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Hello All,
New member here. Very happy to see a pilot forum with useful information. Anyway, I have a couple of headsets that were handed down to me from my brother who was in the Air Force. One is a David Clark H10-76 and the other is Flightcom E-13 ANR.
I have been doing a lot of reading in regards to impedance mismatch and different plugs. The conversion seems straightforward for the DC headset. However, it's confusing because many sell either:
For the record, I went out and purchased the Acousticom $125 conversion set which includes the electret mic, plug converter cable and 300 ohm earphone speakers. Still waiting on the kit, so I'll post an update once I convert my DC.
The question I have is in regards to the Flightcom E-13 ANR. It seems the conversion for this is not that straightforward. Although the headset is basically a DC H10-76 "clone" with ANR. The fact that it is ANR means the earphone speakers have a microphone and module built-in. So the Acousticom kit I purchased for my DC will not work.
Someone on eBay said I only need the impedance and plug conversion cable and I should be fine. However, not sure how the headset will sound using the dynamic mic it currently has and the earphone speakers would still be 19 ohm military.
I was thinking I should probably change out the mic to an electret high impedance and get a plug conversion cable. In addition, I found a company that sells the 300 ohm ANR speakers with modules only. That way, I don't have to pickup the full ANR conversion kit they sell.
http://www.headsetsinc.com/
Any advice, opinions, real world experience, etc...?
Thank you in advance.
New member here. Very happy to see a pilot forum with useful information. Anyway, I have a couple of headsets that were handed down to me from my brother who was in the Air Force. One is a David Clark H10-76 and the other is Flightcom E-13 ANR.
I have been doing a lot of reading in regards to impedance mismatch and different plugs. The conversion seems straightforward for the DC headset. However, it's confusing because many sell either:
- Impedance adapter cable which also converts plugs, but I have read it only affects the mic and not the earphone speakers.
- High impedance electret mic and cable plug converter.
- High impedance electret mic, cable plug converter and in addition 300 ohm earphone speakers.
For the record, I went out and purchased the Acousticom $125 conversion set which includes the electret mic, plug converter cable and 300 ohm earphone speakers. Still waiting on the kit, so I'll post an update once I convert my DC.
The question I have is in regards to the Flightcom E-13 ANR. It seems the conversion for this is not that straightforward. Although the headset is basically a DC H10-76 "clone" with ANR. The fact that it is ANR means the earphone speakers have a microphone and module built-in. So the Acousticom kit I purchased for my DC will not work.
Someone on eBay said I only need the impedance and plug conversion cable and I should be fine. However, not sure how the headset will sound using the dynamic mic it currently has and the earphone speakers would still be 19 ohm military.
I was thinking I should probably change out the mic to an electret high impedance and get a plug conversion cable. In addition, I found a company that sells the 300 ohm ANR speakers with modules only. That way, I don't have to pickup the full ANR conversion kit they sell.
http://www.headsetsinc.com/
Any advice, opinions, real world experience, etc...?
Thank you in advance.