Business Stationary Mart - SwiMP3 2007 Version 2 60 Song 256 MB

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Manufacturer: Finis

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Brand: Finis
EAN: 0616323200159
Feature: Bone Conduction Technology for the best sound quality
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Label: Finis
Manufacturer: Finis
Model: SwiMP3
Publisher: Finis
Studio: Finis
Warranty: Manufacturer warranty for 90 days from date of purchase.

Features
Bone Conduction Technology for the best sound quality 60 song capacity (256 MB) - Updated 2007 Model Fully waterproof and can be used with all the competitive swim strokes. Lightweight

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Customer Rating:

Summary: Best Christmas Present EVER
Comment: My wonderful husband gave this to me for Christmas and I used it for the first time today. I LOVE IT!! I wouldn't have even known I was wearing it if it weren't for the music being piped into my head. It's very lightweight, comfortable, and stays put. It does work better if one is wearing earplugs (which is its only downside for me as I hate wearing earplugs) because otherwise the noise of swimming is...well...noisy. My mile FLEW by and if I hadn't had to get back to the office to meet a deadline, I'd've gone another mile!! A great product.

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Summary: swimming to the beat
Comment: Thanks to my Finis SwiMP3v2 player I'm swimming faster and enjoying it more. The product is very easy to use(especially when you have a husband to download your music). I found it is really important to have good ear plugs to eliminate pool noises. The sound quality is pretty amazing. I certainly never expected to have Bob Marley in the pool with me!
Now I know what to get for my son and daughter-in-law for their birthdays.

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Summary: Pretty impressive
Comment: Having used older in-ear water headphones which were only so-so when you could get them to stay in, this is nothing short of fantastic. Realize that the fidelity is not going to be home theater level, or even ipod level, simply because the environment in the pool is so noisy. The sound is clear and is easy to listen to over the (very busy) acoustic noise of the pool. Note that I'm not a competitive swimmer, so I typically alternate between sets of freestyle (an ear always in the water) and breast stroke (my resting stroke, but with ears going in and out of immersion). While the sound will vary as your ears traverse the plane of the water I didn't find it objectionable, and could listen easily.

Two technical items. First, this player appears to require CBR (constant bitrate) MP3s. They recommend (and you can download) a version of MediaMonkey; since I already own MediaMonkey I don't know if the SwimP3 version automatically will transcode your collection. If not, spend the extra [...] and get the gold version from Media Monkey - your music collection will thank you (I've got the lifetime version...it's worth it). Don't go overboard on recoding - 128kb/s is just fine; I promise you'll never hear the artifacts. If you do, you're not swimming fast enough.

One odd personal item. Choose your tempo carefully. I put on Boston for the first workout and came up gasping for breath after 200 yards. If you're not used to swimming with music it's easy to let it increase your pace beyond what you're used to.

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Summary: SwimP3v2 Pretty Good
Comment: I'll start by saying I love being able to listen to MP3s while swimming so this device has been a major improvement in my swim workout. However it's not perfect. It's very expensive for only 256k - I think they ned to make it 1 GB at least. Also there is no way to fast forward or rewind within a song or podcast. Lastly it turns out that swimming is really noisy! The sound of bubbles rushing past my ears when I breathe out blocks the sound of the MP3 even at top volume. They need to increase the maximum volume.

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Summary: Why did I listen to all those good reviews?
Comment: I was about to purchase the more traditional Aquabeat mp3 player, when I decided to pour over all the reviews for the SwiMP3. I was convinced it would be the better player for me to use while doing my lap swimming. I suppose it is possible it is better than the Speedo Aquabeat, but only if the Speedo is really awful.

Seriously people, are their really that many people working at FINIS who were asked/told to write super positive reviews to generate sales? Is that what is going on? The only other explanation I can think of is that buyers are so shocked that the SwiMP3 player works at all, that they post a positive review with no regard to how well it works.

This is what I have to say about the actual performance. It is a cross between a $5 transistor radio, circa 1972, and a pair of those tin cans kids use to connect with a string to talk back and forth.

When I was younger and shopping for high-end audio equipment, the salesmen would always brag about such things as frequency response, saying the speakers or phono cartridge would reproduce frequencies as low as 20 hertz, and as high as 20,000 hertz. You could hear the artists fingers sliding up and down the guitar strings and the crisp high note of a drum stick hitting a symbol, as well as the low organ note or kick drum. The SwiMP3 player sounds like it has a range of maybe 5000 hertz to 5075 hertz. It has no range at all. It has absolutely no bass and no high frequency during playback. It has a very narrow band that it can reproduce, somewhere in the middle range. It also sounds muffled. Maybe as muffled as the Speedo Aquabeat sounds when the users ear canal fills with water while listening to music.

Be careful, you would-be buyers. Shop around. Remember that these reviews could be from Finnis employees. Well, not mine, but that should be obvious.

Editorial Reviews:

The SwiMP3 underwater MP3 player is an incredible audio experience. Imagine listening to hours of your own music during your swim workout. The SwiMP3's innovative sound transfer technology offers exception underwater sound quality. Standard players rely on the transmission of sound through air or water causing the swimmer to perceive only muffled noise. The SwiMP3 uses bone conduction - the direct transfer of sound vibrations from the cheek bone to the inner ear - to provide the swimmer with exceptional sound clarity. The SwiMP3 is fully waterproof and can be used with all the competitive swim strokes. How Does It Work? The new SwiMP3 is revolutionary in that it relies on bone conduction of sound. When the device is placed on any bones of the skull (i.e. the cheek bones or the mastoid tip) it leads to vibration of the fluid in the inner ear. Thus swimmers can enjoy clarity of sound with the SwiMP3 device that was never before possible. Bone conduction hearing is a safe, well-established hearing mechanism in humans that the SwiMP3 player leverages to enhance aquatic activity. Finis's application of the technology brings an entirely new level of experience to swimmers, either while working out or taking a leisurely swim. Safe and Proven Technology Bone conduction hearing is essentially an ancient sensory capability that the new SwiMP3 leverages to enhance the experience of swimmers, triathletes, surfers, synchronized swimmers and anyone involved in general water activities. It is a safe, proven technology that the SwiMP3 offers to the wide audience of aquatic athletes. Additional Info: PC and Mac Compatible 256 MB Rechargable Battery. New updated 2007 model = 60 Song Capicity. New Features of this Version 2 model include: New Sleek Design, Plays both WMA and MP3 files, Pause and Resume Function, Shuffle Songs.