I agree on the DC ProX2. It’s the best option for the 767F which is much louder than our pax versions. The noise cancelling is very good. The Bluetooth is very good. The price is significantly better than the awkward looking Bose proflight. It’s also built like a tank and folds up into your fist.

That said, someone offered to sell me their hardly used Clarity Aloft classic for $200 and I always wanted to try one so I went for it. Probably the best sound quality I’ve ever experienced using a headset. Zero noise gets past those ear plugs. I found it comfortable. Passive noise reduction is where it’s at. I recently flew Cincinnati-Leipzig and that headset made the 10 hour flight infinitely less fatiguing. One of my first officers was wearing an older model Light Speed from his Mesa days and we had no trouble communicating with the intercom. The other FO was using the ships Telex 750 and seemed to manage ok but he had the volumes all turned up to max on the audio panel which can’t be good long term.

I don’t give my crew the option….we’re using the intercom. If the plane has hot mics installed, excellent. If it doesn’t we’re using rubber bands, or just our fingers each time we need to speak. The freighter is too loud not to use the intercom. It’s a safety of flight requirement in my opinion.