DaleB
Final Approach
I've been using a DC H10-13.4s since I started training. They're... OK. Comfortable enough for the first couple of hours, unless I'm wearing my regular glasses. My super-duper pilot shades have thin, flexible temples; my old fart bifocal regular glasses have much stiffer temples, and I end up wearing them a lot so I can see things like the teeny little GPS screen.
But now I need to pick up some additional headsets, one set at least for my lovely bride. I'm torn. I could drop close to 2 AMU for two pair of Zulu.2s, but we wouldn't be able to listen to the same tunes without an additional portable intercom. BluLink won't let us share music or the phone. Arrgh. Oh well. Anyway, what I'm considering:
And how big a difference is there, really, between a Zulu and a Zulu.2?
I'm tentatively rating the non-ANR equipped DCs I have been using at about a 3 for noise reduction. They're not that quiet, they just make ATC and pax louder than the O-320 and prop racket.
But now I need to pick up some additional headsets, one set at least for my lovely bride. I'm torn. I could drop close to 2 AMU for two pair of Zulu.2s, but we wouldn't be able to listen to the same tunes without an additional portable intercom. BluLink won't let us share music or the phone. Arrgh. Oh well. Anyway, what I'm considering:
- Keep the H10-13.4s and install an ANR kit from Headsets, Inc. Buy Wifey some Pilot USA or SoftComm ANR cans.
- Buy a Zulu.2 and let Wifey use the DCs, probably with an ANR kit installed.
- Buy two pair of Zulu.2s. The bank probably won't miss that mortgage payment, will they?
And how big a difference is there, really, between a Zulu and a Zulu.2?
I'm tentatively rating the non-ANR equipped DCs I have been using at about a 3 for noise reduction. They're not that quiet, they just make ATC and pax louder than the O-320 and prop racket.