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Hi guys,
Im looking to buy a new headset but not sure which way to go.. The Flightcom Denali ANR's are looking good, but haven't heard much about them! The DRE 6500 looks great.. but I know very little of DRE, then I can go for the David Clarks, which Im sure everyone will tell me to go for!! Any suggestions or experiences with any of the above ?? Jad |
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Do a Google Groups search for "headset" and you'll have more information
than you can possibly imagine. jad wrote: Hi guys, Im looking to buy a new headset but not sure which way to go.. The Flightcom Denali ANR's are looking good, but haven't heard much about them! The DRE 6500 looks great.. but I know very little of DRE, then I can go for the David Clarks, which Im sure everyone will tell me to go for!! Any suggestions or experiences with any of the above ?? Jad |
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jad wrote: Hi guys, Im looking to buy a new headset but not sure which way to go.. [snip] Any suggestions or experiences with any of the above ?? Jad Make sure to wear some first. And wear them for some time in the airplane. The most wonderful quality and sound in the world are no use if the bloomin' things hurt your head. I've got 2 pairs of AVCOMM AV-200s. Cheap, no ANR, etc. But they're decent and they fit _me_. I've had several folks talk to me about David Clarks and last Friday I finally got to wear a set on a local flight. (I went up with a friend and he offered me a pair.) I wore them for the 30 minutes to where we went, and wore mine back. They sounded fine, but they hurt my head. Now, my head is large (no razzing, please) - I had to special order my motorcycle helmet because nothing in the store fit. So David Clarks might fit you fine. But I'd want to know that before I spent the money for any of the above. John Stevens PP-ASEL |
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jad wrote:
The Flightcom Denali ANR's are looking good, but haven't heard much about them! If you leave them in your car or airplane when the temp is below freezing the band will crack in half when you try to put them on your head. |
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On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 20:22:42 +1000, jad
wrote: Hi guys, Im looking to buy a new headset but not sure which way to go.. The Flightcom Denali ANR's are looking good, but haven't heard much about them! The DRE 6500 looks great.. but I know very little of DRE, then I can go for the David Clarks, which Im sure everyone will tell me to go for!! Any suggestions or experiences with any of the above ?? Jad There's been two threads very recently: "what headset to buy" & "Which DC Headphone is best choice?" I asked this question about a month ago. After looking for a good passive headset I discovered there are inexpensive active headsets. Following advice in this group I have opted for the following, but yet to purchase: MG Golden Eagle. It's clean...in other words there aren't many knobs and nuts that you can lose and make the headset unusable. In a perfect world you should be able to get 38 db of noise reduction in the ANR mode and it is very light weight. It operates on 2 AA batteries and has cell phone/music interface...all for $239.95. It is made by Lightspeed and has Marv Golden logo on it. David |
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jad wrote in
: Hi guys, Im looking to buy a new headset but not sure which way to go.. The Flightcom Denali ANR's are looking good, but haven't heard much about them! The DRE 6500 looks great.. but I know very little of DRE, then I can go for the David Clarks, which Im sure everyone will tell me to go for!! Any suggestions or experiences with any of the above ?? Jad Get one of these: http://www.quiettechnologies.com/ then click on "halo" They, and there direct competition (clarity aloft and Lightspeed LS1) offer a 30 day "free look". All of them are quieter then ANR & Cheeper too. ($340) -- -- ET :-) "A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."---- Douglas Adams |
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On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 20:44:37 GMT, ET wrote:
Get one of these: http://www.quiettechnologies.com/ then click on "halo" They, and there direct competition (clarity aloft and Lightspeed LS1) offer a 30 day "free look". All of them are quieter then ANR & Cheeper too. ($340) Or you can just use a normal headset and add a pair of foam 31 dB earplugs with it... With my headset, that gives me 60 dB of noise attenuation... |
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On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 07:22:08 GMT, Grumman-581
wrote: On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 20:44:37 GMT, ET wrote: Get one of these: http://www.quiettechnologies.com/ then click on "halo" They, and there direct competition (clarity aloft and Lightspeed LS1) offer a 30 day "free look". All of them are quieter then ANR & Cheeper too. ($340) Or you can just use a normal headset and add a pair of foam 31 dB earplugs with it... With my headset, that gives me 60 dB of noise attenuation... Adding another 31db of attenuation inside the earcup may be good for protecting the hearing but does the increased volume cause any overloading of the speakers as they are being driven much harder? |
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