You're at your checkride and you're just NOW thinking about headsets??? And
you're *new* here???? Where are you training?...
Try out a few sets and get whatever makes atc understandable to you and
takes the marbles out of their mouths.
My acid test was NY approach. I understood them better with the Bose, Telex
and Lightspeed. If your hearing is off (as it might be if this is your
first headset), the Lightspeeds have a tone control to boost 2K Hz speech
frequencies.



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Hi folks - I'm new to the group - I have my ppl checkride in a couple
of weeks, and when I have it done I'll probably do mostly short
sightseeing and medium cross-country flights.

I'd love some advice on what headset to buy. Everybody always says
"it's a personal thing" but that obviously doesn't really give me much
indication of what I should consider.

I'm not looking to pay top dollar but I'm willing to spend the money to
get something good and comfortable - I don't just want an entry-level
headset that I'll want to replace before long.

What do you recommend? What are the main features I should be looking
for? Which manufacturers have the best reputations? Any specific model
recommendations?

Thanks, I appreciate it,

Tom