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 Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 9:49 pm Post subject: upgrade- dont use qc2's in your plane! :Comparing Bose X hea |
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Right, In my earlier post describing how pleased I am with the QC2 I guess I
failed to say these are NOT aviation headsets.
If you want to see what the benefit of the Bose or other vendors ANR sets
are, either borrow a set, or toss about $250 (less than the cost of the QC2
headsets and designed for aviation needs) at your old David Clarks or others
and put an ANR upgrade in. I bought someone else's upgraded set when he
finished his RV10 and outfitted the new plane with new Bose (4 places -
nice).
Bottom line, final is no place to be debugging a kludged headset
arrangement...
If I can't afford two new Bose aviation headsets when I launch my '7, I'll
buy another kit and upgrade one of my DC's
use google, there are several sources.... around $169 here for David Clarks:
http://anr-headsets.com
do 2 headsets for a little more than list price of the QC2's
Dave
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jjessen
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| Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 10:35 pm Post subject: upgrade- dont use qc2's in your plane! :Comparing Bose X hea |
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Yeah, I have one of the DC ANR transformations. Works ok. Glad I did it.
However, what I'd like to do, since I have a 2 pair of the QC2 for airline
travel, is to "upgrade" them for use by passengers. I just don't know if
they are good enough in that environment to warrant the upgrade. Anyone out
there using them in an RV environment, I'd appreciate a pirep. I'll still
use my DC's, or finally go with the Bose X.
John Jessen
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Beer30?
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| Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 11:29 am Post subject: upgrade- dont use qc2's in your plane! :Comparing Bose X hea |
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I am building an RV-7 and will use my lightspeed ANR headset in them. However, my 'other' airplane is Canadair Regional Jet, which I fly for one of the regional airlines. I use the Bose QC2 with the Uflymike adapter, as do many of the other pilots who fly the RJ. If you use rechargable batteries in the QC2, there is no warning when the battery fails, however, if you use standard batteries, the light on the side of the headset will start to blink when you have about 5 hours of life left in them.
The flight department in our airline has no problem with both pilots being on QC2s, as long as we are not using rechargeable batteries.
For what it's worth...
DD
On 3/3/07, Dave Cordner <davcor(at)comcast.net (davcor(at)comcast.net)> wrote:[quote] --> RV-List message posted by: "Dave Cordner" <davcor(at)comcast.net (davcor(at)comcast.net)>
Right, In my earlier post describing how pleased I am with the QC2 I guess I
failed to say these are NOT aviation headsets.
If you want to see what the benefit of the Bose or other vendors ANR sets
are, either borrow a set, or toss about $250 (less than the cost of the QC2
headsets and designed for aviation needs) at your old David Clarks or others
and put an ANR upgrade in. I bought someone else's upgraded set when he
finished his RV10 and outfitted the new plane with new Bose (4 places -
nice).
Bottom line, final is no place to be debugging a kludged headset
arrangement...
If I can't afford two new Bose aviation headsets when I launch my '7, I'll
buy another kit and upgrade one of my DC's
use google, there are several sources.... around $169 here for David Clarks:
http://anr-headsets.com
do 2 headsets for a little more than list price of the QC2's
Dave
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jjessen
Joined: 22 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 12:33 pm Post subject: upgrade- dont use qc2's in your plane! :Comparing Bose X hea |
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Ever tried these in a recip? Jets are pretty quiet.
John Jessen
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From: owner-rv-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-rv-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of David Dalton
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 2:28 PM
To: rv-list(at)matronics.com
Subject: Re: upgrade- dont use qc2's in your plane! :Comparing Bose X headset to the QCII, was ANR Headseats
I am building an RV-7 and will use my lightspeed ANR headset in them. However, my 'other' airplane is Canadair Regional Jet, which I fly for one of the regional airlines. I use the Bose QC2 with the Uflymike adapter, as do many of the other pilots who fly the RJ. If you use rechargable batteries in the QC2, there is no warning when the battery fails, however, if you use standard batteries, the light on the side of the headset will start to blink when you have about 5 hours of life left in them.
