Re: Bluetooth thingy

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On Sat, 28 Dec 2013 15:39:18 -0500, JoeRaisin
<joeraisin2001@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On 12/28/2013 1:45 PM, TomR wrote:
>> JoeRaisin wrote:
>>> . . . ,
>>> It may have more to do with the phone and the three year gap in
>>> technology, but with the revolution voice calls were more or less just
>>> spinning the contacts wheel - but now I can make 'em first time, every
>>> time (even working 95% with text and notepad) through this device.
>>> Answering calls is super easy.
>>>
>>> In case you are missing it - I endorse these.  They are light enough I
>>> don't even know I'm wearing them.  The only frustration I have so far
>>> is that when wearing a jacket the ear bud (I usually only have one in
>>> on the work site or driving) I'm not using gets knocked out of its
>>> magnetic cradle and I just know I'm gonna end up ripping it out.
>>>
>>> http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/LG-TONE-Review_id3206
>>
>> I am just curious..., since they are stereo, if you just have one ear bud
>> in, do you just hear 1/2 (or one side) of the stereo signal?  I assume that
>> there is no way to set them for "mono" where each ear bud produces the same
>> sound with no stereo, right?
>>
>>
>
>Not as far as I know - and yeah, music that takes advantage of
>left/right outputs leaves me missing the right side.  I am finding,
>however, that the ear buds don't drown out too much background yet still
>give the buds a fighting chance to be heard - so having both in isn't
>too bad.  Assuming I keep the volume reasonable, I'll still hear someone
>yelling, "Hey!  That wall is about to fall on you!"
>
>I'll still generally stick to one, though.  Makes me feel safer and it
>doesn't affect too many songs - so far, I've only notice it on
>'Frankenstein'.


Are these buds and the attached wrap-around-the-collar-thingies able
to double as a hearing aid?