But again I was disappointed: DC’s ANR offerings were just DC passives with some ANR circuitry added…and not terribly good ANR circuitry at that. This time, I really had my hopes up because I’ve always been a big-time DC fan and my headsets have always been green (as opposed to my wallet). Next, David Clark entered the ANR competition. I flew with it but didn’t like it at all, which didn’t surprise me because I’ve never much cared for Telex headsets. Telex was the first to field a competitive active headset. Meanwhile, the other major players in the aviation headset business introduced their own ANR headsets, all at prices somewhat lower than Bose. And for eight years, Bose has stubbornly held it firm. For eight years, I’ve been waiting for the price to come down. I, on the other hand, have lots of hours wearing other peoples’ Bose headsets and I agree that they’re absolutely marvelous - but I simply have never been able to bring myself to spend a kilobuck on a headset. He’s an “A” and I’m a "B." Carl bought his first Bose headset at that 1989 Oshkosh trailer and has simply refused to use any lesser headset since. No way that I’m going to spend a grand on any headset!”ĪVweb’s publisher Carl Marbach and I make a good case study. Reaction B: “ How much did you say this headset costs? A thousand bucks? Be serious! They’ll never get away with pricing it that high! The price has got to come down! I’ll just wait until it does. Reaction A: “I just can’t believe how quiet and comfortable this headset is! I’ve simply gotta have one!!! I don’t care what it costs.” When Bose introduced the first active noise reduction (ANR) headset to the aviation community at Oshkosh in 1989, pilots who visited Bose’s big black trailer and tried the headset had two distinct reactions to it: Also see Mike Busch’s review of LightSPEED’s newest headset, the 25XL.
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