Hi Neil, If they ever do come out after a wildly successful Kickstarter campagne almost 3 years ago, the "Soundband" sounds like it is supposed to be much better than anything on the market. I unfortunately jumped onto that Kickstarter project and paid $125 or something like that. The company has been behaving very strange in that at times they provided many updates and at other they haven't. Some think it was all just a big scam. I am definitely starting to believe it as well although I still have a small hope that they'll deliver. If you want more information you can just Google "Soundband", of course this is not of interest if you want to find something right now. Below is what they wrote in their last update on December 14, 2015 which was update #76:
Final components arrive. Posted by Hybra Advance Technology, Inc. Dear Backers, We are pleased to announce the last of the long lead time components have arrived. The AKM piezo driver reels, an 18 week lead time part, showed-up Thursday last week. For anyone who is not familiar with micro-electronic assembly, in most cases, mass chip placement uses pick and place machines, to set all the components on a printed circuit board. These pick and place machines use reels to organize the parts and ensure very high speed loading. The reels in the photos below contain 3000 piezo driver chips. All the SoundBand part reels contain between 1500 and 5000 parts. With the drivers and the other parts here, we immediately approved the build and assembly of 25 completed production grade SoundBands. Since all of the component procurement/storage, board build, flex strip build, electrical assembly, electrical component testing, and final assembly/test is performed at a single site, we can closely monitor all aspects of the build and minimize defects. >From this point forward we will update as important milestones are reached. In >the coming weeks each day will be touch and go, but we hope to steady the >ramp, after the first 25, in quantities of 200 very soon, then increase to 400 >unit batches until all the Kickstarter units are delivered. We will keep >everyone informed at each step and continue to provide high quality images of >the process. Also please keep a look-out for a new survey that will help us verify the finish color you want. As always, we thank everyone for your continued interest and support. Sincerely, we look forward to delivering your reward as soon as possible. Very Best, Hybra -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neil Barnfather Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2016 5:47 AM To: 'Adrian Leong' via VIPhone <viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: Bone Conduction Headsets Hi All, Just looking for some recommendations for bone conduction headsets, needs to be stereo, I’m not convinced about blue tooth, as to me, the battery limitations are just to many presently. I’m primarily wanting to listen to music, so, sound quality, given the technological restraints aside, I’m looking for the best that the platform can offer. What do people make, The Aftershokz Trekz look good, and, specifically talk about music quality, but, they are bluetooth with a 6 hour limitation. Thanks for thoughts and suggestions. Neil Barnfather MBE www.NeilBarnfather.com Business Consultant & Disability Advocate Visit my web-site to learn more about my range of services covering a selection of business consultancy functions to a complete series of disability advocacy roles. All delivered personally by one of the UK’s most successful disabled entrepreneurs and established, recognised disabled spokesperson. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
