New York, NY (Top40 Charts / Piggyback) Piggyback is the line of audio accessories made for social music sharing. Piggyback earbuds have a built in Y-splitter at the base of the jack that enables users to quickly and easily share music and conversations. Launching on Indiegogo on April 11th and seeking $15,000 USD in funding, Piggyback is seeking backers to fund production and retail endeavours.
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Cimorelli earbuds have an inline microphone and remote controls. The benefit of Piggyback is that any user can control the functions while connected. For example, if three people are connected to Piggyback any user can control the mic and audio controls. That cannot be done with a traditional Y Splitter that's found in many dollar stores and retail outlets.
The thing that many people don't know, sharing earbuds is inconvenient and unsanitary and can lead to a nasty bacterial infection.
"With the Y splitter, we found that it was inconvenient for people to carry around. Personally, I kept losing these on my trips and these cheap Y splitters took a toll on volume and audio quality. So I was wondering, "there has to be a better way." That's when I came up with the idea for Piggyback with a built in splitter that doesn't sacrifice audio quality or volume. The nice thing with Piggyback is you can link 5 Piggybacks together (for example) without harming the audio quality or volume. The same cannot be said from a cheap dollar store Y splitter. Also they do not allow you to share a conversation. You could hear one, but if you spoke, no one would hear you. Also, with Piggyback, everyone connected can operate the controls. Anyone can answer a call, play or pause the music or even skip a song. Everybody's controls work. Nobody else uses that level of control," said Andrew Barron, CEO at Piggyback.
Features of Piggyback by Cimorelli:
Built in Y splitter that allows anyone to plug into Piggyback with no loss of audio quality or volume.
In line microphone and remote controls that can be controlled by any user.
10 mm drivers
Impedance: 16Ω±15%
Frequency response: 20Hz - 20,000 Hz
Sensitivity: 103 dB±3dB
Plug type: 3.5mm stereo
Cable length: 1.2m
Microphone sensitivity: -42dB±3dB (microphone has no volume control, just play/pause, skip, and answer/hangup).
Earplug material: Silicone
Earlap material: Plastic (anti-scratch polycarbonate).
Cable material: TPE / flat cable
Teenagers are an example of one audience that are constantly sharing earbuds with friends, family and even complete strangers and as such, there's a strong need for Piggyback in today's market, where people are always connected to their mobile device.
Piggyback has partnered with YouTube sensation "Cimorelli" a group of six singing sisters that perform covers and original songs and has close to 4 million YouTube subscribers and over 1 billion total video views.
Cimorelli is a very well known name in today's pop culture.
Cimorelli is currently launching their debut album, "Up At Night" available for pre-order on PledgeMusic.com.
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Cimorelli is available on Indiegogo April 11th at an early bird rate of $22.00. We have different perks available on our Indiegogo campaign as well as an assortment of different colors including white and two surprise stretch goal additions. Pre-order Piggyback April 11, 2016 via Indiegogo at
