Sony - Bluetooth Wireless Neckband Speaker - Charcoal Gray

My son found them online, I went to Best Buy found two one for my son and I, they are so light you forget you are wesring them, uou can have the volume so low that you can hear and people standing 3feet away can’t hear, also when working in an office these are great because you don’t have to wear the annoying ones that go directly into your ears, I sold my Technics for these best decision I have made battery is great on this and light and great sound! i need to buy two more for my wife and daughter, I also showed my co-workers they were very impressed.

Pretty clear and light just not great in a loud environment gets drowned out pretty easily and lacks some Bass

This is a perfect gadget for those who want the benefits of having headphone like experience without the need to cover your ears. Maybe a niche area, but this fulfilled my need for a speaker device that I can walk around my condo while being able to hear what I want around me. Perfect for: Okay, this is not for ground breaking sound quality. It has an okay to good sound quality, definitely not as good as headphones for music and not as good as dedicated speakers. BUT! That's not what this is for! This is for the in between. I use this primarily as a headset replacement for long term virtual communication. I can walk around my condo WITHOUT losing contact with whomever I'm talking to while also not losing sound awareness or having anything hanging off or pressing on my ear. If you work from home and need to constantly be on a call/telecon, this will save your ears from anything pressing them or hanging off them and your hands from carrying things around. Also perfect for those long gaming sessions with online friends where you can stay connected while walking around and still listening to whatever you're listening too. The good: Light! You almost forget you have it on. Sound, loud enough for the wearer to hear without being blatantly loud. What it does! It's perfect for those who need headsets to talk to people but hate headsets. Long battery life. I can go like 3 days without recharging this. Noise cancelation; I can listen to my music, games, etc in the background and no one on the call can hear it unless it is obscenely loud.

The Sony NB10 Bluetooth Wireless Neckband Speaker is a new tool for use in the workplace environment or most situations where personalized audio is required. After trying out this unit for a few days in these types of situations, here are the pros and cons. This neckband is extremely light weight. My scale weighed it at just 3.9oz or just under .25lbs which means Sony’s claim is accurate. When you place it on your shoulders, you can barely feel it once you get used to it. The shape is ok for most body types but I can see where maybe issues might arise for very large individuals. Also the speaker placement might move from person to person slightly due to shape/size of their body. They will be in the general vicinity of directly under your ear, however. The microphones are very good. I made several calls from Zoom and also traditional phone calls with no complaints whatsoever. I even listed to someone wearing this unit to hear for myself on the phone and the audio was probably better than a regular cell phone microphone in all honesty. The controls on the unit itself are volume up and down, play/pause, mic mute, and power on/off. I think the placement is good for aesthetics but since the unit is so small they really didn’t have a choice. The speaker quality is really where I am disappointed in this product. Sony states “A full range speaker unit with upward-firing speaker placement and a passive radiator bring excellent sound quality and minimal feedback to everything from work calls to your favorite music and podcasts”. I believe the speakers on this unit are some of the flattest sounding I have ever heard. They clearly favor voice rather than any sort of midrange or bass. Using them for any type of listening outside of phone calls/video calls is honestly not pleasurable. I have another product which integrates speakers into sunglass and projects them into the ear without touching the ear and they sound 10x better than these. Sure they sit closer but the NB10 has larger drivers. Overall, I am somewhat disappointed in the audio quality of the NB10. I realize these are targeted specifically for workplace use but most buyers would likely use them outside of that area as well. If you plan to use them for music while walking, listening to TV, or for other general entrainment listening, I would have to consider other headphone options. If you want/need the touch free, open air, lightweight listening/call experience for phone calls only and something with good microphones, then this is one of the only options I am aware of and it does it fairly well. Pros: • Light • Quality Build • USB C Fast Charge/Battery Life • Dedicated Mute and Volume Buttons • Microphone Quality • IPX4 Water Resistant Cons: • Speaker Sound Very Flat • Sound Leakage to Others (Past 40% or so)

Sony Bluetooth Wireless Neckband Speaker Charcoal Gray When it comes to Bluetooth speakers that you can use to connect to your phone or listen to your music (or both), it just doesn’t get any simpler than this. With this Sony Neckband Speaker, you no longer have to worry about those pesky earbuds falling out of your ears, as has happened to me (and may others I’ve talked to) numerous times. And you don’t need to have to clip anything to your glasses, as you do with Frames. Charging is done via the supplied USB cable. Once fully charged, you can expect to get up to 20 hours of use, and a quick 10-minute charge will give you another 60 minutes of use, so power management shouldn’t be a problem. After connecting the neckband speaker to your devices via Bluetooth (you can connect it to both your phone and computer), you simply place this lightweight device around your neck and you’re good to go. After that, it connects reliably without any effort on your part whenever it’s turned on and in reach of your phone or other paired device. It has handy raised dedicated buttons for mute, volume, and power, so your operational choices are easy to identify and quick to implement. Since it’s a new product, some folks might ask about that “thing” around your neck when you’re out in public. Whenever folks asked me about it, I explained what it was and let them put it on their shoulders and listen to the music I was playing. I then got remarks such as “I love it.” and “Neat. I want one of those.”. Since it’s a new product, early adapters may experience the same inquiring reaction for a little while, but I expect these things will become mainstream pretty fast, so I don’t think you’ll be getting those questions for very long. The incoming sound quality is excellent, since the speaker placement is directed upward, towards your ears. And there are two microphones to make sure that your outgoing voice quality is clear during your phone calls. If you play your music at full blast, like I sometimes do, nearby folks may be able to hear it, but if you keep your volume at mid-levels, you’ll be able to hear just fine, but other folks won’t. And when you have strong background sounds, like loud traffic on busy streets or the waves crashing ashore in my daily beach walks, with full volume, some folks could hear the cars and waves in the background, but they stated that my voice was still strong and clear, and that, despite being able to hear the background noises, they didn’t interfere with our conversations. While I’m no longer a daily runner, I did want to see if the speaker might come off when a user was running. I jogged for a few blocks, and, while there was a slight bit of movement, there never was any discomfort or threat of the unit coming off. And it’s good to know that the unit has a splash-resistant rating of IPX4, so it’s suitable for everyday use and can stand up to splashes and sweat. Finally, Sony’s literature claims that it’s so light that you’ll forget you’re wearing it. I wore it for long stretches of more than eight hours and still couldn’t feel it. In fact, I found myself reaching for it more than once during that time, just to make sure that I still had it on and hadn’t lost it. So, I can assure you that that Sony claim is certainly true. At $149, you’d expect top quality, and this Sony Wireless Neckband Speaker delivers. Highly recommended.