I use a Tribit stormbox - good bass and compact but will blast out all day. People really hear you coming and get out of the way. Oh and it's waterproof, ideal for the sauna or pool chillin' after hard days skiing or for the days of driving rain at 2500 meters that we've had this winter. No need to dress in one of those ESF "serial killer" ponchos to keep your boombox dry.
I use a Tribit stormbox - good bass and compact but will blast out all day. People really hear you coming and get out of the way.
Have the beats ever been known to set off a slide?
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
hang11 wrote:
Any recommendations?
Looking for something loud with good bass, decent battery life, that can take a beating and will fit inside a 20 litre pack?
Not for skiing though, eh?
Nobody loves music more than me (punk and other rock, in particular) but I wouldn't dream of inflicting my tastes on others on the slopes.
After all it is free
After all it is free
@Bergmeister, don’t worry I exclusively ride a snowboard
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jmr59 wrote:
davidof wrote:
I use a Tribit stormbox - good bass and compact but will blast out all day. People really hear you coming and get out of the way.
Have the beats ever been known to set off a slide?
Only in Switzerland, I think
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So..... We use a speaker on one day of skiing / on the slopes. Mostly cheese/disco tunes to be honest.
An Ultimate Ears Megaboom one.
I've looked at the B&O ones which look good, there are a couple of those which look good.. I was tempted by the Explore over the A1 but we only use it occasionally as opposed to all the time.
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hang11 wrote:
@Bergmeister, don’t worry I exclusively ride a snowboard
Things just go from bad to worse!
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
Do they come with The App that only allows terrible French language rap tunes?
That app has done well for its owners, I've never heard anything except french rap from any backpack speakers.
So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
No backpack speakers heard in Les Saisies last week - there's clearly a huge market here just waiting to be exploited. I look forward to spreading a little love next season with "Etoile des Neiges" on repeat.
You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.
@pam w, I’ve never seen one in the wild but really want to play ride of the valkyries really really loud as I scream up behind nervous skiers on narrow cat tracks with my heal side edge making loads of loud scraping noises as I push all the snow off to the side.
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
@hang11, surely you just want to sit down in the middle of the piste, just over the brow of a rise and spark up a blunt. That's where it's at brah.
Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead
pam w wrote:
No backpack speakers heard in Les Saisies last week.
Heard one today.
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Philistines the lot of you, horrible euro trash blasting out on the slope.
I have someone follow me around with this, Beethoven, Strauss, Schubert, Mozart, occasionally some contemporary jazz.
My choice isn't eurotrash, @ansta1, it depends on the season. Last week, obviously as it was Holy Week, it was the Bach Passions - St John and St Matthew. People do get a bit tired of the recitative.......
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
@pam w, indeed, I fancy ride of the valkyries on a particularly steep and fast run, though the piano guy does have trouble keeping up on the bumpy stuff. I have been know to request a string section to sit on top when I want a gentle cruise and for that I like something like barber's Adair for strings.
Feeling a little turn then night on a bear mountain works.
Haven't gone as far as a brass section to so far as I feel both the altitude and physical excertion will reduce the overall sound quality.
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