MaydayMark

You seem to know a lot about "unstable." I'm guessing your wife forgot to give you your medication today. If you'd like to pursue your childish points further, I'd prefer a PM so as not have this conversation in public.

usmc-sgt

Agreed. This thread is taking a turn for the crapper. Its fine to make points and poke fun at each other but this thread is nearing personal attacks and flamebait.

Take the fight to a PM.

nitefr8dog

Done! Check your PM

3pointlanding

Flight Operations 2.70 and FAR 121.359 (g) requires the use of a headset with a boom mike below 18,000 ft. What brand of headset you use is your choice.

daytimer

I love the mic on the MS50, and I love the audio when I "configured" it for both ears (put a Y adapter on it and added a second sound tube for the other ear) . In the A320's, there seemed to be too much noise when using just the one ear bud the headset comes with. That's a personal opinion. It was too distracting to juggle ATC, intercom, airplane noise and my own thoughts in just one ear while hearing ac noise, and the captain in my other ear (w/no ear bud in it) all at the same time. It was like 6 inputs (some in-headset, and the same inputs out-of-headset) at the same time. I HAD to improvise, not so much for the headset, but for my own capability. I hope that makes some kind of sense to everyone.
After buying the MS50, I shelved it due to the above explanation. But I just couldn't find another microphone as good as the MS50. Our airplanes are outfitted with the TELEX 750's. They work 'fine' I guess, but still sometimes atc is hard to understand, and the microphones range from crisp to muffled. It's really a crapshoot what kind of audio experience you're going to get from plane to plane. The MS50 (used years ago in ALL NASA operations) was outstanding back then, and still is now. It just needed tweaked to be used in both ears. Once that was done, I had an outstanding headset. But 2 months in, operation of the headset started to fail. To the point it was unreliable. I sent it back for a new one. Failed while pushing back at the gate. And while using a new, different 5 pin adapter(which I thought might be a culprit in the troubleshooting scenario). Would the new (or old) MS50 have worked if not modified by a Y splitter on the earpiece tubes? I don't know. If it can only operate with ONE earpiece, I have to give it up - I can't use it. I personally need 2 earpieces. And I want the "in ear" type.

I'd like to try the Telex 5x5, but am questionable of the durability of it. In the jumpseat on the commute home the other day, the FO was using the 5x5 (w/ear mod for both ears and custom olds) and he loved it. Not sure how long he had it, but was happy. So, I don't know. But now you know my experience.....

JohnBurke

This thread has been magically resurrected from the long-dead. A bit has changed in the decade and a half since it started.

I used a MS50, a long time ago. I didn't much like it then.

Today, a Bose Proflight is more comfortable with far superior audio and a better mic. Clarity Aloft and other headsets are popular. Better choices, better products.

Natca

100% on the proflight. It is my main stay after trying a long list of in ear solutions from the lightspeed mach 1, the telex 5x5 y set up, the plantronics custom set, and the clarity aloft tso (i hated this one).