Trading Bose X for Clarity Aloft
I've been flying my Cessna 421 with a Bose X for several years. I always thought it was the best money could buy. I flew with the Clarity Aloft set today and I'm sold on it. Look for the Bose on Ebay!
There is some subjectivity involved, but for me, the CA is superior not just in comfort but in sound quality and overall noise reduction. Believe it or not, there is only slightly more low freq noise with the CA even though it doesn't have noise cancelling circuits. It's really negligible. For the mid range and higher frequencies the CA is MUCH quieter. One caveat...you have to be comfortable with in-the-ear devices. Some people aren't.