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DropYourSocks 10-16-2018 05:50 PM

I bought the DC Pro X to use in an Emb145. After a week long trip I am sending them back and have ordered a Bose A20.

It's not so much that they were bad, but the mic picked up a lot of the cockpit noise/wind noise and fed it back through as an annoying hash. Combined with not blocking a lot of the ambient noise anyway, it made radio work and the intercom fatiguing to continually jockey between too loud and unintelligible.

To be fair, I tried a few other headsets in the same conditions and didn't have those issues. I'm sure they're fine for quieter jets, but they aren't for me.

ItnStln 10-17-2018 03:27 PM


Originally Posted by DropYourSocks (Post 2692491)
I bought the DC Pro X to use in an Emb145. After a week long trip I am sending them back and have ordered a Bose A20.

It's not so much that they were bad, but the mic picked up a lot of the cockpit noise/wind noise and fed it back through as an annoying hash. Combined with not blocking a lot of the ambient noise anyway, it made radio work and the intercom fatiguing to continually jockey between too loud and unintelligible.

To be fair, I tried a few other headsets in the same conditions and didn't have those issues. I'm sure they're fine for quieter jets, but they aren't for me.

Thanks! I’m looking for a headset to use while building time that’ll work at an airline. I might look at the DC One-X and the Bose A20 then as you said the DC Pro-X not blocking ambient noise.

havick206 10-17-2018 03:46 PM


Originally Posted by DropYourSocks (Post 2692491)
I bought the DC Pro X to use in an Emb145. After a week long trip I am sending them back and have ordered a Bose A20.

It's not so much that they were bad, but the mic picked up a lot of the cockpit noise/wind noise and fed it back through as an annoying hash. Combined with not blocking a lot of the ambient noise anyway, it made radio work and the intercom fatiguing to continually jockey between too loud and unintelligible.

To be fair, I tried a few other headsets in the same conditions and didn't have those issues. I'm sure they're fine for quieter jets, but they aren't for me.

I fly the 145. And my FO’s that have A20’s I’ve noticed their mic picks up a bunch of background noise too.

The easiest way to cut it the background noise the mic picks up is get a better mic muff with a leather cover that goes over the foam on the mic muff.

ItnStln 10-17-2018 04:06 PM


Originally Posted by havick206 (Post 2693128)
I fly the 145. And my FO’s that have A20’s I’ve noticed their mic picks up a bunch of background noise too.

The easiest way to cut it the background noise the mic picks up is get a better mic muff with a leather cover that goes over the foam on the mic muff.

Where do you get the leather covers?

havick206 10-17-2018 04:19 PM


Originally Posted by ItnStln (Post 2693154)
Where do you get the leather covers?

Oregon aero

ItnStln 10-17-2018 04:25 PM


Originally Posted by havick206 (Post 2693171)
Oregon aero

Thanks!
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