Matt Dralle
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 Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 10:20 am Post subject: Warning - New Bose Line Power Cables Only 3' Long! |
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At 10:54 AM 8/14/2011 Sunday, you wrote:
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Matt,
I gather from your purchase of Boses and your recommendation to look at Sennheisers, that you found Light Speed's Zulus not to your liking. Care to comment?
I need headsets and with the trade-in that LS will give me for my 25 yr old DC's, Zulu is attractive.
Anybody else?
Thanks
John
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Hi John,
Don't get me wrong; I really, really like the Bose X and now A20 headsets. I am a stickler for audio performance and quality and the Bose headsets have delivered. Coupled with a PM3000 intercom and a high-end automobile entertainment system, the quality of experience is unlike anything you've ever heard in an airplane before. I had the Bose X headsets in the first RV-8 and really liked them. For the new RV-8, I've got the newer A20 models. While I haven't flown with the A20's yet, in bench top testing, they seem even better than the X's in terms of noise cancelling and audio performance.
My only beef's with the new A20's are the lack of the Stereo Bluetooth profiles (that's stupid), and the fact that they only provide 3' of cable with the bulkhead in line power jacks (even stupider). 3' is ridiculous for a cut to fit installation. I heard back from Bose Support today. Here's what "Barry" from Bose had to say about the situation: "I'm sorry, the install kit only comes with a 3 foot cable. Longer cables are not available." Well, great.
In summary, realistically, I guess for a future purchase I wouldn't let the completely inadequate cable lengths deter me from purchasing the A20's again. I noticed that it appears that the Sennheisers do NOT have an in line power option - you have to use batteries. As far as I'm concerned, that's a show stopper. Frankly, a bigger show stopper than the lack of stereo Bluetooth and bulkhead cable length issues with the Bose. I haven't listed to the Zulu's, so I can't speak directly to their physical or aural quality. But the fact is that if Zulu could charge $1000 for a set of headphones, they would. Enough said.
Matt's $.02
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