Wings wrote:

Overall, this was a good experiment and I really liked the in-ear
approach. Before I spring for $1000 for a Bose, I'd really like to know
how the ~$500 in-ear units work. Anybody have any experiences with one of
these?

Tim

I have a Panther Cat. It has three drawbacks where I wouldn't recommend
paying $500 for it for ordinary GA flying. The drawbacks a

1: Much too busy. Requires a spiral mike cord, a junction box, a
splitter and too much wiring between all the stuff.

2: Audio in only one ear.

3: How do you fix it if it breaks?

Advantages:

It works.

The custom molded earpieces are comfortable and can easily be worn under
a stylish leather flight helmet for open cockpit flying. I had my plug
patterns injected (into my ears) by a professional audiologist (or
whatever they're called), but found that I could do a better job all by
myself just by following the instructions provided in the kit.

Nick Scholtes has an article on how he built his own molded in ear units
for PPC flying. It can be found he

http://makeashorterlink.com/?W2884215D
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