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Matt Dralle
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 Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 5:13 pm Post subject: Warning - New Bose Line Power Cables Only 3' Long! |
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Just a heads up to those installing or planning on installing Bose X or A20 Active NR headsets using the inline power jacks. Specifically these units:
http://www.bose.com/controller?url=/shop_online/headphones/aviation_headsets/accessories/headset_installkit_acc.jsp
They now come with only 3 feet of cable! Three years ago they came with 6 feet of cable and I thought at the time that 6 feet seemed a little short. Now 3 feet? What idiot penny pincher in Bose marketing decided "three feet should be plenty". Here's quote from the Bose web page above: "Three-foot wiring harness with six pin female connector allows for *placement in locations throughout aircraft*." WTF? On what planet will a 3-foot hardness reach "locations throughout the aircraft". That's just plain stupid.
If these were third rate, el-cheapo headsets, I'd write it off to penny pinching, but for a >$1000 product that you then have to spend an additional $32 for an installation cable, cheaping out on the cable length is just simply unacceptable.
I have the jacks mounted in the center of the RV-8, and the cables don't even reach to the righthand control console. What does Bose expect people to do; splice the wire? That's ridiculous! What would somebody installing in the back seats of a 4 or 6 place airplane do?
Of course I wrote a scathing email to Bose Support just now. I'm sure they will write back with "for most of our customers, three feet is sufficient".
Given this direction within Bose, I'd definitely consider the new Sennheiser S1 if I had to do it over again. Additionally, the Sennheiser's Bluetooth supports the A2DP, AVRCP STEREO profiles. The Bose A20's Bluetooth does NOT support stereo. It must have been the same marketing moron that dictated 3' cables that decided not to include stereo Bluetooth profiles. Unbelievable.
Matt
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| Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 6:21 pm Post subject: Warning - New Bose Line Power Cables Only 3' Long! |
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Oh, come on Matt, tell us how you really feel . <GG>
do not archive
Ben Haas
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| Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 6:26 pm Post subject: Warning - New Bose Line Power Cables Only 3' Long! |
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Hi Matt,
I am using the battery powered Bose headset in my Zodiac and just love
it. I also used it in my last (leased) plane, and moving from one plane
to another was as simple as unplugging and replugging it in. It uses
standard aircraft phone plugs, so if more distance was needed (I have
plenty to reach my center console) I guess it would be easy to make or
buy extension cords. You have to change the batteries from time to
time, but they last a long time.
I don't really understand the 3 foot cord thing. Is this the connection
from the headset to the aircraft or from the aircraft plug to the radio
or other electronics on the instrument panel? I figure you need long
wires from the audio equipment to the headset plug but not so much from
the headset plug to the headset. Of course I am just guessing rather
than swearing at poor results.
Maybe your issues with the Bose product would all be solved if you went
to the battery powered units.
Paul
Camas, WA
On 8/13/2011 6:12 PM, Matt Dralle wrote:
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Just a heads up to those installing or planning on installing Bose X or A20 Active NR headsets using the inline power jacks. Specifically these units:
http://www.bose.com/controller?url=/shop_online/headphones/aviation_headsets/accessories/headset_installkit_acc.jsp
They now come with only 3 feet of cable! Three years ago they came with 6 feet of cable and I thought at the time that 6 feet seemed a little short. Now 3 feet? What idiot penny pincher in Bose marketing decided "three feet should be plenty". Here's quote from the Bose web page above: "Three-foot wiring harness with six pin female connector allows for *placement in locations throughout aircraft*." WTF? On what planet will a 3-foot hardness reach "locations throughout the aircraft". That's just plain stupid.
If these were third rate, el-cheapo headsets, I'd write it off to penny pinching, but for a>$1000 product that you then have to spend an additional $32 for an installation cable, cheaping out on the cable length is just simply unacceptable.
I have the jacks mounted in the center of the RV-8, and the cables don't even reach to the righthand control console. What does Bose expect people to do; splice the wire? That's ridiculous! What would somebody installing in the back seats of a 4 or 6 place airplane do?
Of course I wrote a scathing email to Bose Support just now. I'm sure they will write back with "for most of our customers, three feet is sufficient".
Given this direction within Bose, I'd definitely consider the new Sennheiser S1 if I had to do it over again. Additionally, the Sennheiser's Bluetooth supports the A2DP, AVRCP STEREO profiles. The Bose A20's Bluetooth does NOT support stereo. It must have been the same marketing moron that dictated 3' cables that decided not to include stereo Bluetooth profiles. Unbelievable.
Matt
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Matt "Red Dawg" Dralle
RV-8 #82880 N998RV "Ruby Vixen"
http://www.mattsrv8.com - Matt's Complete RV-8 Construction Log
http://www.mattsrv8.com/Mishap - Landing Mishap Rebuild Log
http://www.youtube.com/MattsRV8 - Matt's RV-8 HDTV YouTube Channel
Status: 170+ Hours TTSN - Rebuilding Fuselage After Landing Mishap...
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