Which DC Headphone is best choice?

In a previous article, "KevinBlack" said:
Personally (note and emphasise personal opinion) ANR leaves passive for
dead. I really liked my DCH20-10, but they do not come close to the
LS25XL/LS 30-3G as far as audio and comfort. I wouldn't go back to passive
unless there were no ANR sets available. Money well spent (and cheap
really) IMHO.

Man, that's true. I got the Headsets Inc conversion for my DC10-13.4s,
and I'm pretty happy with them. I was on an instrument training flight
soon after I got them, and my instructor noticed I was having problems
hearing the radio and him - then I noticed I'd forgotten to turn on the
ANR. Once it was on, problem solved.

That's when I was flying a four cylinder Archer. Now that I'm flying a
six cylinder Lance, I never forget to turn on the ANR because it's just
not fun flying behind that much noise.

I once saw an article from Flying Magazine in the 70s when people were
debating whether headsets were a good thing or not. Many of the same
arguments being made against ANR now were being made against headsets back
then. Especially the one about "not being able to hear the engine and
wind noise as well".

--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
....if you squeeze a MS product into a small enough memory footprint there may
not be sufficient space for it to fall over, thus giving the impression it's
reliable. -- Geoff Lane

Paul,

hen I noticed I'd forgotten to turn on the
ANR. Once it was on, problem solved.


Ah, score another point against ANR gd&r.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 18:06:56 +0200, Thomas Borchert
wrote:

Paul,

hen I noticed I'd forgotten to turn on the
ANR. Once it was on, problem solved.


Ah, score another point against ANR gd&r.

Since I'm getting swayed towards ANR do any of the cheaper sets have a
problem when wearing glasses or do the ear seals accommodate?

I'm now looking at:

Marv Golden MG-ANR
Marv Golden Golden Eagle
Lightspeed QFRXCC
Avshop A450 ANR

Further usefull comments appreciated.

David

Since I'm getting swayed towards ANR do any of the cheaper sets have a
problem when wearing glasses or do the ear seals accommodate?


I'm wearing glasses with relatively thin wire frames - no problem with
that. Don't know about thicker frames.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

hen I noticed I'd forgotten to turn on the
ANR. Once it was on, problem solved.

Ah, score another point against ANR gd&r.

Since I'm getting swayed towards ANR do any of the cheaper sets have a
problem when wearing glasses or do the ear seals accommodate?
Further usefull comments appreciated.

Keep in mind that with ANR, if you do not get a good seal with the
earcups, the ANR will produce unusual results.

I wear glasses with thin wire frame, LS 30-3G/LS25XL no problems. If you
turn your head at an unusual angle (with or without glasses) you will get
some noise, but you need to contort your head to break the seal.

I'd still look at the DRE60000 on a price performance basis. The headsets
inc people have built their own EM-1 for about $399, but this is getting up
in price.

Cheers,
kevin


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On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 18:06:56 +0200, Thomas Borchert
wrote:

Paul,

hen I noticed I'd forgotten to turn on the
ANR. Once it was on, problem solved.


Ah, score another point against ANR gd&r.

Since I'm getting swayed towards ANR do any of the cheaper sets have a
problem when wearing glasses or do the ear seals accommodate?

I'm now looking at:

Marv Golden MG-ANR
Marv Golden Golden Eagle
Lightspeed QFRXCC
Avshop A450 ANR

Further usefull comments appreciated.

David

On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 16:19:14 +1000, "KevinBlack"
wrote:

I wear glasses with thin wire frame, LS 30-3G/LS25XL no problems. If you
turn your head at an unusual angle (with or without glasses) you will get
some noise, but you need to contort your head to break the seal.


My glasses have quite thin frames so hopefully not a problem, I also
sometimes use the gap seals which may also help.

I'd still look at the DRE60000 on a price performance basis. The headsets
inc people have built their own EM-1 for about $399, but this is getting up
in price.

Cheers,
kevin

I think you mean the DR6000, looks good but does not appear to have
auto shut off or auxiliary/cellphone input.

I really prefer not to have the fully flexible mike boom which seems
to rule out the SoftComm C-200 ANR, it also doesn't have auto battery
off. Does claim -19db ANR.

Further thoughts so far:

Marv Golden MG-ANR
Not auto battery off but -19db ANR

Marv Golden Golden Eagle
Appears same as below
Lightspeed QFRXCC
Flexible mike boom & only claim -10 to -12db ANR

Avshop A450 ANR
Flexible mike boom & only claim -10 to -12db ANR


David

David,

I think you mean the DR6000, looks good but does not appear to have
auto shut off or auxiliary/cellphone input.

Correct, but then at US$279 you get a pretty robust headset. The cell phone
adapters are phone specific, cannot get one for my phone. And the music
connection isn't a biggie for me, YMMV.

Cheers,
Kevin

On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 19:52:01 +1000, "KevinBlack"
wrote:

David,

I think you mean the DR6000, looks good but does not appear to have
auto shut off or auxiliary/cellphone input.

Correct, but then at US$279 you get a pretty robust headset. The cell phone
adapters are phone specific, cannot get one for my phone. And the music
connection isn't a biggie for me, YMMV.

Cheers,
Kevin


Thanks Kevin.

I'm looking for robust, although I am very careful!

I don't actually need a specific cellphone connection but the input
will allow an audio checklist (I hope). At the moment I'm leaning
towards the Marv Golden MG-ANR which seems to have good active
attenuation. What I can't tell over the internet is build quality. If
anybody has any useful comments on the MG-ANR they would be
appreciated.

David