DC PRO-X

I have the first gen DC pro X, they are well more than adequate for the Airbus.  Only issue I find is you just need to remember to speak into the mic a little louder when the other guy is using the Telex cheapos. This goes really for any ANR headset. During louder phases of flight (TO, fast and low altitude), if I speak in normal conversational voice, I hear myself completely fine on the intercom side tone since the headset cancels much of the outside noise, the cockpit is like a quiet office with them on.  The problem is that isn’t the case for the other guy. His headset is cancelling nothing, so the volume I’m speaking in the intercom that I hear fine, isn’t loud enough for him to hear over the outside noise. The other thing I sometimes do to solve that problem is when he says “huh?” I reach over and turn up his/her intercom volume.

Depends what you’re flying and how loud it is….. A20s are great and extremely durable, mine are over 15 years old and still going. I use them flying GA and back in the ATR and CRJ, always served me well for those purposes. I tried the A30s and was not impressed and they felt like they were built cheap. In the Airbus, A20/30 is WAY overkill and in a Pratt equipped Neo, forget it, you can’t hear the engines at all. I have a pair of first generation DC PRO-X and they are just right for the bus as far as ANR and much more comfortable than really any over ear from any brand. Where DC excels is service they are 100% behind their products. I bought my DC pro x used so I have no idea when its warranty expired but it was likely years ago. I had one of the tension springs break on me just from use.  Called them up and fully expected to pay for a new spring. Two brand new springs, the one I needed and the opposite side so I don’t have a future problem were priority mailed to me the next day, no charge

I love my DC Pro X over ears as well. Comfortable the whole time. Been using them 3 years. Old style plug should work on all airplanes if switching etc. 

I have David Clark but the first time I used their customer service, I left extremely disappointed. They ended up destroying my perfectly good headset ( DC Pro X but cosmetically damaged) and offered me a marginal discount on a new one. My next headset will not be a DC. I have used both Bose and Lightspeed in the past and both were good. The Lightspeed (20XL) wasn’t very durable but the noise cancelling was awesome

I like my Zulu. The David Clark headset with anc is pretty good too. But it’s about the same price as all the others. And at that price the Zulu is the nicest headset of the bunch.

I've always taken advantage of PPE to include hearing protection. 3 years as a line guy and I wore foam earplugs, or even the ear muffs if it was something really loud. Marshaling, sitting under an APU doing lav services, fueling, etc. Flying Army helicopters with the doors off (and a .50 cal muzzle next to me) I used the extra insulation in my ear cups. I usually tried to double up with foamies under my ear cups if I knew we were going to be a doing a lot of shooting. I flew at the regionals using a David Clark H10-13.4 in turboprops and jets. It worked but wasn't comfortable. I upgraded to a set of ANR David Clarks when I got to the 737 and love them. Jets are pretty quiet though relative to the other aircraft I've flown. 99.9% of the time I have them on for the whole flight while sitting in my seat. I've ALWAYS worn at least foam ear protection on the flight line. I wear them as soon as I go out for my walk-arounds whether we have the APU running or not. There's enough noise out there from hydraulic pumps, jetway AC units, and other aircraft that I just rock them. My hearing is still very good!