Name... those... cans!

[devwild]

Friend of a friend found this headset, which appears to be an aviation headset. It is generally in very good condition and probably fairly new. The cable however is unterminated, end was cut off. There's the connector and boom for a mic, but no mic. It comes with cloth covers to put over the pads/drivers. The drivers are 300 ohm. Any identifying labels have been removed.

Just a curiosity.

I'm not familiar with commercial headsets and was wondering if this one could be identified specifically by its design.

 

[Veniogenesis]

Flightcom 4DLX
http://www.flightcom.net/headsets/4dlx-headset.php

 

[ElectricBlack]

That was a quick and snappy ending.

 

[Veniogenesis]

Apparently they're a bit different though. Devwild says the one in his photo has no volume control and boom mount is a little bit different. But it's definitely a Flightcom.

 

[warrior05]

you guys are scary!

 

[wualta]

Could they be based on these, which are better known to us old-timers?

http://www.davidclark.com/HeadsetPgs...rdHeadset.html

Yeah, the color's different.

Sure looks like they have the same OEM. And the headband on some of the DCs is a dead ringer for those of a once-famous dead headphone company, Sharpe.

Ooh, it's all connected somehow.

 

[Veniogenesis]

Quote:

Originally Posted by wualta Could they be based on these, which are better known to us old-timers? http://www.davidclark.com/HeadsetPgs...rdHeadset.html Sure looks like they have the same OEM. And the headband on some of the DCs is a dead ringer for those of a once-famous dead headphone company, Sharpe.

Oh! Hmm, yeah. Those do look like it as well.

Ah, yes. Everything is related, as you've said.

 

[devwild]

It's certainly the most similar to the flightcom headsets - from the pictures I can find, the headband matches that of the 4DLX, while the frame of the mic boom matches that of the 4DX, though the mount is a bit different. Definitely related, I wonder if it's an older model or OEM perhaps. It may have even had parts replaced by the owner, though it doesn't look it.

It's interesting to hunt for in any case, thanks for the help. Learned a couple things in the search as well.

 

[ElectricBlack]

My suspicion is that it's an older model.