Re: [ST] Anyone used any of these, and can maybe make a recommendation?

[Gavin Lawrie <gavin.lawrie@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

On 29 Nov 2005, at 17:16, Matthew Heyer wrote:

> I'm looking at getting speakers/earphones for my helmet, and am  
> trying to decide what to get.  Sound quality is of high priority  
> for me.  I came across this, and was wondering if anyone had tried  
> any of these and could comment an any.  Thanks in advance.
>
>   http://www.motoguide.com/helmet_speakers.shtml

I've tried several types of speakers over the years, but by far the  
best solution I've come across is to use something called 'duocom'  
earplugs which are speakers that are mounted into custom cast ear- 
plugs.  They work as very good noise reducing ear plugs (that fit,  
without all that fiddling around with foam), plus if you plug them  
into an ipod / tape player / autocom they work as excellent stereo  
head phones.  They come with standard 3.5m stereo jack (i.e. plug  
straight into most walkman type devices), but you can get special  
adapter cable from Autocom that allows you to plug them into a  
standard Autocom loom too.  Along with the Scotoiler, they are things  
you can't believe are as good as they are until you try them...  They  
are expensive, but they are outrageously good.

I think they originally come from Germany, but the UK sourced ones  
come from a specialist firm in Hemel Hempstead called Advanced  
Communications Services (http://www.hearingprotection.co.uk/ 
motorsports-comms.htm).  You can also buy them from another  
specialist called Headset Services (http://www.headsetservices.com/ 
prod_hsl_custom/motorsport_duocom.html) who have close links to  
Autocom, but they simply resell ACS provided earplugs.  But either  
way, to get them you have to have casts made of the inside of your  
ear, and for this they recommend you go to your local hearing clinic  
to get the cast - but turns out that many / most of them are also ACS  
resellers, so you can actually just buy them from your local hearing  
clinic (I did, and it was cheaper than either online route, plus you  
got someone to ensure they fitted and to argue with if they didn't  
work etc - not that I had any problems).

A silly illustration - I travel on planes regularly, and I've ditched  
my old 'noise cancelling headphones' for my bike ear plugs - to  
listen to the movie sound track, noises from computer, ipod, or just  
blank out background noise.  A friend of mine got a pair because of  
my constant bleating about how good they are, and wore them on an off- 
road trip across Morocco (which he filmed and is soon to be on Men  
and Motors) and came back raving about how good they were.

Hope this helps.

Best regards

Gavin Lawrie
ST'03

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