Headset choices

Brize · Post by **Brize** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:15 pm

Any suggestions on which one for the Dash?
I think I read the 25 is ANR totalling a 30dB reduction combined with passive. Is the 45 ANR as well?

Sennheiser HME C45-KA
Sennheiser HME C25-KA
Telex Airman 750

Swerved · Post by **Swerved** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 6:08 am

I'll save you the trouble...as a newhire, you can't order the 25, only the 45. It's light, and the noise cancelling works pretty well, but it's not the most comfortable headset on a long day (due to the fact that the earpieces are plastic plates covered with a thin layer of foam). You can pick up cushioned earpieces in the crew room...they make the headset more comfortable, but the noise cancelling doesn't work nearly as well (in fact, it doesn't make it any quieter...just different noise).

Hope that helps...for what it's worth, at least the price is right!

Swerved.

prop2jet · Post by **prop2jet** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 6:52 am

The 45 is designed for use in jet aircraft. The design of this particular headset is intended to reduce "windscreen noise" so that you do not have to crank up the volume of the radio. It is in my opinion a totally useless type of headset for the Dash. The 25 is better suited and it is a joke that the company does not see to it that the 25 is offered to the Dash pilots.

Your choice if on the dash is to either use your own or the 45 and put your name on a wait list for a 25.

Stinky · Post by **Stinky** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 7:03 am

I've been on the waitlist for the 45 for a year, still nothing.

I actually don't mind the 25, it is a little uncomfortable after a long day but on the plus side it's light small and doesn't burn through batteries too quickly. It's better than lugging around a set of DC's.

planedriver · Post by **planedriver** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 7:13 am

Do normal BOSE or Clarks work on the 8 / RJ?

I love my Bose.

Go Guns · Post by **Go Guns** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 7:38 am

I don't fly the Dash, but I've been using the -25s on turboprops for over two years now. I love it. I find it's far more comfortable then DCs.

flyinhigh · Post by **flyinhigh** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 2:34 pm

planedriver wrote:Do normal BOSE or Clarks work on the 8 / RJ?

I love my Bose.

yup, flew with a guy a little while ago that was wearing david clarks in the RJ . The dash guys wear them all the time as well

loadshed · Post by **loadshed** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 2:52 pm

bose works fine in the RJ

basler · Post by **basler** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 6:18 am

Hmm tough decision. I like the 25 or the telex if you want hearing damage...

brize...jjtt

Jaques Strappe · Post by **Jaques Strappe** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 6:52 am

Telex makes the 850 as well. Not as much passive noise canceling as the 25 or 45 but so comfortable, you can wear it all day long.

Cool Rythms! · Post by **Cool Rythms!** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 1:16 pm

I've got a pair of Telex headsets, which I've had from the time I was on the 727. They're small, light and I find them pretty good even on the Dash 8. Sometiimes, I don't even realize I have them on.

Steve Baker · Post by **Steve Baker** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 12:44 pm

I've got the Telex 850 and they're fine for the 737, I don't know if they would be enough for the dash or RJ.

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