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Single Earbud Combines Both STEREO Channels So They are Heard in One Ear

BONUS: It works with Both MONO & STEREO Audio Products

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Stereo Sound Combined for One Ear Hearing
Introducing the "1BUD Classic"

  • Patent Pending Technology Combines the Sound of the Left and Right Stereo Channels producing the Mixed Audio in a Single Earbud
  • The 1BUD will work with both STEREO and MONO audio products without the need for any kind of adapter or switch
  • Great for Bicyclists, Marathon Runners, Pedestrians, Drivers, Motorcyclists, Joggers and those who wish to hear their stereo audio in one single earbud, leaving the other ear free to hear traffic and communicate with others
  • People who are Hearing Impaired in One Ear will Be Happy to Finally Have Found an Earbud that will help them to enjoy Stereo Music from both channels of their iPod
  • Not only is this the only Single Stereo Earbud, but it's ability to work with both Stereo and Mono audio sources makes this Earbud truly unique
  • The Frequency Range of this Specialty Earbud Helps to Retain the Stereo Quality Audio and Clarity - You Will Be Amazed!
  • Most people who have cautiously bought only 1 or 2 of these Single Stereo Earbuds have raved about how they exceeded their expectations - Then they ordered a few more of these1-BUD Earphones for their friends

Our newest Earbud is a black colored single Earbud that will really benefit those who must listen to audio in one ear only. Those who are hearing impaired and others who must hear and communicate with those that surround them will all benefit from this dramatic technological audio breakthrough. Our new Single Stereo Earbud utilizes our own patent pending technology and as an added bonus, our Single Stereo Earbud will work with both Stereo and Mono audio sources.

Typically, when you plug a mono Headphone or Earbud into a stereo jack, you will only hear audio in the Left ear, as the Right channel is actually being shorted out. That's not good for your iPod or other stereo devices. Don't let the 3-conductor plug fool you, as this Earbud works equally well as a Single Stereo Earbud or as a Single Mono Earbud.

There are no known Earbuds or Headphones which are commercially made which can work in both Stereo and Mono devices without some kind of a switch. No switch is needed with our streamlined design, and Single Stereo Earbud can be plugged into Mono devices such as Listening Aids (used in many Churches and Theaters), Pocket Talkers, Walkie Talkies, Tape Recorders, Dictation Machines, Portable TV's, Weather Radios, Scanners and AM Radios to function equally well as a Single Mono Earbud.

This new Single Stero Earbud can also be plugged into Stereo devices such as Desktop Computers, Laptop Computers, iPods, MP-3 Players, Stereo Televisions, Treadmill Entertainment Systems, Automobile Entertainment Systems, etc., and it will sum both the Left and Right Channels so that you can hear both channels in a single Earphone.

SPECIFICATIONS:

  • COLOR: Black
  • EARTIP: Rubber Eartip fits into Ear Canal
  • LENGTH: 48-inches
  • PLUG: Utilizes a 90-Degree Angle Plug, 3.5mm (1/8 inch) 3-Conductor Plug with a Rugged Strain Relief
  • COMPATABILITY: Works with STEREO and MONO Audio Devices that have a 1/8-inch or 3.5mm subminiature audio jack (common to all iPods, Portable DVD Players, CD Players, Tape Recorders, Laptops, Desktop Computers, AM Radios, portable TV's, Dictation Machines and most Exercise Equipment Entertainment Systems)
  • DESIGN: Quality constructed to work for Military and Commercial applications, so they will stand up to active use and continue to perform. The contoured earpiece makes it easy to push the Earbud into the ear canal with your forefinger. The 90-degree plug will help to protect the plug from breakage and keep the jack intact during athletic use. The black color makes it fairly easy to conceal the fact that you are wearing an Earbud.
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Scan Sound, Inc. is now offering a Hi-End Version of the popular 1-BUD.

Some of these new Earphones are specifically made for the iPhone, so you can switch to take incoming phone calls and listen to music in the interim.

For More information on the Pro-Series 1-BUD Earphones shown below, Click Here

 
Pro-Series Earphones  Stereo Earphones
 
iPhone Compatible If you are looking for a 1-BUD Headset style Earphone that will combine both Left and Right Audio Channels and enable you to take/make phone calls from the iPhone, please view our Left-BUD-Mobile and Right-BUD-Mobile on the Pro-Series Earphones page
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Compatibility Information (Updated April 14th)
The 1-BUD Classic Earphone is known to have an incompatibility issue at the present time with the Sansa and some Creative brand MP-3 Players. We have developed a 1-BUD Rx that is now available. All of the Pro-Series Earphones are Compatable with ALL MP3 Player Models. Our 1-BUD Classic Earbud (above) has performed extremely well with all Apple iPod MP3 Models, the Apple iPhone 3G and Sony MP-3 Players.
 