The flight department in our airline has no problem with both pilots being on QC2s, as long as we are not using rechargeable batteries.
For what it's worth...
DD
On 3/3/07, Dave Cordner <davcor(at)comcast.net (davcor(at)comcast.net)> wrote: [quote]--> RV-List message posted by: "Dave Cordner" <davcor(at)comcast.net (davcor(at)comcast.net)>
Right, In my earlier post describing how pleased I am with the QC2 I guess I
failed to say these are NOT aviation headsets.
If you want to see what the benefit of the Bose or other vendors ANR sets
are, either borrow a set, or toss about $250 (less than the cost of the QC2
headsets and designed for aviation needs) at your old David Clarks or others
and put an ANR upgrade in. I bought someone else's upgraded set when he
finished his RV10 and outfitted the new plane with new Bose (4 places -
nice).
Bottom line, final is no place to be debugging a kludged headset
arrangement...
If I can't afford two new Bose aviation headsets when I launch my '7, I'll
buy another kit and upgrade one of my DC's
use google, there are several sources.... around $169 here for David Clarks:
http://anr-headsets.com
do 2 headsets for a little more than list price of the QC2's
Dave
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Beer30?
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| Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 8:00 pm Post subject: upgrade- dont use qc2's in your plane! :Comparing Bose X hea |
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I also flew the EMB120 Brasilia, which is a twin Turbo Prop, guaranteed to be noisier than any kit that Van's sells. Many people also use the QC2 in it. I always used my Lightspeeds in the cockpit because of the extra attenution provided by the ear seals, but found the QC2s to be very useful when riding in the back.
My point was simply that one could use the QC2 and not worry about loss of audio as long as you monitor the red light, and don't use rechargeable batteries.
DD
On 3/4/07, John Jessen <jjessen(at)rcn.com (jjessen(at)rcn.com)> wrote:[quote] Ever tried these in a recip? Jets are pretty quiet.
John Jessen
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From: owner-rv-list-server(at)matronics.com (owner-rv-list-server(at)matronics.com) [mailto:owner-rv-list-server(at)matronics.com (owner-rv-list-server(at)matronics.com)] On Behalf Of David Dalton
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 2:28 PM
To: rv-list(at)matronics.com (rv-list(at)matronics.com)
Subject: Re: upgrade- dont use qc2's in your plane! :Comparing Bose X headset to the QCII, was ANR Headseats
I am building an RV-7 and will use my lightspeed ANR headset in them. However, my 'other' airplane is Canadair Regional Jet, which I fly for one of the regional airlines. I use the Bose QC2 with the Uflymike adapter, as do many of the other pilots who fly the RJ. If you use rechargable batteries in the QC2, there is no warning when the battery fails, however, if you use standard batteries, the light on the side of the headset will start to blink when you have about 5 hours of life left in them.
The flight department in our airline has no problem with both pilots being on QC2s, as long as we are not using rechargeable batteries.
For what it's worth...
DD
On 3/3/07, Dave Cordner <davcor(at)comcast.net (davcor(at)comcast.net)> wrote: [quote]--> RV-List message posted by: "Dave Cordner" <davcor(at)comcast.net (davcor(at)comcast.net)>
Right, In my earlier post describing how pleased I am with the QC2 I guess I
failed to say these are NOT aviation headsets.
If you want to see what the benefit of the Bose or other vendors ANR sets
are, either borrow a set, or toss about $250 (less than the cost of the QC2
headsets and designed for aviation needs) at your old David Clarks or others
and put an ANR upgrade in. I bought someone else's upgraded set when he
finished his RV10 and outfitted the new plane with new Bose (4 places -
nice).
Bottom line, final is no place to be debugging a kludged headset
arrangement...
If I can't afford two new Bose aviation headsets when I launch my '7, I'll
buy another kit and upgrade one of my DC's
use google, there are several sources.... around $169 here for David Clarks:
http://anr-headsets.com
do 2 headsets for a little more than list price of the QC2's
Dave
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