Beyerdynamic, a German audio company, has introduced the HS 800 Digital, a new-class aviation headset using DANR (digital adaptive noise reduction), which the company claims combines feedback and feedforward ANR for the first time in a digital system. According to beyerdynamic, system-related disadvantages in ANR headsets such as background noise and limited capacity have been [...]

And now there are three. Sennheiser’s popular HMEC 460 ANR and HMEC 466 headsets have been joined in the lineup by the new HMEC 461. What’s with all the numbers? Don’t worry, we’ll tell you: The previously announced HMEC 460 follows Sennheiser’s normal practice of offering an inline control module with three wires coming out [...]

This morning at Oshkosh, Bose announced the replacement for the Aviation Headset X, called the A20. Using familiar Bose technology, the A20 adds a second set of microphones to measure ambient noise. In addition to the set of microphones inside the earcups, the A20 employs mics on the outside of the device to better map [...]

DRE Comunications offers popular active and passive noise attenuation headsets for fixed-wing and helicopter applications. Advances in technology now enable the company to deliver state-of-the-art active noise reduction (ANR) for about half of the traditional market value. DRE’s top of the line is its new stereo ANR DRE-6001, with a noise-canceling electret microphone, pillow-top head [...]