Here's a riddle for ya. I heard tell of an active noise cancellation "headset" that is just two earbuds. One is an in ear mic the other a standard earbud. With incoming sound in one ear only it must sound reminiscent of a telephone. This is an ultra light communication device with no mic boom. I am looking for some more info on it, so if you are familiar with it please supply a link.
Thanks.
ENC earbuds?
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They have the one you mentioned along with a dual ear plus lightweight boom mic and they now have a wireless (bluetooth) version.
They have the one you mentioned along with a dual ear plus lightweight boom mic and they now have a wireless (bluetooth) version.
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A company called Gentex also makes a product called CEP. Communications Ear Plug (go figure)
They are a little different than what you're talking about. They're supposed to be worn inside a helicopter helmet - they act like conventional foam earplugs, except that they have a conduit for the audio. That way you can turn your radio down instead of cranking it up. Some of the fling-wing stuff out there makes an unholy amount of noise, especially if you've got your head stuck out of the cockpit for long line work. There's a reason that they call the MD500 the "angry egg".
From my experience wearing a radio adapter along with a set of custom earplugs in industrial settings, it's a great idea. Clarity and intelligibility are much, much better. Plus I get to make jokes about being in the secret service. (I know, lame. Sometimes you really have to work for humour when you're walking around in a one-mile-square gas plant that's a bomb if something goes wrong)
They are a little different than what you're talking about. They're supposed to be worn inside a helicopter helmet - they act like conventional foam earplugs, except that they have a conduit for the audio. That way you can turn your radio down instead of cranking it up. Some of the fling-wing stuff out there makes an unholy amount of noise, especially if you've got your head stuck out of the cockpit for long line work. There's a reason that they call the MD500 the "angry egg".
From my experience wearing a radio adapter along with a set of custom earplugs in industrial settings, it's a great idea. Clarity and intelligibility are much, much better. Plus I get to make jokes about being in the secret service. (I know, lame. Sometimes you really have to work for humour when you're walking around in a one-mile-square gas plant that's a bomb if something goes wrong)
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Hmmm...you gotta wonder about how really quiet they are. I know that during my one piston Beaver flight, I was happy that I had earplugs on underneath the conventional (albiet crappy) headset.
Please don't tell my mother that I work in the Oilpatch...she still thinks that I'm the piano player at a whorehouse.
I was using the Lightspeed earplugs, the first version L1(i think). They worked quite well, they take a little getting used to, and the mike is a little floppy, but I liked them. Pretty much as quiet as the DK's. I sold them to a colleague and ordered the panther electronics c.a.t. system which is the one you first mentioned. One side the receiver, one side an inner ear mic. I have not got them yet so I can't comment on how they work, but I'm looking forward to them. They are a custom ear mold, so they should fit a lot better than the lightspeed and be even quieter. I had to go back to my Dk's in the mean time and can't stand them. I will never wear a conventional headset again.
All that being said I don't fly anything really loud, mostly lightjet's and turboprops. But I do some rec flying in piston singles and twins and the lightspeed worked just as well as my clarks in those aircraft as well.
my .02
All that being said I don't fly anything really loud, mostly lightjet's and turboprops. But I do some rec flying in piston singles and twins and the lightspeed worked just as well as my clarks in those aircraft as well.
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