crj200/900
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looking for new headphones any suggestions? Looking into David Clark or Bose...
Headphones
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drunkenbeagle
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They are both great. Use whichever you prefer. I've had my 10-13.4 Dave Clark's for close to 20 years, and still use them. The Bose A20's are fantastic as well.
Roger Roger
Bottom of the list
Hard to go wrong with the light speed Zulu family.
alaskadrifter
Landing gear operator
See if you can borrow each style and see which work best for you.
Boris Badenov
Fortis Leader
Sony. Still the benchmark.
ozziecat35
4 out of 5 great lakes prefer Michigan.
Clarity Aloft is pretty swell if you don't mind in ear stuff
Zondaracer
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Bose QC25 with UFlyMike Harmony.
WMostellar
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I've had the Bose A20 since August - OUTSTANDING!
The Bluetooth option is great for DH, etc.
The Bluetooth option is great for DH, etc.
I've got the DC One-X and the Bose A-20. I'm still not sure which one I like best as I waiver back and forth, but if you wait until after Thanksgiving Bose typically has a Christmas promotion with some of its retailers. I paid the same price as normal a few years back, but they through in some really nice headphones so if you can wait a little bit longer it might be a good idea to do so.
I looked it up and if you buy the A20 through Bose or a participating retailer you get a free Soundlink Mini Speaker from 11/20/16 to 1/7/17. https://www.bose.com/en_us/products...ts/a20-aviation-headset.html#ProductTabs_tab1 you should see the offer right below the buttons "Buy" and "Find a Store".
The A20 used to be assembled in America and I haven't been able to confirm that that's still the case. The David Clark's made in America as are all their aviation products. I've had nothing, but extremely good experiences with Bose customer support.
The A20 used to be assembled in America and I haven't been able to confirm that that's still the case. The David Clark's made in America as are all their aviation products. I've had nothing, but extremely good experiences with Bose customer support.
JeppUpdater
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Bose A20...great comfort and outstanding audio with music and the like. ATC is just ATC.
I used them at an airline for a while and one of the ears started cutting in and out. Called up Bose and told them what it was doing and they asked how I carried it and I said in the factory bag in my flight kit. They encouraged me to pack it outside of the kit as it wasn't designed to be folded up that tight multiple times a day (it really forces over the cord right at the bottom of the ear piece).
They knew I was a full time pilot and send me an pre paid address label for next day air during my next days off, fixed it same day, and overnighted it back. All new cord, volume module, mic, and threw on new ear seals and head pad. Didn't cost me a dime. Outstanding customer service.
I used them at an airline for a while and one of the ears started cutting in and out. Called up Bose and told them what it was doing and they asked how I carried it and I said in the factory bag in my flight kit. They encouraged me to pack it outside of the kit as it wasn't designed to be folded up that tight multiple times a day (it really forces over the cord right at the bottom of the ear piece).
They knew I was a full time pilot and send me an pre paid address label for next day air during my next days off, fixed it same day, and overnighted it back. All new cord, volume module, mic, and threw on new ear seals and head pad. Didn't cost me a dime. Outstanding customer service.
skatergeek
Beet Farmer
No noise cancelling but I LOVE my Telex 5x5 and custom ear plugs.
Max Power
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I had a pair of A20's for 30 day trial while my Zulus were in for repair. Loved them and I do notice a difference between the Bose and the Zulu 2's in sound quality/clarity. But $1000 for headsets is just too much. However, quite a few of the online stores will do a trade in allowance on Bose for other headphones. My Zulu 2's are worth around 350-400 trade in on most sites for the A20, dropping A20 with Bluetooth to about $700. Fair deal for the quality I think. I don't know if you get the Soundlink through the online stores though.
The A20's I had were Assembled in Mexico. At least it's on this continent, Lightspeeds are Made in China. I've always had a good experience with Lightspeed's customer service.
When it comes to your hearing I think the extra noise protection might be well worth it. I like to hope that maybe I won't end up needing a hearing aid as soon if I do my best to take care of my ears, but I'm no doctor and I'm sure on some aircraft it's overkill.
The one thing I did notice about the A20s was that they blocked out too much noise. In some twins I think I'd have the props synced and then some people I was flying with noticed it, I'd have to push the noise cancelling button or pull my ear out of one of the pieces to really get it fine tuned. With my David Clark's I can tell when they're slightly out of sync and it's easier to fine tune them without doing anything to the headset.
Thank you for letting me know they're made in Mexico these days. I just had my headset refurbed and the new volume control unit does indeed say assembled in Mexico. Bose has great customer service and it's a very nice headset, but it's hard to push them over Lightspeed when they're both foreign made.