Headsets

crashtest89@m wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm in the market for a headset and have seen new headsets on e-bay
> bearing the "Feather Lite" brand.
>
> Does anyone have any experience with these headsets? Any opions as to
> quality of build, sound etc.etc. Any relevant info appreciated.
>
> The price is right but I want to be sure they're just junk which will
> bust in a couple months.
>
> Given I'm a still student pilot I don't want to spend too much on my
> first set and then decide I want something different down the track. I
> also don't want to keep using the units provided by my school - damn
> cooties...
>
> Cheers
> CT
>
Buy David Clark. By far the best headsets made and exceptional warranty.

Tyler

In article <1124152331.957726.4710@g44g2000cwa..c om>,
crashtest89@m wrote:

> George Patterson wrote:
> > crashtest89@m wrote:
> >
> >
> > Your logic is flawed.
>
> Funny, I wasn't aware I'd asked for a critique of my logic.
>
>
> > If you buy a poor headset now,
>
> I do not know for a fact that it is a poor headset - do you? From the
> specifications listed on E-bay it looks comparable to many of the more
> popular headsets and from what I read it has a five year warranty. But
> then you can't beleive everything you read now can you? Which brings
> us back to the point of my original post which was to get information
> *from anyone who has had direct experience with the headset* (Feather
> Lite). After considering the information I'll make my decision.
>
> If you have had any specific experience with the headset I'd be happy
> to hear about it.
>
>
>
> > you won't be able to concentrate on your lessons as well as you might,
>
> Again, that's the point of my original post. To find out from anyone
> who has actually used the headset if the headset is noisy,
> uncomfortable or has any other drawbacks which I should be aware of.
>
> If you have any direct experience please post away.
>
> > and you won't be able to sell
> > it very easily once you decide to upgrade.
>
> I wouldn't sell it. I'd keep it for passengers.
>
> >
> > While I agree that you probably don't want to spring for a Bose right now,
> > you
> > should be looking into something like one of the low end Lightspeed sets.
>
> Now, I thought you said my logic was flawed. Here you're saying "Don't
> buy the most expensive set on the market buy one of the cheapest."
> Funny, sounds like the logic I was using.
>
> >
> > George Patterson
> > Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
> > use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.


Yikes....

oh yeah and geez..

--
Chris Schmelzer, MD
University of Arizona, UPH Kino

I recently bought the bottom end lightspeeds for rear seat use. I
tried them in the pilot seat and found them amazingly good for non-ANR
headsets.

"Victor J. Osborne, Jr." <vosborne2@charter.net> wrote in message news:tHOMe.52854$vb3.13840@fe07.lga...
> Agree that an AP may not be worth it in some planes. I tend to fly a lot of 3 hours legs, hard IFR. It's
> bad enough doing it in a single. I had a good price on an AP for my Archer II and my A36 had one or it would
> have been an immediate upgrade.
>
> ps ditto the Lightspeed QFR XC-2. It's one of my non-ANR sets.

IIRC QFR XC-2 *IS* ANR...well I guess unless you leave it turned off or the batteries dead...

Cheers,
John Clonts
Temple, Texas
N7NZ