Bose X - $995 and holding...

The GPSMAP 396. With the Sat weather (worth it's weight in gold to this
southeast US pilot) you can get XM radio for an extra $6.99/month.
Commercial free music or talk. My Garmin audio panel has the auto mute
function which really makes listening to radio while flying CC a natural
act - IFR or VFR flight following.

Lakeview Bill wrote:
Can you provide any additional information on the "Garmin supplied XM Sat
radio".

Is this the GPSMAP 386, or from the GEL 69A, or some other unit?

John T wrote:
Maule Driver wrote:

As it became clear that our ANR Peltors were miserable in passive
mode...

We'll let you know how they perform.

Be sure to include an opinion on the passive performance of the Bose.

No thanks. I expect them to only be used in active mode.

What really trashed my Peltors is that the ANR has failed twice. The
second repair bill was going to be $600 total for both sets.

What I may not realize is that the ANR feature is prone to failure.
Perhaps the Bose will fail within a few years too. The 5 year warranty
helps.

Interestingly, the 2 DCs I got for 'free' from the seller of my Maule
still provide the best passive performance - though I think they've been
upgraded with soft sealing rings. But 2 hours in, they are heavy and
they do clamp firmly.

On 2005-11-29, Maule Driver wrote:
Interestingly, the 2 DCs I got for 'free' from the seller of my Maule
still provide the best passive performance - though I think they've been
upgraded with soft sealing rings. But 2 hours in, they are heavy and
they do clamp firmly.

Perhaps I have a David Clark shaped head, but I've never found DCs
particularly clampy. I've flown 6 hour legs with them. They came with
the gel seals - I've borrowed headsets with the foam seals and I dunno
how anyone puts up with the foam ones!

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If you don't want "clampy" headsets try the Bose QC2 with the UFlyMike
adapter. The most comfortable headset I've ever worn. Not as quiet as
the Bose X, but more comfortable and certainly less $$$