If anyone is considering upgrading headsets, I am looking for two for the wife and I....wanted to toss this out here on the odd chance anyone is moving up.
Robbie,
Kind of hard to beat
these ANR headsets [
marvgolden.com] for the money. Justina likes hers. They are the Lightspeed QFR's under Golden Eagle's name.
Bill
Grants Pass, Oregon
I bought a Lightspeed ANR headset last week. I spent about 2 hours with it on Saturday. It was very comfortable, and GENERALLY, did a good job.
However, about half the time I was getting a really annoying, really above annoying, noise in the right ear. It was kind of like spits of interference. It was definitely from the ANR circuitry because the volume control had no affect. Maybe I got a faulty unit.
Anyway, I took it back on Monday and exchanged for passive DC's.
I will report on the DC headset as soon as this stinko weather clears up.
Reg
Too bad Reg, it's rare to run into that kind of problem, especially with a LS product. Like Jeff Davis says (from all I've heard) the Lightspeed QFRs are really great passive headsets and I've given some thought to buying the deluxe model for Jo Ann, as she doesn't fly all that often and would find them much more comfortable than the heavy Telex ANR she uses now. Noise seems to bother her a lot less than it does me, so I think she'd be pretty happy with the passive unit. IMHO Birdie...and maybe 150/150s in general...are just damned noisey!
My experience might have been with a faulty unit, which Lightspeed would probably have fixed, they are great folks. And the QFR's are VERY comfortable. It almost sounded like there was some particular frequency generated by my airplane that the electronics couldn't quite figure out.
The newer DC's are really comfortable, too. I didn't like earlier DC's, they seemed to clamp too hard. But the newer ones are really comfy, and I just didn't want to mess with a bunch of warranty stuff.
I might also add a plug for buying locally. I intended to buy my new headset on the internet and save a few bucks. But I had a commitment to give someone a ride and the "spare" headset was with my partner on his ultralight. So I hit a local FBO. These folks were very helpful. I feel it was worth the extra few bucks for their insights and their flexibility.
Reg
