{"id":86,"date":"2011-08-17T09:18:40","date_gmt":"2011-08-17T08:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fortyfivehours.co.uk\/?p=86"},"modified":"2011-08-17T09:25:05","modified_gmt":"2011-08-17T08:25:05","slug":"the-headset-dilemma-sennheiser-vs-david-clark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fortyfivehours.co.uk\/?p=86","title":{"rendered":"Headset Dilemma (Sennheiser Vs David Clark)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Normally if you asked me about headsets, I’d tell you go directly to Sennheiser, when it comes to closed monitoring of sound, they’re the best. \u00a0 Use a pair of HD-25’s<\/a> and any definition you had of a good set of headphones for monitoring sound (particularly with VERY HIGH background noise) <\/em>will be shattered.<\/p>\n

If you look at commercial aviation (airliners), you can see much of the HD-25 in Sennheisers’ range of commercial aviation headsets (e.g. HMEC 26<\/a>).<\/p>\n

When it comes to General Aviation, I’ll admit to being a bit shocked.\u00a0\u00a0 At the General Aviation level, David Clark is pretty much the standard.<\/p>\n

I’ve worn them, I’ve looked at their technical details\u00a0 and generally done what I guess a lot of first time aviation headset buying people will go through:\u00a0 Spending a lot<\/span> of time trying to work out which way to go.<\/em><\/p>\n

As you’d expect online lots of people have very polar views on who is best and why….but it’s vaguely fair to say the H10-13.4 or H10-60 are the Passive favourites of the David Clark camp.\u00a0\u00a0 For Sennheiser it’s the HME 110.<\/p>\n

The HME 110 is the same as the 100, the difference is simply:\u00a0 Black caps, softer pads and the head cushion has been made softer – so technically the same thing, but for the black caps alone I’m ignoring the HME 100’s.<\/em><\/p>\n

David Clark:\u00a0 The Pro’s.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Largely the Industry Standard<\/li>\n
  2. More compact design relative to the HME 110, with emphasis on the radius of the microphone arm is on & the size of the mic. wind screen<\/li>\n
  3. A military product look of robustness.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    …and to be honest, then I start to struggle.<\/p>\n

    Sennheiser: The Pro’s<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Arguably slightly better Noise Reduction Rating 24dB [David Clarks: 22-23<\/em>dB]<\/em><\/li>\n
    2. Much better headphone frequency response range (45 – 15,000Hz) [David Clarks typical response range of 200-5,500Hz]<\/em><\/li>\n
    3. Better Microphone response range (200-5,500Hz) [David Clarks (H10-13.4) is 300Hz–3.5KHz]<\/em><\/li>\n
    4. Lower Weight (350g),<\/em> roughly 25% less than the David Clark models [DC’s 10-60: 623 grams \/ H10-13.4: 467 grams]<\/em><\/li>\n
    5. Warranty…….I’ve heard a lot of people talk about spare parts for David Clarks, true.\u00a0\u00a0 Sennheiser’s response would appear to be:\u00a0 “Spare parts?\u00a0 You won’t be needing those, have a 10 year<\/span> warranty on us”).<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Human speech is 60-7,000Hz<\/a> range, as such for best reproduction you want something that has a frequency response at least twice this range (Can you see where Sennheiser is going with it’s frequency responses yet)<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0 Anything that can’t respond to this range will be dependant on picking up the harmonics of the original frequency…….so in theory<\/em> if you put out a sound around 60Hz, the DC’s will only pickup the 4th harmonic of that sound.<\/p>\n

      That’s the theory anyway, I have v.good hearing – how good it is at top and low end frequencies while a Cessna’s engine is roaring in the background is another question.<\/p>\n

      Sennheiser size<\/strong><\/p>\n

      I think the best video of the HME 110 in use I’ve seen is this<\/a>, you can see what I mean about the radius of the mic boom arm, relative to other headsets.<\/p>\n

      The last bit is my only concern, but having watched a few other videos (and also the fact it’s not stopping the above video user operate\u00a0 a massive camera), I’m starting to be less worried.<\/p>\n

      Other videos of Sennheiser & DC’s in use<\/strong><\/p>\n

      HME 110, side view in use<\/a>.<\/p>\n

      HME 110 & DC’s in use in the same plane<\/a><\/p>\n

      HME 400 or 460 and David Clarks in use in same plane<\/a><\/p>\n

      ……next lesson is in a couple of days, so I’m gonna have to resolve this dilemma pretty soon and order one or the other!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Normally if you asked me about headsets, I’d tell you go directly to Sennheiser, when it comes to closed monitoring of sound, they’re the best. \u00a0 Use a pair of HD-25’s and any definition you had of a good set of headphones for monitoring sound (particularly with VERY HIGH background noise) will be shattered. If […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fortyfivehours.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fortyfivehours.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fortyfivehours.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fortyfivehours.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fortyfivehours.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.fortyfivehours.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90,"href":"http:\/\/www.fortyfivehours.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions\/90"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fortyfivehours.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fortyfivehours.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fortyfivehours.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}