Bose Headeset - Airplane+Helicopter

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I am considering getting one of the Bose headsets. I fly both
airplanes and helicotpers and am wondering what the best solution is.
On the Bose website under accesories for the headset they list a
helicopter cable for $195. Does it make sense to buy the airplane
headset plus this cable and swap the cable when I change aircraft, or
is swapping cables too big of a fuss to deal with on a regular basis?
Is there a difference in the electronics of the airplane versus
helicopter cable? Am I better off just getting a cheap generic adapter
and dealing with the excessively long cord in the helicopter? Or,
perhaps its better to get the helicopter model and get an adapter to
use in airplanes. Does anyone have any experience using their Bose in
both airplanes and helicopters? It does seem extravegant to shell out
an extra $195 for the helicopter cable.

[Stubby]

wrote:
> I am considering getting one of the Bose headsets. I fly both
> airplanes and helicotpers and am wondering what the best solution is.
> On the Bose website under accesories for the headset they list a
> helicopter cable for $195. Does it make sense to buy the airplane
> headset plus this cable and swap the cable when I change aircraft, or
> is swapping cables too big of a fuss to deal with on a regular basis?
> Is there a difference in the electronics of the airplane versus
> helicopter cable? Am I better off just getting a cheap generic adapter
> and dealing with the excessively long cord in the helicopter? Or,
> perhaps its better to get the helicopter model and get an adapter to
> use in airplanes. Does anyone have any experience using their Bose in
> both airplanes and helicopters? It does seem extravegant to shell out
> an extra $195 for the helicopter cable.
>

$195? Isn't that about an hour in a HELO?

[Gig 601XL Builder]

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> I am considering getting one of the Bose headsets. I fly both
> airplanes and helicotpers and am wondering what the best solution is.
> On the Bose website under accesories for the headset they list a
> helicopter cable for $195. Does it make sense to buy the airplane
> headset plus this cable and swap the cable when I change aircraft, or
> is swapping cables too big of a fuss to deal with on a regular basis?
> Is there a difference in the electronics of the airplane versus
> helicopter cable? Am I better off just getting a cheap generic adapter
> and dealing with the excessively long cord in the helicopter? Or,
> perhaps its better to get the helicopter model and get an adapter to
> use in airplanes. Does anyone have any experience using their Bose in
> both airplanes and helicopters? It does seem extravegant to shell out
> an extra $195 for the helicopter cable.
>

Are you sure that the $195 helicopter cable they sell isn't just an adaptor?

[Flyingmonk]

Get the helicopter one and get an airplane adaptor for it (that way you
wont have two lines going into one plug, but one plug going into two
inteads, makes a better looking set up), about $40 buck IIRC from one
of those mags/catalogs that i get in the mail all the time. The name
escapes me. <g>

The Monk

[Rachel]

wrote:
> I am considering getting one of the Bose headsets. I fly both
> airplanes and helicotpers and am wondering what the best solution is.
> On the Bose website under accesories for the headset they list a
> helicopter cable for $195. Does it make sense to buy the airplane
> headset plus this cable and swap the cable when I change aircraft, or
> is swapping cables too big of a fuss to deal with on a regular basis?
> Is there a difference in the electronics of the airplane versus
> helicopter cable? Am I better off just getting a cheap generic adapter
> and dealing with the excessively long cord in the helicopter? Or,
> perhaps its better to get the helicopter model and get an adapter to
> use in airplanes. Does anyone have any experience using their Bose in
> both airplanes and helicopters? It does seem extravegant to shell out
> an extra $195 for the helicopter cable.
>

I don't, but a good friend does. He has the airplane headset and uses a
cheap adapter in the helo. He says it's not a huge difference in sound
quality. I think it really just depends on which you fly more.

[John Huthmaker]

Precisley why he wouldnt want to spend the money on it. Rather spend the
time in the air.

--
John Huthmaker
PPL-SEL P-28-161

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"Stubby" > wrote in message
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>
>
> wrote:
>> I am considering getting one of the Bose headsets. I fly both
>> airplanes and helicotpers and am wondering what the best solution is.
>> On the Bose website under accesories for the headset they list a
>> helicopter cable for $195. Does it make sense to buy the airplane
>> headset plus this cable and swap the cable when I change aircraft, or
>> is swapping cables too big of a fuss to deal with on a regular basis?
>> Is there a difference in the electronics of the airplane versus
>> helicopter cable? Am I better off just getting a cheap generic adapter
>> and dealing with the excessively long cord in the helicopter? Or,
>> perhaps its better to get the helicopter model and get an adapter to
>> use in airplanes. Does anyone have any experience using their Bose in
>> both airplanes and helicopters? It does seem extravegant to shell out
>> an extra $195 for the helicopter cable.
>>
>
> $195? Isn't that about an hour in a HELO?

[Peter Duniho]

"John Huthmaker" > wrote in message
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>> $195? Isn't that about an hour in a HELO?
>
> Precisley why he wouldnt want to spend the money on it. Rather spend the
> time in the air.

Penny wise, pound foolish.

An hour of flight time, traded for the use of a superior headset for all of
the subsequent hours actually flown? Seems like a good trade to me (and I
believe that was the point of the post to which you replied).

Especially given the cost of the headset itself, seems like an extra $200
investment is a worthwhile add-on (not that it's clear to me why an adapter
should cost so much, but maybe there's something about it that justifies the
expense, other than "where else are you going to go?").

Pete

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Peter Duniho wrote:
> "John Huthmaker" > wrote in message
> ink.net...
> >> $195? Isn't that about an hour in a HELO?
> >
> > Precisley why he wouldnt want to spend the money on it. Rather spend the
> > time in the air.
>
> Penny wise, pound foolish.
>
> An hour of flight time, traded for the use of a superior headset for all of
> the subsequent hours actually flown? Seems like a good trade to me (and I
> believe that was the point of the post to which you replied).
>
> Especially given the cost of the headset itself, seems like an extra $200
> investment is a worthwhile add-on (not that it's clear to me why an adapter
> should cost so much, but maybe there's something about it that justifies the
> expense, other than "where else are you going to go?").

Exactly. If there is a good reason (the electronics are different, it
is significantly more convenient, etc.) to get the separate cable for
$200, than I have no problem doing so. On the other hand, I don't want
throw $200 away on something that has no significant benefit when I can
just buy a $40 generic adapter.