Sieghard, Sounds really good, I will take a look at their official site, in the interim, any thoughts on presently available hardware?
Neil Barnfather MBE www.NeilBarnfather.com Business Consultant & Disability Advocate Visit my web-site to learn more about my range of services covering a selection of business consultancy functions to a complete series of disability advocacy roles. All delivered personally by one of the UK’s most successful disabled entrepreneurs and established, recognised disabled spokesperson. > On 21 May 2016, at 15:52, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > > Hi Neil, > > If they ever do come out after a wildly successful Kickstarter campagne > almost 3 years ago, the "Soundband" sounds like it is supposed to be much > better than anything on the market. > I unfortunately jumped onto that Kickstarter project and paid $125 or > something like that. The company has been behaving very strange in that at > times they provided many updates and at other they haven't. Some think it was > all just a big scam. I am definitely starting to believe it as well although > I still have a small hope that they'll deliver. If you want more information > you can just Google "Soundband", of course this is not of interest if you > want to find something right now. Below is what they wrote in their last > update on December 14, 2015 which was update #76: > > Final components arrive. > > Posted by Hybra Advance Technology, Inc. > > Dear Backers, > We are pleased to announce the last of the long lead time components have > arrived. The AKM piezo driver reels, an 18 week lead time part, showed-up > Thursday last week. For anyone who is not familiar with micro-electronic > assembly, in most cases, mass chip placement uses pick and place machines, to > set all the components on a printed circuit board. These pick and place > machines use reels to organize the parts and ensure very high speed loading. > The reels in the photos below contain 3000 piezo driver chips. All the > SoundBand part reels contain between 1500 and 5000 parts. > With the drivers and the other parts here, we immediately approved the build > and assembly of 25 completed production grade SoundBands. > Since all of the component procurement/storage, board build, flex strip > build, electrical assembly, electrical component testing, and final > assembly/test is performed at a single site, we can closely monitor all > aspects of the build and minimize defects. > From this point forward we will update as important milestones are reached. > In the coming weeks each day will be touch and go, but we hope to steady the > ramp, after the first 25, in quantities of 200 very soon, then increase to > 400 unit batches until all the Kickstarter units are delivered. We will keep > everyone informed at each step and continue to provide high quality images of > the process. > Also please keep a look-out for a new survey that will help us verify the > finish color you want. > As always, we thank everyone for your continued interest and support. > Sincerely, we look forward to delivering your reward as soon as possible. > > Very Best, > Hybra > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Neil Barnfather > Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2016 5:47 AM > To: 'Adrian Leong' via VIPhone <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Bone Conduction Headsets > > Hi All, > > Just looking for some recommendations for bone conduction headsets, needs to > be stereo, I’m not convinced about blue tooth, as to me, the battery > limitations are just to many presently. I’m primarily wanting to listen to > music, so, sound quality, given the technological restraints aside, I’m > looking for the best that the platform can offer. > > What do people make, The Aftershokz Trekz look good, and, specifically talk > about music quality, but, they are bluetooth with a 6 hour limitation. > > Thanks for thoughts and suggestions. > > Neil Barnfather MBE > www.NeilBarnfather.com > Business Consultant & Disability Advocate > > Visit my web-site to learn more about my range of services covering a > selection of business consultancy functions to a complete series of > disability advocacy roles. 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