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View Poll Results: Which headset do you prefer?
Clarity Aloft 67 37.64%
QT Halo 85 47.75%
Neither 26 14.61%
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Old 05-04-2012, 11:02 AM
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Does the Halo have a jack for a phone, or external music?
Not on the set I have. Someone gave instructions in another post how to open the control box and add wires for a jack to connect to an external device. I thought about it, but realized that I never used that feature on my previous head-clamper, so decided not to make the mod...
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Old 05-04-2012, 04:31 PM
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Default Halo headset

Does it have Bluetooth capability?
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Does it have Bluetooth capability?
No, it's a basic system, no AUX input or Bluetooth. The box has a switch for stereo / mono and a volume control. That's about it.

But, they work great and I really like them for the -4. I can now wear a wide brim had to keep the sun off my neck!
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Old 07-25-2015, 09:22 AM
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Bringing this great thread back from the past...

We checked out both the Halo and Clarity Aloft products at this week's AirVenture and found both worked nicely.

Regarding an audio input jack, they both now have one.
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Old 07-25-2015, 11:19 AM
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Thumbs up Halo

Now I have flown with the same pair of halo's for 5 years. Been my only headset for 600hrs...and my wife got a paid about 4 years ago.

Two things to say.

1. We both love them and strongly recommend them. I occasionally go up in friends planes and borrow their spares...the headclamps are so uncomfortable after you get used to the halos. Just LOVE them

2, Service is amazing. Never needed to send them back but one time needed some new ear buds and they sent them quickly, another time i called about how to clean the tubes again quick and great answers. I have run into the owner at his booth at kosh and sun n fun many time over the years. He literally hands me some free ear pieces (we change them out several times a year) and this year at kosh, I asked to buy some replacement tubes. He handed me two sets and said it was $10, great deal. My wife pulled out a twenty and he didnt have change. SO...he said dont worry about it. Where do you find service like that anymore. Too many companies have moved to the model where you put product out cheap and then kill them on the consumables and service. This is all 5 years later....cant beat that.

Just figured 5 years and 600 hrs of flying was a good time to report and also a small way of saying thanks for the great service/freebies.
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Old 07-25-2015, 12:49 PM
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Been flying with Halo's for several years; one pair bought used (on this forum) after buying the 1st pair new at 'the factory' in Ridgeland MS (local for me). Never tried CA's, but I (and more importantly, my wife) am/are very happy with the Halo's. She loves the loss of head clamp & hot, clammy ear cups here in MS. Sound quality with music, while not perfect like hifi headsets, is still better than what you can hear properly in an a/c with engine running.

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Old 07-25-2015, 01:00 PM
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Stopped by the Halo booth at Osh. Tried them on and spoke with the owner. I was sold after speaking with a few very happy customers. Can't wait to try them in the plane.

On another note, we are sitting on the shore of Lake Michigan watching the Milwaukee Air Show after leaving Osh. The Brieghling (spell check) team is up next.
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Old 07-25-2015, 01:23 PM
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Default Love my Clarity Alofts however.. Music volume

Just adding to the comments, I also purchased a used Clarity Aloft headset from this forum years ago and love them. However I am starting to miss the auto volume priority that many of the newer bluetooth enabled headsets have where ATC transmissions will be louder than the music. I find that plugging in music to the clarity headset isnt great. I had thought about going back to something like an A20 but the thought of any weight on my head is troubling. I know that they make a clarity now with the pilot bluelink built in, but I have not heard great things and frankly the price is just about the same as a zulu 2.

If music isnt a main priority, in ear headsets are fantastic and you will have trouble going back.
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Old 07-25-2015, 06:59 PM
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Default You can't go wrong with either

We recently obtained a pair of CAs and have years of experience with the QTs. Both are great products. I slightly prefer the CAs (after probably less than 15 hours) on my head, but I'd be hard pressed to say the price differences (for new pairs) is worth it. Paul seems to slightly prefer the QTs. Phil at QT has been fabulous to work with over the years but I found the CAs folks in the booth (both men....no "booth babes" when I was there) to be helpful and friendly, too. However, they charged me $20 for a pack of five or six pairs of ear buds and Phil usually seems to hand them out for free.

I suspect that IF the CAs are worth the extra cost probably depends on your head and ear canal shape.
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Old 07-25-2015, 07:52 PM
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Just adding to the comments, I also purchased a used Clarity Aloft headset from this forum years ago and love them. However I am starting to miss the auto volume priority that many of the newer bluetooth enabled headsets have where ATC transmissions will be louder than the music. I find that plugging in music to the clarity headset isnt great. I had thought about going back to something like an A20 but the thought of any weight on my head is troubling. I know that they make a clarity now with the pilot bluelink built in, but I have not heard great things and frankly the price is just about the same as a zulu 2.

If music isnt a main priority, in ear headsets are fantastic and you will have trouble going back.
For what it's worth, according to the CA folks, this company makes the bluetooth that their higher end sets are equipped with. You can add them to any existing headset, including the CA's.

http://www.pilotblulink.com/index.html
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