I think it would be hard to justify the expense unless you were planning to fly noisy props for a while afterwards.
You've only got one pair of ears The500man.
If Direct-Law can afford top-notch headsets, then he should not be discouraged.
Plus, if you buy good headsets and find you no longer need them in the future, it should be fairly easy to find a second hand buyer either on the internet or at your local flying club.
Direct-Law, the one important thing to check is the failure-mode in the case of lack of battery power. Some (such as the Bose, I believe) fail closed, i.e. you loose comms .... others will correctly revert to being a passive headset (from memory, the David Clarke ANRs are that type but don't quote me on it).
I just had a look at the YouTube videos about the Beyerdynamics... they look like the mutt's nuts of headsets...I suspect they would be a fine choice
