Any problems with Bose QC2?

[RedGuy]

I promise I'm not being judgemental, just curious. But do you folks actually fly listening to music? I guess it would't be any more distracting than reading.

Sure, nothing like shooting an approach rockin to some Led Zeplin or Metalica! I don't have the QC2 though, just the Aviation X, but in a 310 you need all the noise cancelling you can get. If I where flying a jet I'd probably get the QC2 simply because they're smaller, lighter, and cheaper.

 

[NJA bound]

Had to have that Metallica scream'in at me on those three hour flights flights in a FedEx caravan in the middle of the night.
Used those little earplug speakers under peltor 7006, just a jammin, couldn't afford that nice spencive ANR stuff.

 

[bailey3083]

What? Ears still ringing from all those years flying the MU2 and J41. LOL. Listening to music is a good way to entertain yourself on those long flights where trying to keep a convo going is to much work but my rule is at FL180 the music goes off.

Bailey

 

[fischman]

I have the QC2 with Uflymike and I love it. Just one question though...when I use an mp3 player through my mike, some songs sound like they are being run through a filter somehow. Usually I can only hear the background music and not the voices. Is the Uflymike suppose to filter out any part of an mp3? Just curious...

I would bet that you are using the cord supplied by Bose. Get the belkin cord to attach the mp3 player to the mic adapter ($5 at Radio Shack, Best Buy, or uflymike will sell it as well, but charges for shipping.) It should sound great then, and remember that management and the FAA reads these boards, so NEVER listen to them while flying an aircraft.

 

[JediNein]

For all of NASA's and other entities research into keeping flight crews awake, why can't they allow an IPOD os similar? A variation on that theme works for me, except it does get annoying when the music fades for ATC. I have nothing against ATC, it's just most of the time, they're not talking to me!

 

[milehigh6080]

. . . it does get annoying when the music fades for ATC. I have nothing against ATC, it's just most of the time, they're not talking to me!

I agree, I wear iPod earbuds in my ears under my lighspeed headsets because (a) I'm too cheap to buy an adapter and (b) the adapters I've tried cut off the music every time there is a transmission which I've always found to be far more distracting than the music itself.

When the music is at the right level, it's really easy to distinguish radio calls from the music. No different from having the radio on in your car and having a conversation with a passenger. The spoken word really stands out against a backdrop of music enough to not need the interrupt.

I plan on upgrading to the QC2 with Uflymike eventually, does that setup interrupt the music for radio calls?

 

[Twotter76]

Nope but when you plug something into the jack it does seem to reduce the ATC volume slightly. Its no big deal just use the ACP volume to increase ATC.

 

[haulingthemail]

they still can't stop you from listening to radio disney.

 

[gunfyter]

I don't have an Ipod but I have the HF frequencies for Rush Limbaugh and Art Bell Coast to Coast.

 

[RTRHD]

I don't have an Ipod but I have the HF frequencies for Rush Limbaugh and Art Bell Coast to Coast.

Can I have those Freqs. Please