{"id":7319,"date":"2012-10-24T06:50:26","date_gmt":"2012-10-24T13:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=7319"},"modified":"2013-03-12T15:51:12","modified_gmt":"2013-03-12T22:51:12","slug":"etymotics-ety%e2%80%a2com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/etymotics-ety%e2%80%a2com\/","title":{"rendered":"Etymotic&#8217;s ETY\u2022COM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I work in areas that are usually quite noisy, and using cell phones is inherent to getting things done. I&#8217;ve previously reported on the <a href=\"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/pilots-bluetoot\/\">BluLink pilot&#8217;s grade Bluetooth headset<\/a> &#8211; and it&#8217;s terrific.<\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s also large and dang expensive. Other &#8220;noise managing&#8221; Bluetooth headsets have varying degrees of working, and none I&#8217;ve tried are close to satisfactory. Plus, they usually have inadequate batteries and die halfway through a work day.<\/p>\n<p>Great alternative: The ETY\u2022COM headset is wired (no batteries), small, light and inexpensive. And its &#8220;insert earphone&#8221; works well to block outside noise and its &#8220;close-talking directional microphone&#8221; limits noise too, especially with the foam windscreen on it.<\/p>\n<p>I carry both the BluLink giant and the ETY\u2022COM mini. They both work as intended (the big one&#8217;s the ultimate winner in audio quality), but the Etymotic model keeps almost $400 in your pocket &#8211; along with the headset &#8211; and gets things done almost as well.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a good way to keep your sanity when using your cell in a noisy place.<\/p>\n<div class='ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix'><\/div><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cellphone headset for noisy conditions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7319"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7319"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7340,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7319\/revisions\/7340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}