Blue tooth helmets.
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Blue tooth helmets.
Ok, I like my tunes. Have a boom audio on my street glide and it is awesome under 30 MPH. Just ask the guy pumping gas at the pumps on the side of the road as I pass buy!
Curse me as a audiophile, I do not care. I like to feel my music in my spine.
Situation is that above 30 or 40 MPH, doesn't matter how high I turn the volume up, cannot hear it. Worse when I wear a modular helmet in cold weather.
Tired of going without.
Looking at the LS2 Avantage X with blue tooth Carbon helmet. Whoa! 900 bucks!
My question, does the bluetooth speakers in blue tooth helmets work that good?
Thank you in advance.
Regards,
Crankster
Curse me as a audiophile, I do not care. I like to feel my music in my spine.
Situation is that above 30 or 40 MPH, doesn't matter how high I turn the volume up, cannot hear it. Worse when I wear a modular helmet in cold weather.
Tired of going without.
Looking at the LS2 Avantage X with blue tooth Carbon helmet. Whoa! 900 bucks!
My question, does the bluetooth speakers in blue tooth helmets work that good?
Thank you in advance.
Regards,
Crankster
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Ok, I like my tunes. Have a boom audio on my street glide and it is awesome under 30 MPH. Just ask the guy pumping gas at the pumps on the side of the road as I pass buy!
Curse me as a audiophile, I do not care. I like to feel my music in my spine.
Situation is that above 30 or 40 MPH, doesn't matter how high I turn the volume up, cannot hear it. Worse when I wear a modular helmet in cold weather.
Tired of going without.
Looking at the LS2 Avantage X with blue tooth Carbon helmet. Whoa! 900 bucks!
My question, does the bluetooth speakers in blue tooth helmets work that good?
Thank you in advance.
Regards,
Crankster
Curse me as a audiophile, I do not care. I like to feel my music in my spine.
Situation is that above 30 or 40 MPH, doesn't matter how high I turn the volume up, cannot hear it. Worse when I wear a modular helmet in cold weather.
Tired of going without.
Looking at the LS2 Avantage X with blue tooth Carbon helmet. Whoa! 900 bucks!
My question, does the bluetooth speakers in blue tooth helmets work that good?
Thank you in advance.
Regards,
Crankster
I may be able to help - but, would like a little more information. First, while you mentioned you have a boom box - there are several out there. So, what year is your bike (does it have the GTS boom?
Next, if your current helmet is doing well, when buy a Bluetooth helmet - just add something like a Cardo PackTalk edge to your current headgear. This way, you can also switch from your different helmets. Just install the second helmet kit and the primary unit snaps right in.
I asked about your bike because I was wondering if you just wanted the music from your phone - or, music form your bike too. The more info I have, I think the more I can provide. Plus, others here have some great ideas.
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We use blue tooth helmets. Ours work, sound great until about 50-55 mph. Near fifty, we start to hear wind noise and while we can still hear the music, it gets more washed out until about 70 mph when even max volume is needed over road noise. It ain’t a car.
I also miss my iPod, my music, my tunes, my choice. Not some streaming giants category filler. That said, I’ve searched for my iPod and I probably left it somewhere a decade ago when I did not realize how great it was to be my music and only my music.
Okay, each morning, I check HD forum, have a a cup of Jo and make a comment. Now, let my day begin.
Added: Oh one thing I did for the ear speakers in several helmets and we have had several brands of Bluetooth units was to raise the ear speakers closer to the ear by making a pad. The ear speakers, whether cardio or Sena or Bluetooth helmet have the ear speakers comfortably away from your ear to “fit” everyone. I moved mine closer to my ear but not touching. It helps. Probably the best advice is to ride you bike at 65-70 mph with different helmets. Then use the one with the least wind noise. That helped me a lot. Not just how it fit my shaped head, but how it handled the wind from your setup. I have a recurves windscreen, handguards, lowers, so some helmets are a lot quieter than others. That is the best place to start for Bluetooth ear speakers.
I also miss my iPod, my music, my tunes, my choice. Not some streaming giants category filler. That said, I’ve searched for my iPod and I probably left it somewhere a decade ago when I did not realize how great it was to be my music and only my music.
Okay, each morning, I check HD forum, have a a cup of Jo and make a comment. Now, let my day begin.
Added: Oh one thing I did for the ear speakers in several helmets and we have had several brands of Bluetooth units was to raise the ear speakers closer to the ear by making a pad. The ear speakers, whether cardio or Sena or Bluetooth helmet have the ear speakers comfortably away from your ear to “fit” everyone. I moved mine closer to my ear but not touching. It helps. Probably the best advice is to ride you bike at 65-70 mph with different helmets. Then use the one with the least wind noise. That helped me a lot. Not just how it fit my shaped head, but how it handled the wind from your setup. I have a recurves windscreen, handguards, lowers, so some helmets are a lot quieter than others. That is the best place to start for Bluetooth ear speakers.
Last edited by son of the hounds; May 1, 2026 at 07:23 AM.
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OP I'll say MANY things will impact how well you can enjoy music on a sled.
The two biggest are windshield height and exhaust noise. A windshield that puts the windstream over your head and a quieter exhaust will make ANY sound system easier to listen to. As others have mentioned using spacers to keep the speakers in your helmet up against your ear helps a LOT. I have a recurve windhshield and moderate mufflers and I can hear either my helmet speakers or stereo at any speed I travel at (granted my stereo is probably beefier than yours).
So in a nutshell almost any headset can sound pretty good if you have the speakers up against your ears and keep your head out of the windstream (and don't have super loud exhaust). I forgot to mention the helmet speakers I use are in a 3/4 helmet, not a full face.
Good luck.
The two biggest are windshield height and exhaust noise. A windshield that puts the windstream over your head and a quieter exhaust will make ANY sound system easier to listen to. As others have mentioned using spacers to keep the speakers in your helmet up against your ear helps a LOT. I have a recurve windhshield and moderate mufflers and I can hear either my helmet speakers or stereo at any speed I travel at (granted my stereo is probably beefier than yours).
So in a nutshell almost any headset can sound pretty good if you have the speakers up against your ears and keep your head out of the windstream (and don't have super loud exhaust). I forgot to mention the helmet speakers I use are in a 3/4 helmet, not a full face.
Good luck.
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Plus, now that I know you have a 2016 SGS, I wanted to add a little more details that you might find very useful. The SGS does not come with a headset plug - however, under your fairing, there is a plug that allows you to install a headset.
With the advent of wireless headsets, like the PackTalk Edge, you can not install a J&M Dongle in the receptacle under your fairing. What that does is make your bike feel/eem like you have a WHIM (Wireless Headset Interface Module) on your bike.
What this means is when you install this, all of your bike functions will work on your Cardo headset. As an example - if you are using the boom boxx maps, all of those directions will be heard in your headset. If you turn your FM radio on - you hear that in your headsets. Any music on your flash drive will go right into your headset. Plus, you can toggle the volume up or down on your bike - and you will hear the change in your headset.
If you are strictly doing this for music, then just pair the phone with your headset and, all of your music will come right through.
Hope this helps
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