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Battery life is merely OK, and for the best audio you’ve really got to listen loud – at which point anyone nearby will be listening in as well. Ergonomics could also be a little better, and the competition promises better water resistance too.
Sure, there’s practically no sub-bass, but the upper region is decently punchy, especially on higher volumes. Powered by a lightweight rechargeable battery, the O Bones® can deliver up to eight hours of listening time and can be fully charged within an hour using the USB-C cable included. The headphones voice control is compatible with Bluetooth 5.0, Siri/Google Assistant for truly hands-free use. The earphones also include a 16mm speaker that Orange claims is “over spec’ed” to be capable of 75mW as the amplifier maker claims their studies of other bone conduction earphones led them to take an approach that emphasises audio fidelity. Orange Amplification is delighted to add the O Bones ® wireless headphones to its range. Using state-of-the-art bone conduction technology, they transmit audio waves via facial bones to deliver clear, clean mid and high pitch frequencies as well as deep, rich bass tones.Like most bone-conducting headphones, the Orange O Bones have only essential features. Those involve onboard controls and a built-in mic. The person on the other side of the line should still understand what you’re saying. However, try avoiding making long phone or video calls with the O Bones. The built-in mic is positioned on the bottom of the right transducer, directly facing your mouth. However, it doesn’t offer the best quality. Even in a quiet room, O Bones make your voice somewhat muffled and compressed.
Interestingly, the shy treble doesn’t hurt the imaging accuracy. You can very distinctly hear sounds moving from left to right. As long as you aren’t listening to cymbals. Remembering to plug in isn’t always a given, though. There’s a red LED that flashes when you’re running low, but it’s impossible to see while you’re wearing the headphones – something we tend to do before actually turning them on. Shokz does it far better by audibly confirming how much charge you’ve got left every time you power them on.One of these occasionallys happened last week: an amp head showed up at Orange HQ wrapped in a home-sewn leather cover with an accompanying note from the original owner. The amp had been kept in storage for a while, the note explained, but now the owner was looking to give it to his son, a promising guitarist. Before he did that, though, he wanted to have the unit looked at by our expert technicians, and so here it was with us. Furthermore, O Bones charge via USB-C, unlike their competition Shokz, which insists on proprietary charging ports. Moving to the soundstage, it’s big, pushing sounds further out of your head. However, a big soundstage only works well when paired with good detail. In this case, it only makes you feel like you’re listening to music in an echoey hall. Sound quality isn’t bone conduction’s strength.
Even the indoor range is impressive, receiving the signal up to 60 feet (or 18.2 meters) in the distance. Bone conduction’s main purpose is to safely listen to music while jogging on the streets and not sonic fidelity. Unless you’re a mobile gamer, you can enjoy a lag-free watching experience. That means on both Android and iOS, as well as Windows computers. O Bones bone conduction headphones use Bluetooth 5.0, which is quite reliable. There are no random stutters when using the headphones close to your transmitting device.
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Furthermore, ear plugs drastically boost the bass, making the sound overly muddy and bloated. Midrange: Quite sharp in the upper region Alongside that, though, was one of the first outings of the soon-to-be-famous Orange hieroglyphs, with a charming accidentally reversed bass clef symbol to represent the low end, and the now-familiar clenched-fist symbol to indicate what future amps would simply call “punch”. The soft rubber cushions of the O Bones® headphones are designed to sit on facial bones just in front of the user’s ears. The vibrations created by music, voices and other sounds are then gently transmitted through the bones rather than air movement.
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