H10-13.4

My first headset was a cheap set of David Clarks. They got the job done, but after I saved some money I got a pair of light speed Zulus. I had to sell them and have used Bose A20s for the last 8 years. David Clark’s will get you through training. I hands down love my A20s. They had an issue a few years ago. I think I was out of warranty but Bose still refurbished them to good as new for free. The noise cancellation on the A20s was better than the Zulus, and they both were way more comfortable than the Clarks. They nicknamed them David Clamps for a reason. My colleague has the David Clark Pro X2 noise cancelling headset. Every time we seat swap and move headsets he has his volume turned way up on the audio panel. Which shows to me the noise canceling isn’t that great. Get a used pair of A20s off eBay, replace the ear cups and get a new mic muff.

Jets. First time I used A20s, the cirrus I instructed in had them. The David Clark Pro X2 is used in a challenger 3500. Either he is deaf or they suck. Every time we swap seats, I have to turn the volume down by a lot when I use my A20s. Sportys.com David Clark H10s. I got mine for $250 about 16 years ago. Won’t last your career but will get you through training/CFI.

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!

Dc One X are wonderfully comfortable and quiet headphones. They have absolutely nothing to do sonically or comfort wise with the classic passive DC’s. I own two pairs and have clocked almost 1800 hours with them. For me they are lighter and more comfortable with the Bose, built better and the service is top notch- which can be said also of Lightspeed but def not Bose.

I think you’re spot on. The One-X is a fantastic ANR headset and one I only bought after researching this exhaustively. It’s miles beyond the old David Clamps. Definitely recommend.

My first set was the DCs without noise cancelling, the sound quality was pretty bad and they completely stopped working within 30 days. I sent them in for a refund and got the A20s and never looked back. I now also have a set of the A30s as well. The A20s are almost 4 years old and work just as well as the day I got them. I slightly prefer them to the A30s.