I.P. Freley
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>>>Maybe it's just my fat head. <<<
Funny, I was starting to wonder if it was BECAUSE of my fat head that I thought the DC's were comfortable. I hear this complaint all the time, that DC's are attempting to wedge your ears into your skull, but in over a decade of use I've never found the DC's to be any more or less comfortable than other brands that I have tried.
And that rivet you mention? Mine are rusted but have held strong. The only failure on my 13.4's was the headband itself, which snapped one fine day after taking the headset off. It took ten years for that failure to happen, I might point out, and I've had that same failure on the Litespeeds TWICE. Seems five or six months is the best I can get out of them.
As I've stated before, you can't fault the noise attenuating qualites of the Litespeed, and certainly not the price as compared to Bose. But... I do know two people who've had Bose, and after three returns in one case and four in the other, I think they're no better built than the Litespeeds. These headsets are great for more casual users, but if you're depending on them for a 500+ hrs/yr professional pilot job, you might find yourself with an unfortunate amount of down time.
Then again, maybe I'll attempt the "return and upgrade" thing and see if I don't change my mind. No matter what I might think to the contrary, I'm not ALWAYS right.
Still don't know what to do about carrying them around... A rollaboard, flight case, and computer case are one too many already, and adding a FOURTH bag to carry the Litespeeds is a bit too much.
Funny, I was starting to wonder if it was BECAUSE of my fat head that I thought the DC's were comfortable. I hear this complaint all the time, that DC's are attempting to wedge your ears into your skull, but in over a decade of use I've never found the DC's to be any more or less comfortable than other brands that I have tried.
And that rivet you mention? Mine are rusted but have held strong. The only failure on my 13.4's was the headband itself, which snapped one fine day after taking the headset off. It took ten years for that failure to happen, I might point out, and I've had that same failure on the Litespeeds TWICE. Seems five or six months is the best I can get out of them.
As I've stated before, you can't fault the noise attenuating qualites of the Litespeed, and certainly not the price as compared to Bose. But... I do know two people who've had Bose, and after three returns in one case and four in the other, I think they're no better built than the Litespeeds. These headsets are great for more casual users, but if you're depending on them for a 500+ hrs/yr professional pilot job, you might find yourself with an unfortunate amount of down time.
Then again, maybe I'll attempt the "return and upgrade" thing and see if I don't change my mind. No matter what I might think to the contrary, I'm not ALWAYS right.
Still don't know what to do about carrying them around... A rollaboard, flight case, and computer case are one too many already, and adding a FOURTH bag to carry the Litespeeds is a bit too much.