     
TESTIMONIALS and CUSTOMER COMMENTS
On July 5, 2009
Kellie M, Las Vegas, NV
I ride a Harley and wanted to listen to my MP3 player in one ear and keep the other ear open to hear the sounds of the road, other vehicles, etc. Bought the 1-BUD RX for my Sansa and it worked great! Stereo in one ear! Now I have an Ipod and am ordering 1-BUD Pro. I have recommended this website to everyone that rides with an MP3 player or Ipod. Awesome product! Thanks!  
On May 25, 2009, Gary Wrote Thank you Barry for the earphone that you sent to me . It is excellent, the sound is great and it is my favorite way way of listening to the radio and MP3 files as I drive. I assume that you sent it as a replacement for the first one that I bought from you that never functioned properly. I didn't ask for a replacement but you sent one anyway which puts you in a rare class of humans as: a Man of integrity. I was brought up to always deal honorably with people by my father as he was a veteran it seems appropriate to remember him by thanking you for your honorable dealing with your customer this day. I have been called a fool by "friends" acquaintances, and even some of my family (not my father) by always trying to deal fairly with people. As you probably know one can not attribute or claim honor and integrity to ones self it must be attributed by another. Therefore I attribute these qualities to you from my point of view. I hope you continue and prosper in business.  
On May 28, 2009 RG of San Francisco, CA Wrote: Works great with the Zune MP3 player for listening to podcasts while walking outdoors, preserving left-ear hearing for ambient sounds.  
On April 27, 2009 at 8:54 PM, Tom T. wrote: Your product is simply INCREDIBLE! I was diagnosed earlier this year with a large acoustic neuroma (a brain tumor located in the inner ear). The surgery destroyed the hearing in my right ear. I love music, video games, and watching movies on my computer and my computer is in the same room as my television. I will normally listen on my ear buds to keep from bothering other family members that are in the same room. I was very upset, thinking that I would only be able to listen to half of the sound or mono sound. I searched the internet hoping that someone had the technology to make some kind of single sided head phone or ear bud that would have stereo capabilities. I was elated when I found your website claiming that you had the stereo single ear buds. I ordered one for my left ear and just received it today and immediately plugged it in to my iPod. My wife said that I had tears in my eyes when I heard the music. The ear buds produce an incredibly rich stereo ! sound. I hear sounds that I can't hear on my computer or television speakers. I wish that I had ordered 2 of them. You have a customer for life.  
On Nov 13, 2007, at 4:06 PM, Chris Steves wrote:

Barry,

I got the earbuds yesterday and I was surprised by the sound quality. These have already improved my lifestyle. I can listen to things in private and hear the whole gamut of what I'm supposed to hear. IPod sounds great, Zune sounds great, my Computer at work sounds good too, and without disturbing the people around me.

I think your price point is right on too. I've already told a bunch of friends about them. Good luck!

Thanks,

Chris Steves
A/V Department

 

November 13, 2007

Barry,
Would you please send us 50 more. Also, would you provide us with ship date, estimated arrival date?

Thanks,
Brent

 
MikieB wrote:

I have scoured the internet for this solution, about 3 hours a day for a week before I found you.... ...I will be going to many message threads and introducing this product to people just like me. I have Menieres disease, it has left 95% deaf in my left ear. I recieved an MP3 player for Christmas and it is a very nice one, the problem being deaf in one ear is that I miss out on one of the stereo channels, the problem with mono conversion is that is leaves the music flat and lifeless. I was praying for someone that has a product that pipes both stereo channels into one earbud.

Sorry I don't mean to be a pain, but I am really excited about this being what I have dreamed of for years. For someone who loves music as much as I do becoming deaf in one ear has been a real curse. Trying to make people understand what I want from a set of earbuds or headphones has been equally frustrating. Believe me there are thousands of unilateral (deaf in one ear) people like me out there who do understand though, and like I said if this product does truly pipe both seperated channels into one bud you are going to be a millionaire. People who have lost hearing in one ear will even love this for more than just there mp3 players. I have a Pro Tools music studio in my basement and since going deaf in one ear using my 300 hundred dollar sennheiser's to mix music late at night (so I don't keep my wife from sleeping) is worthless, a product like yours would help moniter the mix so much better, I would have to guess about panning channels left and right but I have done this long enough that my imagination will work for that one. Here is just one example of the people I have talked to in message threads. I don't even know this guy but his like a kindred friend just from listenting to his message.

