Bose X - $995 and holding...

Good luck. I just retired my trashed Peltors for Bose. Haven't
exercised them but here's my reasoning; I've been trying to decide
between going the Lightspeed route or the Bose route.... and just bit
the Bose bullet. We spend relatively long periods of time in a somewhat
noisy, slow airplane. Short of a new aircraft, what upgrades will make
our travel more pleasurable?

As it became clear that our ANR Peltors were miserable in passive mode,
and the Garmin supplied XM Sat radio was a real joy even on IFR flights,
it dawned on me that our physical comfort was a real big deal. After
hearing all the raves about the Bose, we bit.

I thought the Peltor's were nicely engineered. The Bose looks much
nicer and they talk a good game.

We'll let you know how they perform.


wrote:
I've flown with the Bose X in my pal's Navajo (he has two up front and
two Sennheisers in back) and love it. The thing weighs nothing and the
sound quality is fantastic (esp with the CD player piped in). My bitch
is they're twice as much as the next cheapest ANR headset and by now
I'd figured the price would have come down a tad. I assume Bose is
selling every headset they make so they're probably not too motivated
to sell them for less to a yutz like me. Is there any way to make my
DC13.4 any more comfy? Is that aftermarket ANR mod (can't recall the
make) worth the dough?

Wooly