Ron Garret wrote in
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In article ,
Wings wrote:

Overall, this was a good experiment and I really liked the in-ear
approach. Before I spring for $1000 for a Bose, I'd really like to
know how the ~$500 in-ear units work. Anybody have any experiences
with one of these?

I have both a Bose X and a Clarity Aloft in-ear headset. I like them
both about the same. They both block out about the same amount of
noise. The CA is slightly less comfortable (I wear glasses, and
having both the glasses and the CA frame hanging off my ears tends to
make them ache after a while) and slightly more annoying to put on
(because you have to wad up the little earpieces and wait for them to
expand). But on the other hand, the CA set costs half what the Bose
set costs.

If you take price into account the CA's kick the Bose's butt. The
Bose is pretty nice, but it's nowhere near 2x as nice as the CA's. On
the other hand, the CA's are nowhere near 2.5x as nice as the $200
non-ANR Peltor headset that I used for ten years before getting the
other two. If money is no object, sure, get the CA's. But IMO the
non-ANR Peltors are hands-down the best value in aviation headsets.

rg

Get the "HALO" from http://www.quiettechnologies.com/ $340 bucks & the
best one out there. Tried it at Osh last year, my dad bought one & has
flown about 60 hours with it so far. I'm thinking REAL serious about
putting my 30 3g's on ebay and getting one... VERY comfortable, quieter
than my lightspeeds, no sweaty ears, etc.

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