#Sound siphon review software#
#Sound siphon review Bluetooth#

#Sound siphon review Bluetooth#

I will add in that one of my buddies recently got a Bilt (cycle gear's house brand) bluetooth adventure style helmet- same price, $200. They said they would send me an entirely new system once the updated one came out, which now is listed as coming out in September. They explained that the current model was essentially pulled from sale due to all the problems with it (listed as backordered on their website), and they were redesigning it with different cables. Again, they replied quickly and apologized for the continued problem. I emailed their support and explained the problem. Looking online, this seems to be very, very common and reports of it are everywhere. Same problem as the first, poor wiring connection leading to one side cutting in and out as you move the cable. I only asked for the cord and they sent me a whole new headset as well, which is supposedly the most expensive part of the whole rig, no questions asked. Both showed up priority mail 2 days later. They also sent me a new set of speakers 'just to be sure we take care of the problem'. They said they had heard of this problem on a few other early production units and had updated the cord, and would send me a new one, no problem. I emailed them and got a response within minutes. About a month after I got it, one of the speakers started cutting out unless the cord was bent a certain way. The real kicker is their customer service. Paired with your phone you can listen to music, and if you have a destination in mind, listen to spoken directions from Maps as well. $200, so it's not cheap, though IMO it's worth it. So far they are only sold through the Syphon website- google didn't find anyone else retailing them. Charges off a standard micro USB, same as anything except Apple stuff. Standby time (not playing music) is a couple days so if you forget to switch it off it's not a big deal. They claim a 12 hour life from the battery pack, which for once, seems about right. I'm fairly sure it adjusts the volume to compensate for ambient noise (though Syphon doesn't advertise this function, so maybe it's just me) At speed, I don't notice the lack of bass. There's not much bass- in a quiet room it sounds kind of tinny, though they claim this is on purpose, so it 'cuts through' low frequency engine and wind noise better.

I can't feel the speakers in the helmet at all, they are extremely loud (about 50% volume on my phone is plenty loud to hear at any speed), and the quality is very passable. The syphon really is far, far better than anything else I've tried. The earbuds hurt after a while of bring crammed in by the helmet and other speakers weren't loud enough to hear on the highway and had terrible sound quality. I'd tried some other helmet speakers, various earbuds and never really liked any of them. The battery pack connects via bluetooth to your phone or ipod. They connect with a wire to a small battery pack, a little smaller than a pack of cigs. But since I've always been able to do this before I think it is a regression if it is done by design.This is a new helmet audio system that uses very thin (about the thickness of a credit card), flexible speakers that easily fit behind the liner of your helmet.

#Sound siphon review software#

I've also seen reports saying this is how it is supposed to work but, that you should not have software output control on external sound cards like USB DACs. But I've also seen scattered reports of some audio issues in El Capitan, especially when connected through USB and HDMI. I know that similar kind of problems have occurred before with upgrades to Yosemite and even Lion. I assume this has to do with El Capitan since it worked without issues in Yosemite yesterday, but I'm not sure. (That USB headset though, does not work reliable since the upgrade.) However I can adjust volume for internal speakers and also a Logitech USB headset. I do get sound out, I just can't adjust the volume under System Preferences -> Sound -> Output (it says 'The selected device has no output control'). Both the built in speakers in my display, connected through DisplayPort, and my DAC connected through USB. After upgrading to El Capitan I've lost the ability to adjust the volume of some of my connected speakers.