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I pulled the trigger on the new CQ1 headset recently and just flew with them today. This is my first experience with an "in ear" configuration, and the first step away from my beloved Zulu. Obviously extremely lightweight, these initially failed to impress with the noise attenuation but by the time I was ready to taxi, the foam had expanded into all the voids in my ear and things got nice and quiet. The radio was crystal clear if a little more "tinny", but not objectionable at all. The mic had no discernable side tone, so that was a bit different than I'm used to, but again, not a problem. During the short flight the noise attenuation improved and I got more used to the different feel on my head. Didn't do any hard acro, but I did periodically shake my head to try get it to unseat. It didn't.
After the shakedown in the relatively loud RV-8, I also flew a bit in the T-craft with it's mighty 65 Lyc popping away and found the performance equally good.
There is much more flying to be done, but initial impressions are great. Not convinced these are a direct replacement for the full set of features I expect from my Zulus, but they are certainly going to be the "go to" for formation and acro work. These appear to be the no nonsense, high performance headsets everyone claims.
I'm happy I bought them.
After the shakedown in the relatively loud RV-8, I also flew a bit in the T-craft with it's mighty 65 Lyc popping away and found the performance equally good.
There is much more flying to be done, but initial impressions are great. Not convinced these are a direct replacement for the full set of features I expect from my Zulus, but they are certainly going to be the "go to" for formation and acro work. These appear to be the no nonsense, high performance headsets everyone claims.
I'm happy I bought them.
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