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Which DC Headphone is best choice?



 
 
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Old June 22nd 06, 08:45 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Emily,

They're expensive, heavy, and require batteries.


Look again - at all of the factors you mention.

Expensive? You can get excellent ANR at a price below the passive DCs.
Heavy? Pure BS. The top-end Lightspeed is lighter than the passive DC,
not to mention the featherlight Bose.
Batteries? well, tere is one model powered of the mic power, there are
on-board powered variants, and the battery models run 20 to 50 hours on
2 AAs. Who cares?

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Old June 23rd 06, 02:01 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Thomas Borchert wrote:

Emily,

They're expensive, heavy, and require batteries.


Look again - at all of the factors you mention.

Expensive? You can get excellent ANR at a price below the passive DCs.
Heavy? Pure BS. The top-end Lightspeed is lighter than the passive DC,
not to mention the featherlight Bose.
Batteries? well, tere is one model powered of the mic power, there are
on-board powered variants, and the battery models run 20 to 50 hours on
2 AAs. Who cares?



The top-end Lightspeed, the 30-3G, is around 16 ounces, with some of the
middle-grade Lightspeeds weighing in at around 20 ounces. Quite a bit
more than the DC 10-13.4, at around 13.4 ounces.

Batteries are an inconvenience, but the battery life on most ANR sets
these days seems to be decent. There's always the panel-power option,
though that removes the flexibility to move the headset into another
aircraft.



JKG
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Old June 23rd 06, 03:23 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Jonathan Goodish wrote:

There's always the panel-power option,
though that removes the flexibility to move the headset into another
aircraft.


Not always. My DC ANR set has a battery pack as well as the ability to plug into
the panel-mounted power module.

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Old June 23rd 06, 04:08 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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In article ,
Bob Noel wrote:

In article ,
Jonathan Goodish wrote:

There's always the panel-power option,
though that removes the flexibility to move the headset into another
aircraft.


Not always. My DC ANR set has a battery pack as well as the ability to plug
into
the panel-mounted power module.


As does the Headsets, Inc. upgrade kit for the DCs. However, most sets
with panel power don't seem to have this flexibility.



JKG
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Old June 25th 06, 01:46 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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"Jonathan Goodish" wrote

Batteries are an inconvenience,


So are you, with your continued arguing about nothing.

Plonk! Again!
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Old June 25th 06, 04:00 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Read the ANR specs carefully for the frequencies/range that is
attenuated and by how much.
eg... Headsets Inc says 18-21 dB at 250 Hz.
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Old June 25th 06, 07:41 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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"Morgans" wrote:

"Jonathan Goodish" wrote

Batteries are an inconvenience,


So are you, with your continued arguing about nothing.

Plonk! Again!



I'm so glad that you were able to step in and provide some constructive
information for everyone.



JKG
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Old June 25th 06, 11:50 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Morgans wrote:

"Jonathan Goodish" wrote


Batteries are an inconvenience,



So are you, with your continued arguing about nothing.

Plonk! Again!


So Plonk doesn't really mean anything if you're doing it again. What a
moron.
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Old June 26th 06, 01:19 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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"Newps" wrote

So Plonk doesn't really mean anything if you're doing it again. What a
moron.


Every year or so, I give everyone in the "plonk file" a new chance, to see
if they have changed.

I see you haven't.
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