Besides comfort which is highly personal, I found two other performance issues
with noise canceling headsets. First, the cheaper ones hiss. This is hard to
tell
with demos at stores since they insist on making you listen with music on. The
hiss drives me nuts on the quieter bands. Second, I found that to my ears some
headphones make rtty diddles and cw sound wrong. I assume this is a weakness
in the noise cancelation which doesn't like non music or non voice material.
It annoyed me that bose was so premium priced and I went through several cheaper
ones before finally getting a refurb qc15 at a bose outlet store. The headsets
were
Bose qc15 , best noise canceling, no hiss, comfortable
Altec Lansing hissy, but usable
iGo, not hissy, usable, not so comfortable, small ear cups
No name from CVS, distorts tones, uncomfortable
Sony MDR-NC22, in ear, noise canceling not too bad, I can't wear them for too
long
Logitech (no longer made model). Real nice, but broke after a few contests
logitech
Refunded entire purchase price.
Yamaha cm500. No noise canceling, fairly comfortable, mic bracket is loose after
Several years
Heil proset. No noise canceling, not as comfortable as cm500 but better made
Heil bm10, no noise canceling, on ear. Just for something different
Heil proset plus, just don't like how it fits me.
It is handy to have several choices and types of earphones, as changing from say
headset to earbuds to on ear headphones helps you survive long contests as
each rests, and ends up hurting, a different part of your ears/head.
Mark. N2QT
> On Dec 26, 2013, at 7:59 PM, "Gary Smith" <g...@ka1j.com> wrote:
>
> Worth the money is personal taste perhaps. I tried several noise
> cancelling headsets from the common passive variety with excellent
> sound-proofing to several with the electronic noise removal. Without
> a doubt the most comfortable and most effective headsets I compared
> were the Bose QC-2. That headphone had issues and was out of
> warranty. However, Bose will replace a failed headset out of warranty
> with the same or the next generation of headset for $100. I spotted
> for the new generation and these are lighter and at least as
> effective as the older Bose QC2. It's still worth my time to check
> out new ones in the off-chance something will beat the QC-15 but to
> date audio quality and ambient sound removal-wise, this is it.
>
> Gary
> KA1J
>
>> On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 10:21 AM, Phil Kane <k2...@kanafi.org>
>> wrote:
>>> On 12/26/2013 8:17 AM, iain macdonnell - N6ML wrote:
>>>> These have caught my eye at my local Costco recently:
>> http://www.costco.com/Sony-MDR-10RDC-Premium-Noise-Canceling-Headpho
>> nes.product.100083695.html
>>>>
>>>> but I keep reminding myself that I have too many headsets already
>> :)
>>>
>>> Is it worth 180 bucks?
>>
>> Maybe, if you operate in a noisy environment. The Bose QC15 that
>> others are raving about sells for ~$270 !
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> ~iain / N6ML
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