wrote:

From comments so far I think the follwoing are becoming my main
requirements:

Not too heavy
Electret Mike
Soft Gel ear seals
Wire mike boom, or partial wire, not fully flexible
External audio for checklist looks useful
Reasonable cost

In other words all singing-all dancing but cost nothing!!!!


That sounds like the Sig S-40. I bought one as a student in '95 then
picked up a DC H10 13.4 about 3 years ago (I like the flex boom). My
only squawk about the DC is that I get a bit of a headache at the 2hr
mark.
After flying in the Pilatus with the Bose X I'm now spoiled, but
there's no freakin' way I'm spending $995 for a headset. Sennheiser's
HMEC 25 is as good as the Bose for $300 less, but it's still not a
cheap buy. ANR is less of an issue in a turboprop I suppose but for
pistons I think a good passive headset would be sufficient for most
folks' purposes.