Bose Headsets

The best ANR I ever ...heard... was at military trade show. It was
folks selling such for M1A tank drivers. They had a glass phonebooth
on the floor that they put you in and cranked up the rumble generator
until your whole body was really shaking. But you still could talk
with the sales type outside.

I was impressed, but didn't bother to ask the price....I'm sure they
were several AMU's each...
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Maybe I need to get over my first-impression that I got from the
Lightspeed threads we have had here from a few years back... I got
scared from the stories of folks having to send their Lightspeeds back
many times because they were made cheaply and broke easily... People
always raved about LS's customer service but I thought that they sure
did have to use that customer service a lot.

I haven't been flying that long (5+ years) so my headset experience
isn't extensive but the one time I did have to send my DC 10XL's back
for a ANR module that went bad, my experience with DC's customer service
was very good...

I know that the Bose headsets are very expensive, but the few times I
have used mine I am very impressed. I agree that the passive NR isn't as
good as my DC's but so what... I will never use just the passive part (I
always have batteries iin my flight bag)... The ANR on the Bose is
superior to my DC's IMHO. And the comfort is better too...

Jon

Thomas Borchert wrote:

Mike,


I
thought my Lightspeed 30-3g's were quieter and as comfortable. The low
profile was what made me keep and give them a fair chance.



I agree. I was quite disappointed when I compared an LS Thirty 3G
directly with the Bose at the Bose sound test station at a trade show. I
expected, well, a 400-$-wow effect. Didn't get it. They were about the
same in ANR quietness. The lower profile of the Bose is neat, no doubt.
However, the passive NR is very low.

In all, for my wallet, they're not 400 $ better than the Lightspeeds.
But each to his own.

In article ,
"Matt Barrow" wrote:
If you don't mind a vice grip and cement block on top your head.

I don't notice the vice grip, and many competing headsets (such as the
Lightspeeds) are heavier. That said, DCs certainly aren't as
comfortable as the Bose X sets--I doubt that any other headset on the
market can match Bose's comfort.

My point is that the DC isn't outrageously overpriced for what you
get--a great quality headset and a company that provides excellent
support.


I've had my Bose for four (going on five) years and have not have the
slightest glitch, not that I abuse anything I own.

I don't abuse my headsets, but the point is that the Bose is certainly
less durable and more fragile than DCs.


JKG

In article ,
Thomas Borchert wrote:

Jonathan,

Your statement is just ridiculous. David Clark has unmatched quality,
durability, and customer service.

Not at all. On the contrary, yours is. You're perpetrating a clever
marketing myth. Let's see:


Ah, now I remember you... you're a troll. I will not feed the troll any
further.



JKG

B,

I respectfully request you to post your personal reasons why the
passive NR of an active headset is important.


It's not. Total NR is important. But ANR is not really effective at
high frequencies while passive isn't at low frequencies. So the headset
needs a balance between the two.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

In article Azjkg.31060$ZW3.22692@dukeread04,
Ray Andraka wrote:

My primary flight instructor ran over his old DC's with his car (I saw
it happen, and there didn't appear to be a single salvagable part on the
headset). When buying a replacment, he mentioned what had happened and
the clerk suggested he call DC and tell them what had happened. He
did,and they told him to send them the headset. They sent him a
replacment free of charge within a week. It isn't like the one he ran
over was a new headset either, they were about 8 years old. Somehow, I
don't see Bose doing that.

I wouldn't be surprised if Bose would offer premium service, as they
sell premium products at premium prices.

However, there's a big difference between requiring a company's customer
service because you just backed over the headset with your car, and
requiring a company's service because of repeated defects in manufacture
(I will refrain from mentioning names.)



JKG

Jonathan,

Ah, now I remember you... you're a troll. I will not feed the troll any
further.


You start calling me ridiculous, I answer with a long list of points to
support my view - and you have NOTHING but this to back up your view?
PATHETIC!

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Jonathan,

I don't notice the vice grip, and many competing headsets (such as the
Lightspeeds) are heavier.


From www.davidclark.com:
The two ANR models weigh: H20-10 22 oz./ H10-13X 18 oz.

From www.anrheadsets.com (Lightspeed):
Thirty 3G Weight: 15.8 oz

Take the time and do research before you post.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

"Jonathan Goodish" wrote in message
...
In article ,
"Matt Barrow" wrote:
If you don't mind a vice grip and cement block on top your head.

I don't notice the vice grip,

Maybe you don't have a fat head like the rest of us :~)

and many competing headsets (such as the
Lightspeeds) are heavier. That said, DCs certainly aren't as
comfortable as the Bose X sets--I doubt that any other headset on the
market can match Bose's comfort.

My point is that the DC isn't outrageously overpriced for what you
get--a great quality headset and a company that provides excellent
support.


I've had my Bose for four (going on five) years and have not have the
slightest glitch, not that I abuse anything I own.

I don't abuse my headsets, but the point is that the Bose is certainly
less durable and more fragile than DCs.

Can you substantiate that beyond anecdote? From what I've read in this
thread, there is no support for that contention. As a matter of fact, I
recall some comments from another thread that DC is presently rather a PITA
to deal with.


--
Matt
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Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO (MTJ)

I had the reverse. My wife set up an appointment many years ago because
she thought my hearing was going bad and that I could here what she was
saying. She worked for an ENT and they had a audiologist in the office.
Needless to say, the audiologist said I could hear a fly walking on the
carpet on the other side of the room. That didn't set well. I wish I had
hearing like that now. Over the last year I have wound up with low
frequency hearing loss and ringing in one ear.

Ross

Jon Kraus wrote:

I really do have some hearing impairment. Enough that I can get words
mixed up and not really know what you are saying sometimes... I
attribute the problem to loud music for years during my teenage years...
It gave me a case of tinnitus (ringing in the ears). Anyway I went and
had my hearing checked and was told that my deficiency was in the "range
of a womans voice".. I told my wife what the tester said and she thought
I was BSing her.... :-)...

Jon

LWG wrote:

Yes, around the frequencies of the human female's speech. What more
proof do you need that there is a merciful God.

" The reality is that noise-induced and age-related hearing loss most

frequently occurs in the higher frequencies. The human ear is
significantly more susceptible to noise-induced hearing loss at high
frequencies, where ANR has no effect.