Get yourself a pair of Softskins for your converted headset--you won't be disappointed.

Cary

hotrod180, How about an update on the QT HALO? Was up flying an hour and a half the other day and it seems like anything over an hour and my headset 'clamping' starts togive me a mild headache. Was researching different in ear types and the reviews are good on the QT so I was hoping you could give me a review of your experience with them. Unfortunately, every time I try to order a set, they are out of stock.

I have to admit that I dols the Halo's about a month after I bought them.
PITA to get the earplugs rolled up just right and inserted.
Then when (or if) you manage to get that right, the tubes twanging around are distracting too.
My ANR-converted DC's aren't a bit sweaty in hot weather, but overall I like them better.

WWhunter wrote:hotrod180, How about an update on the QT HALO? Was up flying an hour and a half the other day and it seems like anything over an hour and my headset 'clamping' starts togive me a mild headache. Was researching different in ear types and the reviews are good on the QT so I was hoping you could give me a review of your experience with them. Unfortunately, every time I try to order a set, they are out of stock.

I can almost guarantee that if you'll get the Oregon Aero comfort items for your existing headset, it will do away with the head-in-a-vice syndrome. David Clarks are famous for creating that syndrome, but for years I put up with it because I like things that are over-built, sturdy, reliable, and supported by their manufacturers. But one day I decided to try the OA kit, and what a difference! My new DC One-X doesn't seem to need it, as I've worn it on several long flights since buying it, but I have those kits on my other 3 DCs, a pair of 10-13.4s (one of which is converted to ANR) and my original 10-40.

Cary

Thanks hotrod! I tend to use both plugs and ear muffs when I am operating equipment or shooting firearms due to lose of hearing in a past life. Ear plug/inserts have a way of irritating me after an extended period of time. I'll stick to my Zulu's!

I have found with good ear cushions, I prefer jel, that you can adjust the DC's by simply bending them to reduce the clamping effect and get a very comfortable noise tight fit. I wish that Headsets Inc. would update there chipsets so as to be able to run on two AA's like everybody else.
Overall I like the Bose A20 by far the best.
Tom

So far I don't mind the 9V battery in my ANR box.
(does anyone else here still call them "transistor radio batteries"?)
I bought a big container of them at Costco right after I got the ANR.
Not really a big deal to keep another battery size in stock-- my driveway alarm uses 9v batt's also anyway.

hotrod180 wrote:So far I don't mind the 9V battery in my ANR box.
(does anyone else here still call them "transistor radio batteries"?)
I bought a big container of them at Costco right after I got the ANR.
Not really a big deal to keep another battery size in stock-- my driveway alarm uses 9v batt's also anyway.

I've never minded the 9v battery, either. I have been keeping an extra in the pouch that the electronics are in, so it's always available. If it's convenient at the time that I notice that the red LED is flashing to show the battery is running low, I'll change it then. But even if I might wait until the ANR shuts off, switching it off and then back on gives about 20 more minutes of ANR, long enough to complete any approach. The battery would be good for about 40 hours, except that when I'm flying cross country, I like music--and that runs the battery down a lot sooner.

Cary

Very true but the Headsets Inc conversion kit that i have seems to last about half as long as the AA ones and the 9v connector is a bit flimsy on all of them. I think they are using an older chipset design vs the newer more efficient designs

hotrod180 wrote:So far I don't mind the 9V battery in my ANR box.
(does anyone else here still call them "transistor radio batteries"?)
I bought a big container of them at Costco right after I got the ANR.
Not really a big deal to keep another battery size in stock-- my driveway alarm uses 9v batt's also anyway.

a3holerman wrote:Very true but the Headsets Inc conversion kit that i have seems to last about half as long as the AA ones and the 9v connector is a bit flimsy on all of them. I think they are using an older chipset design vs the newer more efficient designs

hotrod180 wrote:So far I don't mind the 9V battery in my ANR box.
(does anyone else here still call them "transistor radio batteries"?)
I bought a big container of them at Costco right after I got the ANR.
Not really a big deal to keep another battery size in stock-- my driveway alarm uses 9v batt's also anyway.

I think you're correct. The AAs in my DC One-X are supposed to last about 60 hours, and the 9v in the HI is supposed to last about 40 hours. I don't quite yet have 60 hours on the One-X--got it at OSH last year, and for one reason or another only have about 45 hours since then, but it's still working fine. As I mentioned, when running music I expect fewer hours, and my experience over several years running the HI was that the battery would last only about 25 hours if I was doing that fairly often. I don't yet know how much playing music will affect the One-X.

Cary