Headset Upgrade
10-16-2018, 05:50 PM
#51
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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.
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.
10-17-2018, 03:27 PM
#52
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Originally Posted by DropYourSocks
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.
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.
10-17-2018, 03:46 PM
#53
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Originally Posted by DropYourSocks
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.
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.
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.
10-17-2018, 04:06 PM
#54
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Originally Posted by havick206
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.
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.
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