Headset longevity
S-Works
I've worn the traditional style David Clarks (passive and ANR) for several thousand hours (I'm guessing well over 10,000 hours) and they were certainly not purgatory to wear. Might I suggest the ones you wore weren't adjusted properly to your head? Also the DCs were very reliable, all I ever replaced on my personal headset (about 7000 hours) were mic socks and ear cushions. This was a major factor in deciding to buy the One X's when everyone around me had Bose. I tried the Bose, I reckon the DC One X fits better, is at least as comfortable and just as quiet.
BigEndBob
I wore DC's with the highest passive rating for many years before I bought the One X's. The difference is like night and day. Hearing damage can happen outside the cockpit with noise from nearby aircraft while you're on the ramp etc.
I've worn the traditional style David Clarks (passive and ANR) for several thousand hours (I'm guessing well over 10,000 hours) and they were certainly not purgatory to wear. Might I suggest the ones you wore weren't adjusted properly to your head? Also the DCs were very reliable, all I ever replaced on my personal headset (about 7000 hours) were mic socks and ear cushions. This was a major factor in deciding to buy the One X's when everyone around me had Bose. I tried the Bose, I reckon the DC One X fits better, is at least as comfortable and just as quiet.
BigEndBob
I wore DC's with the highest passive rating for many years before I bought the One X's. The difference is like night and day. Hearing damage can happen outside the cockpit with noise from nearby aircraft while you're on the ramp etc.
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S-Works
I've worn the traditional style David Clarks (passive and ANR) for several thousand hours (I'm guessing well over 10,000 hours) and they were certainly not purgatory to wear. Might I suggest the ones you wore weren't adjusted properly to your head? Also the DCs were very reliable, all I ever replaced on my personal headset (about 7000 hours) were mic socks and ear cushions. This was a major factor in deciding to buy the One X's when everyone around me had Bose. I tried the Bose, I reckon the DC One X fits better, is at least as comfortable and just as quiet.
BigEndBob
I wore DC's with the highest passive rating for many years before I bought the One X's. The difference is like night and day. Hearing damage can happen outside the cockpit with noise from nearby aircraft while you're on the ramp etc.
I've worn the traditional style David Clarks (passive and ANR) for several thousand hours (I'm guessing well over 10,000 hours) and they were certainly not purgatory to wear. Might I suggest the ones you wore weren't adjusted properly to your head? Also the DCs were very reliable, all I ever replaced on my personal headset (about 7000 hours) were mic socks and ear cushions. This was a major factor in deciding to buy the One X's when everyone around me had Bose. I tried the Bose, I reckon the DC One X fits better, is at least as comfortable and just as quiet.
BigEndBob
I wore DC's with the highest passive rating for many years before I bought the One X's. The difference is like night and day. Hearing damage can happen outside the cockpit with noise from nearby aircraft while you're on the ramp etc.
My employer has recently decided to equip our aircraft with the DC One X. I am afraid to say I hate them with a passion. The sound quality is fine, build quality good, unfortunately at the slightest forward movement of my head they fall off forwards, no matter where I try and seat the headband.
Are you really lecturing me on the way to wear a headset? I can tell you that I find DC headsets purgatory to wear. I have been issued with enough of them in time at work to know exactly how to adjust them and they are crap. I fly a turboprop for a living and they are utterly dreadful for cutting the noise. The Bose are just sublime.
I was relating my experience with DC's which is obviously different to yours. In my experience they are not crap as you so eloquently put it. I was merely offering one suggestion as to why your experience was different, obviously not. Telling me you fly a turbprop for a living cuts no ice with me, it certainly doesn't make you special. It might interest you to know there are a few piston aircraft that rival a turbo prop for noise.
I have a couple of turbo prop hours too and the DC's were just fine at noise cancelling.
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