Question about Lightspeed 3G?

Kage,

There is no reason for a left only headset.


Well, yes, there is. And an excellent one. All headsets with good ANR
have asymmetrical earcups, since ANR works much better with those. DCs
don't have them. Tried their ANR yet?

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Well, that puts Lightspeed completely out of contention for my quest for
an ANR headset. My flying job involves swapping seats, and I'll be damned
if I'll put a left only mike on while sitting in the right seat.

Interesting. My wife and I alternate legs on every flight, and we thus
switch seats and headphones all the time.

Since all of our headsets are LightSpeeds, we always have the mike boom on
the left side.

Just curious: Why is this a problem? Even when I had non-Lightspeed
headsets, I always wore the mike on the left.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Just curious: Why is this a problem? Even when I had non-Lightspeed
headsets, I always wore the mike on the left.

Whoops -- shoulda read the thread before posting...

"Never mind..."
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

It's not that big a problem. I'd just rather bleed from the head than wear
my mike on the WRONG side. Kind of like a Girlie Man. Lightspeed is the only
manufacturer I've run into that doesn't allow a swap.

It must be a slightly widespread problem since the only 3G's I've ever had
my hands on were already broken in the mike hinge area. And they were brand
new. Must have been some other clumsy corporate pilot had his hands on em!

I am looking for a deal on Bose. The best price I see is only about $50 off
retail. I do have a set of older Telex ANR-200s. They work fine on the jet
but are completely overwhelmed in the firebreathing Cessna 185, one of the
noisiest civil airplanes ever made.

Karl

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Well, that puts Lightspeed completely out of contention for my quest for
an ANR headset. My flying job involves swapping seats, and I'll be damned
if I'll put a left only mike on while sitting in the right seat.

Interesting. My wife and I alternate legs on every flight, and we thus
switch seats and headphones all the time.

Since all of our headsets are LightSpeeds, we always have the mike boom on
the left side.

Just curious: Why is this a problem? Even when I had non-Lightspeed
headsets, I always wore the mike on the left.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

kage wrote:

I am looking for a deal on Bose. The best price I see is only about $50 off
retail.

Unless Bose has changed policies recently, every retailer sells them for the same
price. The only time I've seen a "sale" price was from Bose itself at Oshkosh. You
might find a deal on Ebay.

George Patterson
If a man gets into a fight 3,000 miles away from home, he *had* to have
been looking for it.

Kage,

My flying job involves swapping seats, and I'll be damned if
I'll put a left only mike on while sitting in the right seat.


I wouldn't know why not, but to each his/her own.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)