Your thoughts on bone conduction for music listening?

[Mortis Angelus]

I would like to get some bone conduction headphones for every day commuting and to have a at my work place, but before I buy them, I would like to hear your opinions about the technology and how well it works for music.

 

I want decent audio quality. I do know that it is quite impossible to get really good sound from bone conduction, but from the little I have read, it do seem possible to get decent bass, mid and treble out of the tech.

 

The ones I have been looking at are these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B018XNGQOE/ref=mp_s_a_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1475099177&sr=8-1-fkmr0&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=aftershokz+titan

 

The reason being, that I really don't like in-ear plugs, as I don't like how they block the surrounding and how they do not let the air canals breath, but neither do I want to walk around with big headphones either.

 

I used to have the Plantronics Backbeat 903+, and those were incredibly comfortable, had 7 h of battery life and extremely good sound quality without being in-ear, letting me hear the surroundings as well.

 

I could go for another pair of plantronics, but I would also like to try out new stuff. But since the Aftershockz are pretty much twice the price of the Plantronics, I rather ask around first. 

 

So what are your opinions about bone conduction technology? Is the technology ready for mainstream use already?

[iShad]

Bone conducting been ready for years and great for running/biking since you can still hear your surroundings while listening to music and it stays on quite well. Sound quality though is pretty bad and no where near iem/headphones, it also doesn't isolate and the vibration is quite audible.