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Formula 1 drivers - in ears ?

post #1 of 16
6/13/11 at 3:04pm
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does anyone know what these guys are using ?  they all walk around with things that look like in-ears headphones, if they indeed are, they ought to be pretty good, at least in terms of noise reductions ....

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post #2 of 16
7/15/11 at 12:42pm
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dudes ?!?

 

Anyone has a clue ?

 

It looks like there one brand that seems to cater to F1, ACS which seems pretty good.

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post #3 of 16
7/15/11 at 1:36pm

yes they are IEM's, they get information from their pit crew wile racing around the track, plus noise isolation, in regards to who manufactures their IEM's, try Google.

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post #4 of 16
7/20/11 at 1:09pm
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thx for no help and trust me I heard of google before, why would I post here !?  because google did not help doh.

 



 

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Originally Posted by cybertec69 View Post

yes they are IEM's, they get information from their pit crew wile racing around the track, plus noise isolation, in regards to who manufactures their IEM's, try Google.



 

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post #5 of 16
7/20/11 at 2:36pm

My Google works wink.gif and came up with these...

http://www.riedel.net/LinkClick.aspx?link=Downloads%2FBroschures%2FRiedel_Headsets_EN.pdf&mid=0&language=en-US

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post #6 of 16
7/20/11 at 4:58pm

Remember that its like flight headsets.

 

They are absolutly usless for music for the simple reason that they are designed to carry specific frequencies and block everything else out to make comunication easier.

Emphasis on the midrange/voice while trying to suppress everything else so the driver can be clearly heard over the engine and wind noises.

And the same for the pit crew. filtering noises from the garage. near by machinery or the track itself.

 

If they used full range headphones and mics they would be totaly usless for the driver and pitcrew.

 

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post #7 of 16
7/20/11 at 5:07pm

Riedel, huh?

 

And yeah, I agree with the above post, these guys are not listening to music ou there... ;)

 

I read a review on the UE18Pro though, and that was called "The Formula 1 car of custom IEM's" ;)

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post #8 of 16
7/20/11 at 7:18pm
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Originally Posted by giovanni View Post

does anyone know what these guys are using ?  they all walk around with things that look like in-ears headphones, if they indeed are, they ought to be pretty good, at least in terms of noise reductions ....


I can't say what any given driver is using, but I do know that Future Sonics was hired to make in-ears for pro race drivers...I don't know if it was F1 or what though.

 

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post #9 of 16
7/21/11 at 4:58am

I have a cousin whoworks as a race engineer in F1. He told me they wear scullcandys. Also he told me that ferrari's pit crew wears beats by dre

MonsterA101.jpg


Edited by Angelopsaro - 7/21/11 at 5:10am
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post #10 of 16
7/21/11 at 5:09am

Looks like a kids toy =p  Of course sports events require sponsors.

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post #11 of 16
7/21/11 at 6:20am
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this makes sense, but do you know such is indeed the case for F1 drivers ?  It would be great to find out who the makers are of these things, seems easy ...

 

I was wondering about this because by the mere look of it, those monitors seem to cover a much larger portion of the ear compared with the regular IEMs hence suggesting greater insulation from outside noise.  I am wondering what IEMs out there offer the best isolation.  I had much higher expectations with the JH13, I want better.  ACS I think might have something to do with F1.

 

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Originally Posted by Aevum View Post

Remember that its like flight headsets.

 

They are absolutly usless for music for the simple reason that they are designed to carry specific frequencies and block everything else out to make comunication easier.

Emphasis on the midrange/voice while trying to suppress everything else so the driver can be clearly heard over the engine and wind noises.

And the same for the pit crew. filtering noises from the garage. near by machinery or the track itself.

 

If they used full range headphones and mics they would be totaly usless for the driver and pitcrew.

 



 

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post #12 of 16
7/21/11 at 6:22am
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yheaa right, that truly looks like an IEM, dumb !

 

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Originally Posted by Angelopsaro View Post

I have a cousin whoworks as a race engineer in F1. He told me they wear scullcandys. Also he told me that ferrari's pit crew wears beats by dre

MonsterA101.jpg



 

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post #13 of 16
7/21/11 at 6:52am

I can't believe how desperate they are for sponsorships when many of those who have both Beats and Ferraris probably can't even drive a manual tranny. Or ut 22" chrome rims on a car whose stock 19" alloy wheels were specifically designed not just to accomodate the brakes, but to funnel air to the discs and lightweight enough so as not to hinder braking performance.

 

In any case, the only Ferrari I'm looking to own within my lifetime (even if I win the lottery or cash in on the stock market) is the 456GT, so suffice to say I'm another type of sucker. Like I probably will buy a $500 fountain pen that can write upside down when my own wrist doesn't like the idea, but it looks great signing something with a Porsche pen and then drive off in a Carrera S  tongue.gif  (in my dreams)


Edited by ProtegeManiac - 7/21/11 at 6:53am
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post #14 of 16
7/21/11 at 11:00am

yes i hope skull candy and "dr dre" make their race team equipment better than their usual stuff. like attach the cables properly and whatnot.

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post #15 of 16
7/21/11 at 11:02am
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Originally Posted by giovanni View Post

yheaa right, that truly looks like an IEM, dumb !

 



 


Who said beats by dre are iems?blink.gif i said they wear scullcandys.very_evil_smiley.gif pfff dumb..

 

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