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Richard Pike
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 Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 3:18 pm Post subject: Noise canceling earbuds |
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Last week I decided to try something different to quiet the in-flight noise, and bought some noise canceling earbuds off ebay. The unit is a Philips HN060, and it has an active noise reduction circuit. It is designed for people on airliners, mowing lawns, riding your motorcycle, etc, and since I found some on ebay for $20 with free shipping, decided to give them a try. They arrived a little while ago, and initial impressions are excellent. Stuck the earbuds in, turned on the ANR circuit, and cranked up the riding lawn mower. They cut the noise level in half, so turned it off, and cranked up the Kawasaki 650 and stood behind the muffler. Cut the noise level about 60 percent.
Went over to the airplane, put on the ancient Flightcom El Cheapos and tuned in the local ATIS. With the earbuds in place in the ear canal, and the headsets over the ears, the ATIS came through loud and clear. Went back and ran the motorcycle and the riding lawn mower again, and the Flightcoms over the earbuds helped further reduce the noise to a very quiet level. Planning to go flying tomorrow morning, and if things work as well then as they did a bit ago, ANR might be more inexpensive than any of us thought. There is a pot full of the Philips HN060 earphones on ebay, and most of them are under $30 with shipping.
Plus, I can still use them riding the motorcycle, or mowing the airstrip. Such a deal...
Will give an inflight review tomorrow around lunchtime, Lord willing.
Richard Pike
MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
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herbgh
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| Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 3:53 pm Post subject: Noise canceling earbuds |
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Richard
Walmart sells three varieties of noise cancelling ear phones.. 30 to 50 bucks as I recall.. Best way to do it, imho, is to take the guts out and put them in a set of regular flight headphones.. Been thinking about that idea since I noticed them at Wally World.. My years of electronic experience tells me that the most expensive parts in the "higest retail" aviation head set is the molded plastic or the ear muffs... Herb
On Mon, 2 Jul 2007 19:17:39 -0400 "Richard Pike" <richard(at)bcchapel.org (richard(at)bcchapel.org)> writes:
[quote] Last week I decided to try something different to quiet the in-flight noise, and bought some noise canceling earbuds off ebay. The unit is a Philips HN060, and it has an active noise reduction circuit. It is designed for people on airliners, mowing lawns, riding your motorcycle, etc, and since I found some on ebay for $20 with free shipping, decided to give them a try. They arrived a little while ago, and initial impressions are excellent. Stuck the earbuds in, turned on the ANR circuit, and cranked up the riding lawn mower. They cut the noise level in half, so turned it off, and cranked up the Kawasaki 650 and stood behind the muffler. Cut the noise level about 60 percent.
Went over to the airplane, put on the ancient Flightcom El Cheapos and tuned in the local ATIS. With the earbuds in place in the ear canal, and the headsets over the ears, the ATIS came through loud and clear. Went back and ran the motorcycle and the riding lawn mower again, and the Flightcoms over the earbuds helped further reduce the noise to a very quiet level. Planning to go flying tomorrow morning, and if things work as well then as they did a bit ago, ANR might be more inexpensive than any of us thought. There is a pot full of the Philips HN060 earphones on ebay, and most of them are under $30 with shipping.
Plus, I can still use them riding the motorcycle, or mowing the airstrip. Such a deal...
Will give an inflight review tomorrow around lunchtime, Lord willing.
Richard Pike
MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
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Richard Pike
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| Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 4:03 pm Post subject: Noise canceling earbuds |
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I thought about that - but after I put the guts into the Flightcoms, how do I get the Flightcoms to fit under my motorcycle helmet? (Not to mention the extreme liklihood of my breaking the ANR stuff in the process?) (Easy for you - difficult for me)
Let me try the KISS principle first - update tomorrow.
Richard Pike
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