Thanks for nothing, but you see, I don't want to wear a headset like that anymore. Does bose make a headest that weighs 4 ounces and doesn't touch your ears?
You know, I think I really hate pilots. Now I remember why I don't rush to tell people what I do. If you don't want to help MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS.
With that deeply professional sounding reply, filled with years of maturity and wisdom (not to mention perhaps the most highly outstanding example of rapier wit to be had in decades), I loll about in shock and wonder at the droves of people who are not jumping in to answer your question. Is having a shorter fuse possible?
As you hate pilots so much, perhaps you might refer your question back to a board manned by race car drivers, or chefs.
Does Bose make a lightweight headset that doesn't touch your ears? I don't believe so, but then, neither does Plantronics. I've owned several plantronics T50 headsets, and have used them with custom made earpieces with moulded bayonet holders for the mic and receiver. I must tell you a secret, however...every one of them touched my ears. Even stuck in my ear...even if just using the little pink rubber earpieces instead of a custom mold.
Now, I don't recall ever having problems picking up background noise; this isn't a headset issue but a squelch issue on an intercom system. Some systems don't allow pilot adjustement on the audio panel, but all systems have adjustable pots for sensitivity. If your mic is picking up too much background noise, it's too "hot," or too sensitive...that's not a headset issue, but an airplane issue.
A small plastic scoop is available for the headset, but I never found it necessary. You can also dampen the mic with a sponge or other similiar deadening device, but again, if the squealch is correctly adjusted, you have no problem at all.
Personally, I don't like headsets which only project sound to one ear. Too many radial boomings and bangings, too much gunfire, too little hearing left. I do okay when the sound is piped to both ears, and a simple Telex airman 750 works great for that.
You might not want to read this, however, for the sake of your own blood pressure. After all, despite your desperate cry for support, I have failed to MIND MY OWN BUSINESS.
Such is life.
