Anthony Mattana <anth...@hookeaudio.com> wrote:
I apologize if this is not the way to post, but I'm looking for
feedback on a product I've recently invented HOOKE (www.hookeaudio.com
)
I like your idea of adding bluetooth to the mix.
Long ago, in the late-60's or early 70's, when cassette Walkmen were
king, Aiwa offered a low-cost combined stereo headphone/near-ear
binaural microphone set.
These days, Roland offers the CS-10EM
(http://www.rolandus.com/products/cs-10em/) which is the same idea, but
in-ear and with higher sound quality. Roland probably has the price edge
over you. Your main edge over them is bluetooth. (Bluetooth comes with
some negatives too - mainly sound quality.)
We've been offering very well-matched, compact, clip-on/in-ear binaural
microphones since 1989, ranging in price from $75 to around $1000 per
pair. I didn't see them mentioned in the video on your web site when you
covered the binaural competition. We have some competitors (copy-cat and
otherwise), some at low cost, and they weren't mentioned either.
Your system lacks head tracking, so the folks at 3D Sound Labs
(http://3dsoundlabs.com/en/) have an edge over you in that feature. But
they don't have microphones. And while their headtracker uses bluetooth,
their playback is wired. I think that's probably a feature in their
case, as they offer better sound quality than bluetooth can offer.
IMO, if you added the hardware for headtracking and an app that could do
the math for playback, you'd have something very nice. Your retail price
would probably rise though.
Len Moskowitz (mosko...@core-sound.com)
Core Sound LLC
www.core-sound.com
Home of TetraMic
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