely on busses and other places, and even in a > different language. > > I ride the buses which in Winnipeg have major stop announcements announced > for all to hear. When necessary, I have my GPS fill in the streets not > announced including my distance from my chosen location. > > I make this noise by rubbing my hind legs together! > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > www.avast.com > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/b5721767-fbbb-f42b-dcd1-d472650b1bc4%40gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/33EEBC23-AC2D-41E9-802D-084421AFF42B%40gmail.com.
Neck Speakers
Well gentle readers, perhaps I'm a little slow on the uptake here. Apparently, neck speakers of various types and quality have been around for a few years. For reasons of which I'm not quite sure, there had never been a discussion of this audio alternative. I bit the bullet and purchased a neck speaker made by monster. Were I more knowledgeable and attentive, I would have purchased one which included a microphone. For years, I had this damn silly idea that bone conduction was the way to go so I wouldn't disturb the rest of humanity. Forget that; the rest of humanity has been disturbing me for years with one sided phone conversations, talking rudely on busses and other places, and even in a different language. I ride the buses which in Winnipeg have major stop announcements announced for all to hear. When necessary, I have my GPS fill in the streets not announced including my distance from my chosen location. I make this noise by rubbing my hind legs together! -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/b5721767-fbbb-f42b-dcd1-d472650b1bc4%40gmail.com.
