Originally Posted by
johnso29
Does anyone own a Telex 5 X 5? I was looking into buying a headset, but since I'm on the 7ER and we don't use intercoms I think a ANR headset is out. I'm a reserve rat, so I rarely fly international. Was thinking the custom mold ear piece would be more comfortable then those David Clark's, & provide more hearing protection then the Telex 750.
I'm open to suggestions, and looking for a headset that I can also use on the B737/M88/B717 since I'll likely end up on one of those fleets. Thanks.
I used both Plantonics MS50 and Telex 5x5 on DC9s and MD88s. MS50 was OK, but the mic was not the best. MS50’s mic boom is really just a tube that carries voice into the “box” where the microphone is. It sounds little “canny.” Telex is better, because the mic boom has actual microphone at the end of the boom. One problem that I had with Telex 5x5 is that it is very LOUD. I mean I had audio panel setting at about 12 o’clock position on any other headset, but with 5x5, I had to have the volume at 9 o’clock position. I did not like this since I had No. 1 radio at 9 o’clock and No 2 radio at all the way down 7 o’clock position and still No 2 radio (guard) was too loud for me. However, I found a solution to this problem. I stuck a small piece of cotton in the ear piece tube to muff the sound a little. Now it sounds perfect, and I really like the Telex 5x5.