In article ,
RK Henry wrote:

On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:02:51 -0400, "Kobra"
wrote:

My main complaint with the Bose is the price.

I am curious about what Bose brings to the product that makes it worth
the extra money. Or David Clark for that matter. I've fantasized about
a ANR headset but am deterred by the money. I'll just have to make do
with the old-fashioned foam-stuffed noise attenuating headset. If
someone can give a good reason to put up the money, I'd like to hear
it.


For David Clark, it's easy--they're virtually indestructible, and the
company stands behind them like no other.

As for the Bose, I've flown with the Series II and the X. There is no
headset on the market that even comes close to the audio quality of the
Bose sets--not even remotely close. Bose's ANR is impressive, but not
$500+ more impressive than Lightspeed. Bose does, however, put
outstanding ANR and sound quality into a featherweight, rather slim
headset in the Bose X, and that makes pretty good package.

Unfortunately, Lightspeed seems to think that comfort means 3" of foam
all around your head, which I think is ridiculous. The headsets are
just way, way, way too big and bulky. Their QFR sets seem to be a much
more reasonable size, and the ANR version of their QFR series has
received some positive reviews (and it's relatively inexpensive.)
Lightspeed sets don't have the greatest track record for durability,
though I'm not sure how the QFR sets might hold up.



JKG