"The Muse"

Aviation headsets have notoriously higher impedance than the typical earbuds
that come with Ipods and other consumer audio devices. Might be an impedance
mismatch requiring a matching transformer.


"Scott Skylane" wrote in message
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H.P. wrote:


The audio output device needs a compression circuit to keep audio
levels
more near a constant output. There are portable cd players out there
that
have such a feature.

My iPod *does* have an audio compression feature, and it is turned on.
Quite simply, the minimum audio signal required to power up the Muse is
higher than I would like it to be.

Your headset may have a dip switch that's factory set to mono-out a
stereo
input - like the Bose headset. Try the other setting. Or it may be wired
in
mono. Try it on a stereo source at home.

No switch on my headsets, they're good ol' mono DC's. Knowing that the
majority of aviation headsets are mono, PSE incorporated a mini switch
inside the Muse, to provide either stereo or mono output. The position
of said switch has no discernable effect on the music I hear in my
headsets.

Happy Flying!
Scott Skylane

R.L. wrote:

Aviation headsets have notoriously higher impedance than the typical earbuds
that come with Ipods and other consumer audio devices. Might be an impedance
mismatch requiring a matching transformer.


Ummm, yeah. And since the Muse is *designed* to input consumer audio
devices into aviation headsets, I would expect the built-in circuitry to
handle this just fine. IMHO, it does an "O.K" job, but not as good a
job as I would like.

Happy Flying!
Scott Skylane

I have one. It works fine for what it's intended to do. I think
an intercom with a music input would probably be a better plan.



"BTB" wrote in message
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Anyone any experiences using "The Muse" for in-flight music ?

http://www.avionicswest.com/muse.html

Or there less expensive options ?

BTB

Btb,

Or there less expensive options ?


Uh, a headset with music input? If you don't have THE headset you always wanted already, this might be a good point to upgrade to an ANR headset with music input (and while you're at it, cell phone input, too). Lightspeed's headsets come to mind. Something like 250 $ will buy you their entry level ANR, which will get you the headset, music and cell input. The Muse seems a tad expensive in comparison.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)
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I've used the music input on my Lightspeed 30-3G and it's fabulously
good, IMO. Kind of a pain to have all that automatic muting going on
while flying IFR, though.

Paul,

Kind of a pain to have all that automatic muting going on
while flying IFR, though.


So switch it off. The switch is in the battery compartment.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

I have a "Muse" and I think it's of rather unimpressive design. The
battery door is loose, it's always a bit of effort to get the battery
to fit in their correctly, and the music volume is insufficient even
with the my iPod turned up and a fresh batter in the Muse.

Also, it's ridiculously overpriced.

Sportys has a new product that might fit the bill, though:

http://www.sportys.com/acb/showdetl....roduct_id=7145

Anyone try that yet?

This claims to be a both a cell-phone interface *and* a music
interface. That can be a benefit because the add on cell phone
interface like "AirCell" is *ridiculously* over expensive.

All these devices need to do is match connectors and match impedances.
There's just not much to it!

My $0.02,
Dave J

-- jacobowitz73 --at-- yahoo --dot-- com

BTB wrote:
Anyone any experiences using "The Muse" for in-flight music ?

http://www.avionicswest.com/muse.html

Or there less expensive options ?

BTB