Newly designed pilot headset offers significantly better noise reduction in even louder environments
Provides greater comfort and stability, with more room for your ears
Auxiliary audio input for GPS and other devices
Bluetooth® mobile phone connectivity lets you receive calls wirelessly without removing headset
Meets or exceeds all FAA and JAA TSO requirements
The A20 aviation headset is the most advanced Bose pilot headset yet. Its breakthrough innovations reduce more noise and provide even greater comfort than previous models, without compromising the clear audio you expect from Bose. Plus, the A20 aviation headset now includes auxiliary audio input and Bluetooth phone connectivity. The next-generation pilot headset from Bose. More than 20 years ago, Bose introduced active noise reducing headsets to aviation-and launched an entire industry. Year after year, pilots have made these headsets their #1 preference. Now, the A20 aviation headset introduces an entirely new standard. Enjoy a quieter flight. Proprietary technologies in the Bose A20 aviation headset reduce more noise than ever before, across the full spectrum of human hearing, in even louder environments. Advanced electronics now use microphones.
This review is from: Bose® A20 aviation headset - portable model, Bluetooth
I needed a TSO headset for Part 121 flying. I tried the Sennheisers, the Telex, Lightspeed Zulu, and the Clarity Aloft noise canceling headsets over an extended period of time. My Clarity Aloft headsets finally failed after 5 years and it was time for something better. I decided to go BIG because I spend a lot of time flying the friendly skies and I wanted something comfortable and functional. Of all of the headsets, the Zulu's were close to the Bose but the Bose A20's win based on comfort and imperceptible weight. Sennheiser was a distant third, then Clarity Aloft (YUK), and finally the Telex's are not in this class of headset.
I was amazed at the noise canceling and comfort of the BOSE A20's. The earcups are soft, there is no clamping of your head, I can wear them coast to coast, and the stereo quality of the AUX inputs is excellent. ATC calls and transmissions are clear as a bell. My only issue is that the noise canceling is so good that there is a tendency to p#ss off the guy your flying with if you have both earcups on and he wants to talk. It can be annoying to start every communication with "huh? what did you say?" I've learned over the years with noise canceling headphones to put the earcup facing the other pilot slightly off center of my ear so that I can hear him on the first pass. If he really wants to talk, I just take the earcup further off of the ear.
I am kind of an audio freak and think I would rate the stereo audio quality as excellent, not crystal clear like Etymotic ER4P headset clear, but pretty close, definitely excellent. I didn't go with the Bluetooth version because it didn't inject audio, only phone.
Overall, the Bose A20's are worth the money, glad I have them!! I think I'll have to be really careful they don't walk away.
UPDATE 2/14/2011
Unfortunately, I have decided to return these headsets in the 30 day trial period. After the first week, these headsets started to "hotspot" the top center of my head and became uncomfortable after several straight hours of continuous flying. The sound quality was excellent but it came down to a comfort issue. There were a few annoying things.
1) If you set the headsets to STEREO, for AUX input stereo, then ATC only comes in on the left ear.
2) The brainbox is kind of heavy and pulls down on your head alot when you turn your head.
3) the "hotspot" issue.
I'd recommend these headsets for single/multi engine piston pilots and instructors more than for part 121.
**** UPDATE, News Flash..... I found Nirvana!!! After trying every noise cancelling aviation headset in the book, I found a part 121 TSO headset that blows everything else completely away, the Bose QC15/Uflymike, just google Uflymike. The lightweight comfort of the QC15's, the noise cancellation is excellent for a semi-quiet Boeing aircraft, the microphone interfaces perfectly with the aircraft, also, there is a stereo input, there are no hotspots on long flights, and it's TSO'd!! and it's $400 - $500 cheaper :)
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This review is from: Bose® A20 aviation headset - portable model, Bluetooth
...try this:
Contact Bose and request to get a part shipped for your Bose X Aviation Headset you bought 6 years ago (1000 USD then). See the answer: it's NO.
You have to send the whole headset, at your expense of course, and pay your flat rate of 175 USD. Pay the shipment back, let it break again and start over.
The Bose's ear cups are mounted on what sounds good plastic, but it's not. It will become brittle and WILL break with time, preferably out of the warranty.
A company that CANNOT assist you, within reasonnable delay, and with a reasonnable price to the part that got broken (just a 10 dollars plastic part!) is not worth the business.
Now try the same with LightSpeed, David Clark, ... and see the answers. Pick your choice wisely.
I regret today that I was ripped off 1000 USD 6 years ago for something I though would last a long time. I will never do the same mistake I can assure you... and will, before I buy something else of the kind, contact customer service and pretend I need assistance. And base part of my buy on their service if any....
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