- Aug 14, 2020
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I was watching Walt in PA's @WaltInPA video about his Sena 50S experience and it got me thinking about my own communicator experience, so I thought to pose the question here as well to see what other peoples experiences have been with helmet music players and/or communicator devices. Below is my experience so far with on board helmet communicator devices.
I have a Cardo Black with JBL and a Cardo Pack Talk Slim with JBL. The highs and mids are there. The bass is a little muddy though on the Slim. Can easily hear the Pac Talk Slim up to 75 miles an hour on my 2004 CBR1000RR. The Cardo Pac Talk Slim is mounted in my Shoei GT Air Helmet. That helmet is on the quieter side of helmets though so I think that helps with the whole experience.
I also have a Cardo Pac Talk Black, but I think its kind of broken and for the money I paid it totally was not worth it, it cuts in and out and the sound is pretty muddy all over the spectrum.
So compared to the other sound setups I have owned so far being the Jarvish Smart Helmet, Sena Momentum Pro Smart Helmet (equivalent to Sena 20S tech), the Forcite MK1 Founders Edition, Shoei GT Air with Cardo Pac Talk Slim and my Built Blaze with Cardo Pac Talk Black.
The best sound and communicator I have come across is the Shoei GT Air with the Cardo Pak Talk Slim JBL edition installed.
I have yet to find a helmet music player/communicator that gives good bass response, but then again these are all battery powered and you can really only pull so many watts from these devices to power the speakers. Bass takes power from my past experience, so the devices may always be limited to some extent.
I have a Cardo Black with JBL and a Cardo Pack Talk Slim with JBL. The highs and mids are there. The bass is a little muddy though on the Slim. Can easily hear the Pac Talk Slim up to 75 miles an hour on my 2004 CBR1000RR. The Cardo Pac Talk Slim is mounted in my Shoei GT Air Helmet. That helmet is on the quieter side of helmets though so I think that helps with the whole experience.
I also have a Cardo Pac Talk Black, but I think its kind of broken and for the money I paid it totally was not worth it, it cuts in and out and the sound is pretty muddy all over the spectrum.
So compared to the other sound setups I have owned so far being the Jarvish Smart Helmet, Sena Momentum Pro Smart Helmet (equivalent to Sena 20S tech), the Forcite MK1 Founders Edition, Shoei GT Air with Cardo Pac Talk Slim and my Built Blaze with Cardo Pac Talk Black.
The best sound and communicator I have come across is the Shoei GT Air with the Cardo Pak Talk Slim JBL edition installed.
I have yet to find a helmet music player/communicator that gives good bass response, but then again these are all battery powered and you can really only pull so many watts from these devices to power the speakers. Bass takes power from my past experience, so the devices may always be limited to some extent.
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