Looking for info on headsets

[Doug Urner]

I'm in the market for a headset (and maybe an intercom). Does anyone
have any recomendations? I'll be using them in a 172 so I put a bit
of a premium on protecting my hearing. So far I'm leaning toward
David Clark's model 10-40 though I've been told that the combination
headset/intercom made by AudioCom is a good deal.

As usual, thanks in advance (and I'd be happy to summarize to the net),

Doug Urner, dlu@tektronix

[a...@infoswx.uucp]

I use the plantronics starset. My preference for this over the others
was based on a the fact that I rent aircraft from several FBS's, none
of which have intercoms installed. With a tradition headset, I felt I could
not properly hear the passengers if they were talking.

I give each passenger a set of E*A*R plugs, and I wear one in my right ear.
With that, everbody talks loud, and everybody can hear one another.

Al Gettier

[Andrew Koenig]

If you're in the market for headsets, consider Sigtronics.
They're much less expensive than the big names, and appear
to be every bit as good (though I must admit that the Clarks,
at twice the price, seem to offer a tiny bit more noise isolation).

They have a volume control in the headset (nice feature) that cannot
be turned all the way down (safety feature).

Sigtronics makes good intercoms too. If you have a yoke-mounted
PTT switch, they will modify their intercom for a nominal fee to
work smoothly with it.