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Now if someone from Bose is reading this and wants to bring me back to
the fold and wants to send me a free demo unit for a year or so.... ;-)


I'm not from Bose but I do have one of their Aviation X headsets, and I
have a David Clark (DC) 20-10XL which were their flagship set before the
X11's came out. I think I paid .7 AMU's for the 20-10XL's 4 years ago
and they have been an excellent headset. Light years ahead of the Pilot
Avionics 1776's they replaced (although they were twice the price of the
DC's).

Both the ANR and microphone quality on the DC's are excellent. The only
thing I don't like is the huge (6 AA) battery box but they have since
made it much smaller. They have held up very well but I did have one
ANR moodule go out that DC fixed for free. Their customer service is
excellent but I was a little disappointed that they broke.

Now about the Aviation X's. They are the total bomb!! Lightweight,
excellent ANR and mircophone. I have heard people say that they would
no-way pay 1 AMU for a headset and that is cool. I don't look at it
like I'm paying 1 AMU. With Bose's no-interest payment plan I paid
one-hundred bucks when I ordered and then 11 payments of .082 AMU's. I
figured that I ****ed away eighty-two bucks a month on bull**** stuff so
this is no big deal. Oh yea.. If you order the Bose before the end of
August they will send you a Garmin Geko 201 handheld GPS for free!! (a
..15 AMU value)

If DC was smart they would implement the same payment plan as Bose. For
me shelling out 1 AMU caused me to think twice about buying an expensive
headset. Making the intrest-free payments was a no brainer.

Now if Garmin would only offer their 396 or 496 with interest-free
payments. :-)

Whichever way you go, Bose or DC you won't be sorry. Both are excellent
headsets.


Jon Kraus
'79 Mooney 201
4443H @ UMP