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     1. 07:55 AM - Re: Warning - New Bose Line Power Cables Only 3' Long!  (aerobatics@aol.com)
 
 
 
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Time: 07:55:17 AM PST US
Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Warning - New Bose Line Power Cables Only 3' Long!
From: aerobatics@aol.com

I have Zulu what is your opinion about them? Thus far they have been wonder
ful But I'd never compared with anything else... my David Clarks appear muc
h more durable zulus are very quiet


-----Original Message-----
From: dralle@matronics.com
om>; kitfox-list <kitfox-list@matronics.com>
Sent: Sat, Aug 13, 2011 4:16 pm
Subject: Kitfox-List: Warning - New Bose Line Power Cables Only 3' Long!



Just a heads up to those installing or planning on installing Bose X or A20

Active NR headsets using the inline power jacks.  Specifically these units:

http://www.bose.com/controller?url=/shop_online/headphones/aviation_heads
ets/accessories/headset_installkit_acc.jsp

They now come with only 3 feet of cable!  Three years ago they came with 6 
feet 
of cable and I thought at the time that 6 feet seemed a little short.  Now 
3 
feet?  What idiot penny pincher in Bose marketing decided "three feet shoul
d be 
plenty".   Here's quote from the Bose web page above: "Three-foot wiring ha
rness 
with six pin female connector allows for *placement in locations throughout

aircraft*."  WTF?  On what planet will a 3-foot hardness reach "locations

throughout the aircraft".  That's just plain stupid.

If these were third rate, el-cheapo headsets, I'd write it off to penny 
pinching, but for a >$1000 product that you then have to spend an additiona
l $32 
for an installation cable, cheaping out on the cable length is just simply

unacceptable.

I have the jacks mounted in the center of the RV-8, and the cables don't ev
en 
reach to the righthand control console.  What does Bose expect people to do
; 
splice the wire?  That's ridiculous!  What would somebody installing in the
 back 
seats of a 4 or 6 place airplane do?

Of course I wrote a scathing email to Bose Support just now.  I'm sure they
 will 
write back with "for most of our customers, three feet is sufficient".

Given this direction within Bose, I'd definitely consider the new Sennheise
r S1 
if I had to do it over again.  Additionally, the Sennheiser's Bluetooth sup
ports 
the A2DP, AVRCP STEREO profiles.  The Bose A20's Bluetooth does NOT support

stereo.  It must have been the same marketing moron that dictated 3' cables
 that 
decided not to include stereo Bluetooth profiles.  Unbelievable.

Matt  

-
Matt "Red Dawg" Dralle
RV-8 #82880 N998RV "Ruby Vixen"
http://www.mattsrv8.com - Matt's Complete RV-8 Construction Log
http://www.mattsrv8.com/Mishap - Landing Mishap Rebuild Log
http://www.youtube.com/MattsRV8 - Matt's RV-8 HDTV YouTube Channel
Status: 170+ Hours TTSN - Rebuilding Fuselage After Landing Mishap...


 

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