In-ear headsets

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

In a previous article, Ron Garret said:
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

How often do you have to replace the earpieces? And how much do they
cost?

I had some soft-foam insert iPod earbuds, and the foam only lasted about a
month before it would stop expanding. That's something that scares me
about the in-ear headphones.


--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
"What we obtain too cheap we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that
gives everything its value." - Thomas Paine.

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.

--
-- ET :-)

"A common mistake people make when trying to design something
completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete
fools."---- Douglas Adams

ET wrote:

Get the "HALO" from http://www.quiettechnologies.com/ $340 bucks & the
best one out there.

thanks for the pointer; how confortable are these things when wearing
glasses?

--Sylvain

Sylvain wrote in
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ET wrote:

Get the "HALO" from http://www.quiettechnologies.com/ $340 bucks & the
best one out there.

thanks for the pointer; how confortable are these things when wearing
glasses?

--Sylvain


That one of the reasons to get them grin my lightspeeds go nuts with the
gap created by my sunglasses.



--
-- ET :-)

"A common mistake people make when trying to design something
completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete
fools."---- Douglas Adams

ET wrote:
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.

Having recently acquired a 30-3G, I'm disappointed to hear that there's
something lighter, more comfortable, quieter and cheaper. In fact, I
find it difficult to believe that a non-ANR set that looks as light
flimsy as the HALO appears on the web site can do a better job. Is
there a study (by the manufacturer or anyone else) to substantiate your
claim? I'd probably be willing to put up with some additional noise
for the additional comfort, but there's no comparison in terms of noise
between my 30-3G and my prior non-ANR Peltor.

"rps" wrote in news:1151085977.784241.5860
@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com:

ET wrote:
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.

Having recently acquired a 30-3G, I'm disappointed to hear that there's
something lighter, more comfortable, quieter and cheaper. In fact, I
find it difficult to believe that a non-ANR set that looks as light
flimsy as the HALO appears on the web site can do a better job. Is
there a study (by the manufacturer or anyone else) to substantiate your
claim? I'd probably be willing to put up with some additional noise
for the additional comfort, but there's no comparison in terms of noise
between my 30-3G and my prior non-ANR Peltor.


Well, the guy is an audiologyst, and has some data.. wouldnt call it a
"study" though... He has a 30 day guarantee (as does clarity aloft, not
sure about the lightspeed in ear units) & he's at Oshkosh, and was just at
the SWRFI at Hondo with demo units.

Just go up in your plane once with some decent quality foam ear plugs once
(about $3.00 at wal-mart in the tool or gun section, squeeze the foam
really small, then stick it in your ear as far as you can and let it slowly
expand) and tell me how quiet it is...

it's the same thing, except with hearing aid quality tiny little speakers.
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-- ET :-)

"A common mistake people make when trying to design something
completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete
fools."---- Douglas Adams