Iris
formerly "herfjr"
I just decided to try these panasonics too! Thanks for the thread. I will try them this weekend with my Sena 20 and letcha know.
Only the stock Senas, delivered with the unit. Must be jammed against your ears, however, to maintain fidelity at highway speeds. They're pretty good, but connected through tiny, fragile wires -- and my right speaker wire is now completely severed.Madmudder posted: Ive tried two sets of helmet speakers and neither have the quality of earbuds.What speakers did you try?
This is exactly what happened to me in my right ear about 3 weeks ago. Fuze earbuds lasted about a month with daily use. I threw them in the trash and am currently looking for something else earbud-wise.The problem came when I took them out and tried putting them back in - there was an unpleasant "crunch" noise in my left ear. Didn't sound good, so I took it back out - and the flanged tip stayed in my ear.
This used to happen occasionally with my ER-6is (usually when the tips were getting old), so I calmly got out the tweezers and extracted the tip from inside my ear canal. To my surprise, the end of the earphone was still attached to the tip - it had broken off the rest of the earphone.
I have a set of MC5's, too. I bought them when my ER-6's died. They worked well in my Multitec but stick out too far to be comfortable on my Schuberth. They do stick out a bit - more than the ER-6i for sure. I now use them as my workout 'phones. Very good sound. If they fit your helmet, highly recommended.This is exactly what happened to me in my right ear about 3 weeks ago. Fuze earbuds lasted about a month with daily use. I threw them in the trash and am currently looking for something else earbud-wise.
I guess I'm gonna try the Etymotic MC5. This will be about the 8th different set of earbuds.
I have these: https://iasus-concepts.com/audio/xs3-helmet-speaker/ in my Schuberth. I bought them after webbikeworld gave them a great review. They are pretty good SQ wise, and actually sound amazing when you don't wear plugs but they really burn up the batteries when you are wearing earplugs. Check the compatibility list, some communicators don't put out enough oomph for them. Not as good as earbuds sound wise, but I use them around town when earbuds are too much trouble.Ive tried two sets of helmet speakers and neither have the quality of earbuds. What speakers did you try?
The helmet speakers I've used are Tork X2 and the older ones were called Blasters.
This should work beautifully.Jasen and others, if you don't heed this warning, it will cost you money. The Sena SMH10 ear bud base is a misengineered piece of shit. The plug sticks way the Hell out the back and is delicate. I have broken 5 of them. I broke 3 of them before learning how to tie them down to relieve the stress on them. Even with that, I have still broken two. Probably from setting my helmet down or wind. I just got a new one and will have to figure out how to reinforce it. My current damage prevention looks like this:[img=[URL="https://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll160/rodzilla134/Mobile%20Uploads/20150428_205320.jpg%5D"]https://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll160/rodzilla134/Mobile%20Uploads/20150428_205320.jpg][/URL]The coils are around the boom mic and are held in place with small zip-ties. Failing to do this will break one of those pieces of crap very quickly. Once plugged in, don't mess with that end of the cord again.
So the music sound was ok, but not enough protection from wind noise? Maybe other tips would work better?Well, rode to work this morning. FJRPittsburgh, not sure how well they'll do for you compared to your custom molded plugs, but against my Howard Leight Laser Lite plugs, there is no comparison. Too loud for what I am used to. I could possibly get used to it but I don't want to. I look forward to your review.
It was nice to actually hear the music without having to crank the system all the way up.
I understand what you're saying, but you kinda need that o-ring end on the ear plugs to lock them on to the earbuds.I've heard of folks cutting down their normal ear plugs then running a hot needle down the middle to achieve a similar effect.
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