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Geronimo4497
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currently have them and use them.
Don't buy 'em. Sunglasses destroy the noise canceling and the noise canceling is sub-par to begin with. The headset itself is very comfortable, but DC needs to go back to the drawing board with its ANR tech. If you google for reviews you'll find a bunch of people saying the same thing.
Don't buy 'em. Sunglasses destroy the noise canceling and the noise canceling is sub-par to begin with. The headset itself is very comfortable, but DC needs to go back to the drawing board with its ANR tech. If you google for reviews you'll find a bunch of people saying the same thing.
ehaecker
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True about the sunglasses. I would imagine that is how any ANR would be, would it not?
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Hands down the worst headset I have ever worn...and I have worn a lot of them around the flightschool here!
ANR, ENC, Sound Reduction....thse are words that should NOT be used in the same paragraph with this headset! This thing has NO passive reduction and the ANR is a complete joke. GO turn on your radio then turn the volume up halfway, okay, then turn the knob about .5 mm down... thats the kind of ANR I'm talking about. Oh and it eats through batts like a homeless nympho with a vibrator!
The sound quality sucks a$$! I cant communicate with students in the Gutless and in almost any other airplane ATC is reduced to a whisper. The IPOD connection sounds like doctor's office music turned down LOW and the quality is about on par with a cell phone ringtone. Dont try to use the cell phone adapter....you wont be able to hear who is on the other line and they wont be able to hear you. The reason, the mic sucks...
This thing should cost around 300-400 tops.. To ask for 800 is just a joke!
Before you all flame me I had to hold on to this thing for two weeks of flying. One week of normal CFI-ing and one week of NIFA competition! I racked up around 45 hours with this thing and I feel that my hearing has suffered. My $140 Telex E100s are FAR better than this POS!
...so glad this thing is on its way back....
ANR, ENC, Sound Reduction....thse are words that should NOT be used in the same paragraph with this headset! This thing has NO passive reduction and the ANR is a complete joke. GO turn on your radio then turn the volume up halfway, okay, then turn the knob about .5 mm down... thats the kind of ANR I'm talking about. Oh and it eats through batts like a homeless nympho with a vibrator!
The sound quality sucks a$$! I cant communicate with students in the Gutless and in almost any other airplane ATC is reduced to a whisper. The IPOD connection sounds like doctor's office music turned down LOW and the quality is about on par with a cell phone ringtone. Dont try to use the cell phone adapter....you wont be able to hear who is on the other line and they wont be able to hear you. The reason, the mic sucks...
This thing should cost around 300-400 tops.. To ask for 800 is just a joke!
Before you all flame me I had to hold on to this thing for two weeks of flying. One week of normal CFI-ing and one week of NIFA competition! I racked up around 45 hours with this thing and I feel that my hearing has suffered. My $140 Telex E100s are FAR better than this POS!
...so glad this thing is on its way back....
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We got a pair at the FBO I was working the last week I was there, and I figured that warranted a trial run since I wouldn't have to be around to explain to the future owner why they were covered in my sweat and funk.
They felt really plasticy...er cheap... they didn't fit my noggin very well, and the sound quality wasn't there. DC's are usually pretty damn good, and I was disappointed. They are however lighter than the Bose by an half an ounce or something to that effect, but you can't tell by wearing them
Speaking of Bose... that's the way to go brutha.. Plus they have that no-interest financing, about a c-note down and 80 bucks a month till you pay it off... so you don't max out your credit card and it's do-able on instructor/first officer pay
They felt really plasticy...er cheap... they didn't fit my noggin very well, and the sound quality wasn't there. DC's are usually pretty damn good, and I was disappointed. They are however lighter than the Bose by an half an ounce or something to that effect, but you can't tell by wearing them
Speaking of Bose... that's the way to go brutha.. Plus they have that no-interest financing, about a c-note down and 80 bucks a month till you pay it off... so you don't max out your credit card and it's do-able on instructor/first officer pay
I've been wearing the X11's since springtime and I have to second all that is said above. I think I've spent more on batteries so far that I did for the headset!
If you're going to spend that kind of money on a headset just cough up the extra $200 and buy the bose. DC dropped the ball on this one (and all their other attemps at ANC headsets).
If you're going to spend that kind of money on a headset just cough up the extra $200 and buy the bose. DC dropped the ball on this one (and all their other attemps at ANC headsets).
Is looking pretty in the cockpit that important to you?
Princess Lea or not, lightspeeds are the best headset to use with sunglasses because of that extra thick foam ear-seal. If I had the choice I'd wear the bose if I wasn't wearing sunglasses and LS if I was...
I only want to carry around one headset though so I choose the LS. (the bose would be borrowed)
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Looking pretty has nothing to do with it. I just don't want my head to be the size of a riddle kid's head when i put my headset on.
No, you really think everyone with an ANR headset has to wear their sunglasses propped up on their head like a doofus? It's a major design flaw in the X11s.
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I guess I always thought that ANR depended on the ear seal being completely sealed. Sunglasses break the seal on EVERY headset.
yes, they work fine on the Bose
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They work great with any kind of glasses. It MAY be a little quieter if I did not wear glasses, but it really is not noticeable.
Buy the Bose and you will be happy with them for life. I have one of the first 40 made (99/00?) and have only had to bring them to the factory to be spruced up once. They put on all of the new components and charged me a big fat goose egg!
I beat the hell out of my Bose headsets and am extremely happy with them.
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