Thomas Borchert wrote:

Jonathan,

I've seen enough anecdotal evidence to convince me that Lightspeeds have
a higher incidence of failure and required repair than David Clarks or
Bose sets.


I wonder how. You'd have to correlate reports of problems with sales
figures for the anecdotes to have any meaning.

We've used both in our CAP wing where headsets get beat up somewhat by pilots
and passengers coming and going. The Lightspeeds just didn't hold up as well
as the David Clark's which are damned near bulletproof. Lightspeeds just need
to be handled with more care. Personally I really like my 3G-20 Lightspeed
but I am very careful in how I treat it. For passenger use, my (non noise
cancelling) David Clark headset is more than great and I don't have to worry
about others not treating it well. The one time I had a problem with David
Clark (my fault), I dropped it off in Worcester, and they fixed and mailed it
without charge.

The person who is complaining that D-C didn't fix the headset damaged in a
crash is being silly though. Does he expect the airplane manufacturer to fix
the plane for free too?

I'd recommend both Lightspeed and David Clarke, but they have their caveats.