I can confirm that I can hear clearly the content of said podcasts whilst I am walking in a moderately noisy environment (average traffic in the centre of a city/town) or riding my bike where there is a reasonable amount of wind noise. Bought a couple of open air ... but from today they don't turn on again ... I thought they were flat ... but they don't turn on anymore ... neither do I led ... they have a month and a half Despite the improved bass, ambient noise is still clear thanks to the open-ear design. Many noise-cancelling headphones have a 'transparency' mode that uses a microphone to transmit external sound to your ear, but this doesn't give the same directional awareness you get from bone conduction headsets. All pretty standard if you’re used to Bluetooth tomfoolery. Using Aftershokz Trekz Headphones On A Bike That said, I do sense that you have to set the volume towards the upper end of what the headphones are capable of (or what the iPhone – in my case – will send down to pipe).

The Trekz loop over the ears, with speakers positioned on the bones (obviously) in front of the earhole (is that the term?). The charging port has changed from the covered USB one that we got on the Air to something that’s now proprietary. While that does mean you now have to keep hold of another proprietary charging cable (there’s actually two in the box), the move has meant Shokz can offer that increased waterproof rating to give the OpenRun that durability boost. Okay, having written that in jest, now I’ve done the required Google search, it seems that’s exactly what they do. Except it’s not the brain (in the first instance) so much as the cochlea, with the whole process missing out the whole sound waves, ear canal and ear drum bit. Efficient! There were moments of genuine epiphany where ‘situational awareness’ really impressed as a concept; entering a coffee shop and speaking to the barista without having to yank-off a pair of wired earphones was one. Another was walking through a bustling market and being able to hear what was going on around us. In some ways, wearing the AfterShokz Titanium felt genuinely liberating. I would like to change the language of the headphones, now it is in English and I would like it in Spanish, is it possible?However, whilst I am many things, I am not an audiophile. (I said audiophile). I don’t know my Bangs from my sons (sens) of Oluf. I supBose (yawn) I could do some research.

You’ll soon get used to it and forget about it – plus, it’s less pronounced at lower volumes. Having the audio produced inside your skull can also feel a little alien. There’s a sense of soundstage that you’re probably not used to, and the strange feeling that you can’t quite place where the music is coming from.Now this blog makes no claims to match the British Medical Journal for rigour, but this study of 1 is sufficient for this humble cycloblogger to be persuaded that Trekz is ‘not actually lying’ about how their product works. What Do They Look Like? In the context of listening during a cycling commute the tuning is understandable, since the bright treble will be more easily heard over traffic. There’s a secondary EQ mode accessible by holding both volume buttons that reduces the bass and the vibrations further. These headphones actually excel at audiobooks and podcasts. With the first generation of Shokz, those issues were very prominent. You didn’t get a lot of power, they vibrated at higher volumes and they leaked a fair bit too. On the OpenRun, progress has certainly been made in some areas, but not in all. You are obviously not going to get the kind of results you’d expect from an in ear or over-ear headphones, but there are some noticeable improvements with the very gentle upping of bass, improved detail and overall upgrade in audio quality. I can't change the language of AUDREY, I would like French; How to do ? I tried to apply the indicated process, but it is still a language that I do not understand that is spoken; Thank you please Forget, for a moment, the AfterShokz Titanium’s bone conduction claims; being able to hear your surroundings while you listen to music makes this a genuinely interesting product. But is open-ear enough?

And one ear of sound is not ideal, whether listening to the podcast (I tend to listen to people talking rather than singing) or listening out for other road users. There is undeniably plenty of room for things to get better as that bone conduction tech improves, both in bass and clarity, but the differences between the Trekz Air and the OpenRun are noticeable.With your ears exposed you’ll have to contend with some wind noise when cycling or running, but in my experience, it never proved too distracting. We can say, straight off the bat, that these headphones are not for listening to music in high fidelity. I haven’t seen Aftershokz claiming otherwise. Now, have you tried bone conduction headphones? Or are you wedded to a particularly great pair of ‘standard’ ones? Am I foolish for even contemplating riding whilst listening to something on my phone? The headphones should also function under a top-of-the-range Hansgrohe raindance shower head (a little pro cycling sponsor reference there). Battery Life (Or Do They Always Need Chargin’?)