True Toneone: I am deaf in one ear, and I also know many other people who are either deaf or nearly deaf in one ear. For decades I have been frustrated at listening to music through headphones (and now earbuds) and only being able to hear part of the music. Reformatting music into mono doesn't help because the sound quality goes way down. I think it is simple and easy for someone to develop a single earbud and connects both stereo streams of music into the single bud. This would allow all those, like me, who are deaf or nearly deaf in one ear to hear all of the music we love....

...You are the only company I have found that appears to have the perfect product for me and many like me. A friend of mine is a jogger and she is very attractive she no longer wheres her MP3 player because she was attacked on a trail one day near her home. She said if she could have had one ear open she would have heard her attacker and maybe would have avoided being tackled. She was ok because some other people came up and scared the attacker away. I told her about my problem and she said it would solve hers too and she is not even impaired in one ear like me. My son said he would bye one and listen to his MP3 in his car because he could also here what was going on around him while he was driving. This device would appeal to many people. I can't believe somone has not picked up on this idea already.

 
Brant Starkey
Mingo Junction, Ohio
I just want to say thank you, thank you, thank you for creating a single earbud with stereo sound. I have been without hearing in my left ear since I've been three months old. Since I've never known anything but 95% hearing loss in that ear, it is something I have learned to tolerate. However, after receiving an iPod for my birthday, and listening to only half the music, I decided that enough was enough. I was willing to buy a mono earbud, if only to get all the music in one bud. Sound quality, I thought, was something I was going to have to sacrifice. Then, I stumbled on to your website after a Google search. I am so glad I did. For the first time in my life, I have both channels filtering into my one good ear. It is such a new idea (to me) that I find reasons to listen to my iPod even when I don't have one. The sound quality is fantastic. It isn't tinny in the least . I am pleased and satisifed with the bass and overall richness of the sound. Again, thank you so much. So long as you continue to produce these earbuds, you will have a loyal customer in me.  

John
Clearwater, Florida
September 11, 2008

I received the earbuds today. I'm 51 years old and I've been completely dear in my right ear for 43 years. I used the earbud tonight with my ipod; I nearly wept. Thank you so much for this product. Thank you.

Sincerely, John

 
K. Reed
Booneville, Mississippi
I have been telling everyone I know about your ear buds. I use it on a RCA mp3 player and I just love it. I work 10 hour days qnd use it the whole day and the sound is just wonderful. the only problem I have is my ear seams to be smaller that the disk but next time I am going to order the one that fits into the ear canal. I am not sure what you call it.
A co workers son is also deaf in one ear and she is going to order one for his Christmas.
Thank you again for this product I am really enjoying it. Also i want to say how nice the man was that handled my problem with being sent the left ear instead of the right ear. within 3 days the correct one was delivered.
K.Reed
 

Steve A.
Sparks, NV

Hi Barry,

Just wanted to let you know I am extremely satisfied with the sound quality of the two different earbuds you sent. It makes a huge difference being able to hear both right and left stereo channels combined to a mono earbud. Its been almost 40 years since I lost my hearing in my left ear, no thanks to the botched operation performed by a Navy surgeon during the Vietnam era. Before that, listening to high fidelity on my Koss earphones through my Eico amp and pre-amp was one of my greatest pleasures. Mono just isn't stereo and one channel stereo almost isn't worth listening to on headphones for the most part.

While I no longer have a discerning ear, what I can tell you is that earbuds are fabulous. I'll be sure to let my local VA hospital in on this find the next time I visit to let them know that your stereo to mono earbuds are available at a fantastically low price. There has got to be more veterans out there like myself.

I've tried them on my Ipod and my Sony Walkman MZ-N505 and they are perfect for my wants and needs. Eventually I'll try them on my other players. I'll for certain be ordering your M-102 earbuds, as well as 1 or 2 spares for the ones I first ordered.

Your earbuds are a fantastic bargain. The frequency response of the earbuds far exceeds that of my hearing range in my "good" ear.

Thanks,
Steve A.

 

Brian, C.
Kemptville, Ontario
CANADA

I received the order today and just wanted to say thanks. My wife is deaf in one ear and has never been able to enjoy an MP3 player. This single unit is perfect and has opened up a whole new world of music for her.
Regards,
Brian C.

 
Conor L.
DRUMMER
Los Angeles

You guys are the best :-)

I'd love to endorse you guys, since I feel very strongly about helping companies I believe in. You make great products for great prices and are nice people.

 
Lucinda W.

my husband got his ear phone from you to day. it works better than any ones he has had in the past.he used it on his body hearing aid, it works better than the one that came with it.he can hear me in the next room.

 

Michael G
Etobicoke Ontario
CANADA

Just a quick note to let you know that your package arrived here safely in this mornings mail. Thank you for everything and I will keep you in mind the next time I need something like this again. This was a really fast transaction.
Thanks again,
Michael G