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bruce.smith(at)york.com
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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 11:11 am Post subject: Lightspeed Mach !

Gary and Team Grumman folks,



I'm looking around to replace my Lightspeed 20s with something a little 

newer. I like the looks of Mach 1 from Lightspeed. It's not an ANR set 

but the amount of noise reduction it is credited with seems to be 

comparable to what their ANR headsets achieve.  I see that you can hook 

it up to a cell phone if necessary, and probably an iPod as well. Has 

anyone tried this headset? Like or dislike and why?



Thanks.



Bruce Smith

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GrummanDude

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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 11:24 am Post subject: Lightspeed Mach !

Last year I saw some (I believe they were Lightspeed) headsets that had a 

plug in for a cell phone.   I think if I were going to set some new headsets, I'd 

look at those.   On a cheaper note ... I have some Peltor (I think they are 

4001's) headsets that I like.   They are the lightest ones I could find.

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alaurent(at)westga.edu
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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 12:05 pm Post subject: Lightspeed Mach !

I bought one of the L1's last SnF.



http://www.anrheadsets.com/productsL1.asp



Very nifty, especially since due to my dimensions, I tend to hit the top

of my headset on just about every plane (Including a Beech Sierra) -

this lets me have some room between my head and the top.



I like mine _a lot_.  But check to see if your cell phone is supported.

I got it home, and hooked it up, and it didn't work.  There's a note in

there that some manufacturers (Samsung's listed by name) won't work.



I've never tried ANR except in the display booths, so I can't give you a

comparison there.  But I can tell you that I get less fatigued with the

l1 than I did with my DC's. About the only downside, other than my cell

phone, is that I *have* yanked them out spinning my head in a hurry

before.   But it was only the once, and in the meantime, my head/neck,

and gearbag are *much* happier.



The only problem now is that my girlfriend pouts that they should be

hers, since I didn't buy her anything else at SnF last year, and she

likes them better than the DCs.



Addison

On Tue, 2006-03-21 at 14:09 -0500, Bruce Smith wrote:

 	  Quote: 	
		   

 

 Gary and Team Grumman folks,

 

 I'm looking around to replace my Lightspeed 20s with something a little 

 newer. I like the looks of Mach 1 from Lightspeed. It's not an ANR set 

 but the amount of noise reduction it is credited with seems to be 

 comparable to what their ANR headsets achieve.  I see that you can hook 

 it up to a cell phone if necessary, and probably an iPod as well. Has 

 anyone tried this headset? Like or dislike and why?

 

 Thanks.

 

 Bruce Smith

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jamey

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 124

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 12:43 pm Post subject: Lightspeed Mach !

I've used the Mach 1s for about 2 months now.  Most of LightSpeed's headsets

now have the "cell phone/aux audio" jack.



Observations:



1) light and comfortable

2) As quiet as my David Clark ANRs when the ear piece is securely in place

3) Not as quiet when then work out of my ear a bit

4) Mic boom a hair short and moves around a bit on me as the thing it's

attached to is only wedged in my ear with a little ring over the ear rather

than a massive thing clamped to my head

5) Cell phone interface doesn't play nicely with my Motorola v551



I called LightSpeed about the shortcomings a few weeks back and their

excellent customer support said they'd research the cell phone compatibility

(though I've yet to hear back on this) and that they would have a revised

model with a slightly longer mic boom out in March/April.  I believe I will

try to trade up for this as I think my head is such that the longer boom

will help.  Lastly the rep really advocated the custom ear-pieces.  Yep,

they're $120 or something but you get them once and apparently the whole

headset fits more securely and it keeps things much quieter.



Because they come a little loose from my ear (even with the yellow memory

foam ear plugs) I find them a little noisy in the Grumman.  My A36 is

quieter and they work well there and generally I like them enough that I'm

going to try investing in the custom ear pieces and see where that gets me.

I don't think LightSpeed makes much money on the custom ear pieces (3rd

party vendor) so I don't think they were just trying to get my $120 when the

service rep strongly recommended this option.  We'll see though.



Jamey



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