Throat Mic
11-08-2020, 04:01 AM
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Posts: 128
Originally Posted by FlyJSH
Nothing can beat the David Clark customer service. I have had my 13.4s for 12 years. After about 6 years the metal over the head piece broke and my mic was getting weak. Sent them in, a week or so later got them back. Looked like new: new head cushion, new mic, new gel cells, and new head piece. The cost: only shipping charges. The mics seem to be the least durable part.
Had a student that used her father's DCs. Had an issue with them (15ish years old). Same deal... only cost shipping.
Had a student that used her father's DCs. Had an issue with them (15ish years old). Same deal... only cost shipping.
Doesn't impress me...
I stopped at the David Clark factory when driving-by Worcester, MA because the cushion at the top was rotting. Plan was to drop them off and pick them up the following week.
No way...
They asked me if I could wait for 15 minutes...
Sure!
15 minutes later the lady came back with my brand-new looking headsets to inform me that they had checked everything right and replaced all the ugly stuff.
The manufacture date stamped on them indicated 20-years old headset.
I bought this brand new!
Cost?
Not a cent...
I said "THANKS!!!" and "see you in another 20 years!"
I cannot just warm up to noise-cancelling headsets, they just mask too many things that I'd like to hear.
11-08-2020, 07:31 AM
#12
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Originally Posted by agrios852
I've been investigating throat mics due to COVID-19 - they were mostly made redundant except in an open cockpit environment where not every helmet design blocked out the wind noise.
Now everyone wearing masks in a high noise environment - I think throat mic will have a niche among the germophobes and a resurgence to some degree.
Now everyone wearing masks in a high noise environment - I think throat mic will have a niche among the germophobes and a resurgence to some degree.
Or...germophobes can just bring their own headset.
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