Aftershokz – Open ear music uncompromised
With technology playing such a major part in day to day life it is no surprise that it has worked its way well into the fitness world. Listening to music while you train or compete is now considered a norm but in many road races in-ear headphones are banned due to safety worries. Aftershokz have picked up the mantle and offer a solution that means you can still listen to your playlists but also hear the world around you.
Aftershokz have designed a headphone that doesn’t sit inside the ear but actually on the cheek bone. Bone conduction is a natural part of the hearing process – sound travels through our eardrums and bones simultaneously. Aftershokz have taken the concept to the next level through development of a suite of proprietary audio technologies and design patents. The result: headphones that deliver unrivalled situational awareness and comfort. So by having your ears free of a headphone you are still able to hear the noises around you and have conversations without needing to take your headphones out. Aftershokz are now an official partner of England Athletics and they are the only headphone that is approved for use in all road races and through this connection their hope is to continue to improve the safety of road running. We are firmly behind them on this aim, we have also found them to be valuable for cyclists, road awareness is key and Aftershokz improve this drastically.
Lets briefly take more of a look at how they work…
- Transducers guide mini vibrations through the cheekbones to the inner ears, delivering sound without plugging or covering them.
- It doesn’t seem sensible that audio traveling through your bones instead of your ears could be so finely tuned. It wouldn’t be possible without Aftershokz PremiumPitch technology, which assures the finest in bone conduction audio, with a range that suits music and voice.
- Natural sound leakage is a common drawback found with most headphones and earbuds, especially at high volumes. LeakSlayer was designed to release sound generated by the transducers in order to cancel sound generated by the housing, significantly reducing leakage, even when compared to traditional headphones and earbuds.
For those of you that are always talking on the go as well as listening to your favourite music you can also take and make calls on versions featuring the mic. On the wireless Trekz Titanium it’s simple to take a call, one button to answer and the same button to end your call. Worry not about poor quality when on calls, using dual cancelling microphones background noise is excluded speech is enhanced. Making it easier to hear those all important conversations.
With a comfortable, flexible fit and sweat resistant design we have found the Aftershokz range to be one that has continued to grow in popularity as more people have heard about them (pardon the pun!). As further improvements are made we see this as a product that will go from strength to strength. They suit the majority, you don’t have to be an elite athlete to appreciate the functionality and quality. We continue to get great feedback from our customers that use them on a daily basis, why not pop in and try on our demo pair and have a listen to what all the fuss is about.
Aftershokz. Open ear music uncompromised.
Written by: James @ Withers Sports
