Lightspeed Comes Through!

As I saw written today, "They have plenty of practice fixing them".

On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 10:01:52 -0500, "Montblack"
wrote:

If they are a thriving, profitable company, maybe the thesis should be -
Screw the Details.

The bottom line on this issue is ...the bottom line. Wonder how they're
doing in the marketplace?

I picked up (from talking to the Prez at OSH) that I was not alone in my
despair with their products. And I don't think the president of LightSpeed
would be working the booth at Pacific Coast Avionics is they were rolling in
greenbacks.

Wait a minute!!!
Jim Weir shows up at OSH every year, and he makes good products. And he
certainly is generous with his time and advice to anyone who asks. So
why isn't he rolling in money? :-)

"Jay Honeck" wrote:

As always, a call to Lightspeed was all it took to get a return
authorization, and they will be good as new in a few days...

Until then, the trusty Flightcoms are back in their position of "honor"...
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Jay:

What is so wonderful about Lightspeed that
Flightcom ANR's literally have to take a back seat...
no matter how much/badly the Lightspeeds screw up?


Barnyard BOb -- long time Flightcom ANR user

Haven't had to send either of the BOSE back yet!

The only time my DC's went back was 20 years after I bought them.
Had them overhauled after the plugs developed strain relief breaks.

Edr,

The only time my DC's went back was 20 years after I bought them.
Had them overhauled after the plugs developed strain relief breaks.


Ah, and how fondly you must remember all those headaches over the two
decades... gd&r

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

In article , Thomas Borchert
wrote:
The only time my DC's went back was 20 years after I bought them.
Had them overhauled after the plugs developed strain relief breaks.

Ah, and how fondly you must remember all those headaches over the two
decades... gd&r

Hey, when you don't fly beyond bladder range, they don't have time to
become uncomfortable.

Until then, the trusty Flightcoms are back in their position of
"honor"...

What is so wonderful about Lightspeed that
Flightcom ANR's literally have to take a back seat...
no matter how much/badly the Lightspeeds screw up?

My FlightComs weren't ANRs. The 5DX is just a "regular" headphone that --
no matter how good -- can't compare to even a bad ANR set.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Do you really want an answer to that? ;-)

On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 05:44:12 GMT, EDR wrote:

I picked up (from talking to the Prez at OSH) that I was not alone in my
despair with their products. And I don't think the president of LightSpeed
would be working the booth at Pacific Coast Avionics is they were rolling in
greenbacks.

Wait a minute!!!
Jim Weir shows up at OSH every year, and he makes good products. And he
certainly is generous with his time and advice to anyone who asks. So
why isn't he rolling in money? :-)

Edr,

Hey, when you don't fly beyond bladder range, they don't have time to
become uncomfortable.


On my head, they do. Takes about 2 minutes, max.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Jay Honeck wrote:

no offense meant, but my first thought was: Yeah, right.

No offense taken. It's almost too crazy to believe. I just UPS'd them back
to Oregon. I believe this particular set has made that journey three times
now, since '99 or '00...

I'm familiar with the skeptical sentiment... the FBO pilot shop which accepted
my two pair for repair at least a half a dozen times started to get a little
irritated with me too. While they were always polite about it, one comment I
remember hearing was, "Do you wear these while playing football, or something?"

Until you go through the irritating process that Jay and I both have
experienced, you won't know how CAREFULLY we've both treated our headsets.
Towards the end I literally handled my 25XLs as though they were a carton of
eggs. I'd never just toss them in the seat of my car (I'll do that with my
Bose X's when they're enclosed in the carrying case any day.) Plugging them
into the panel - carefully, SLOWLY, don't bend the cable at all, don't do
anything fast. Turning on the ANR- handle the switches carefully.
Repositioning the mic boom - quently squeeze to move it where you want it to
be. Don't rotate the mic too far. Don't let the ANR box just hang where your
knees can hit it - take the stress off of it by carefully tucking it into a
side pocket. And putting them on - heavens! It's like handling live dynamite
in close proximity to your cranium. You'd better be careful, or they might
just fall apart!

Jay, I'm with you, man... and I feel your pain! No, really!

-Ryan