Helicopter Coil Cord with Single U-174 Plug
Ready for a flight like never before wearing a full size headset you can forget you have on? Don't believe it's possible? Check out the Zulu headset by LightSPEED! Named after “Zulu time” (the universal time used to avoid confusion when flying between time zones based on a 24-hour clock), the Zulu headset is by far the quietest, lightest, and most comfortable headset that LightSPEED has ever made. Incorporating advanced audiophile technology never before available on any type of headset or headphone, Zulu has Bluetooth® compatibility for cordless cell phone access as well as a host of other pioneering features.
Getting Started With a Headset Was Never So Easy
The User Guide for the Zulu makes it really easy to get flying FAST instead of having to sit and read for hours before you get to try your new "toy" out!
Reading it now while you're waiting for the Zulu to arrive will familiarize you with all its features and allow you to have a great time "getting to know" one another. Better warn your wife that she will be second fiddle 'till the newness wears off!
SkyGeek does recommend that if you're going to sleep with the headset that you at least fold it up first and have the respect for your significant other to sneak it under your pillow, ok?
Things That Make You Go "Hmmm…"
Lightspeed's Zulu will be the basis for a whole new line of products. It features magnesium earcups as well as a comfortable vented headpad and fold-flat storage. Weighing in at just over 13 ounces (not counting the battery case, cord, and headband), Zulu is lightweight enough for even that certain member of your family who is always complaining that their head is going to snap off 10 minutes into every 3-hour flight!
Noise Reduction, NGT (Noise Gating Technology), and Bluetooth Compatibility
Lightspeed's engineers started by analyzing how engine noise at different frequencies is experienced by the human ear. Then they attempted to cut out the most sound at the amplitudes perceived to be the most noisy. In the process of doing this they discovered that a 3dB cut at one frequency can actually make a bigger difference than a 10dB reduction at another. As a result, Zulu is noticeably quieter than any other model available for comparison. So quiet, in fact, that it's actually possible to appreciate high end audio performance while wearing it.
Typical aircraft headset designs allow distortion around 1%. The distortion wearing the Zulu is one tenth of this amount. How did Lightspeed achieve this remarkable feat? The engineers incorporated audiophile components throughout, including gold contacts for all wire connections and high grade audio quality film capacitors. They also developed special Noise Gating Technology
(NGT) to eliminate intercom noise.
The headset has two independent auxiliary inputs, both capable of cell phone and stereo connectivity. One is wired and the other is Bluetooth™ compatible, allowing the user to listen wireless to music or talk on a cell phone. The switchover from music source to phone is seamless, with an incoming call automatically getting priority.
Magnesium Earcups?
Traditional Lightspeed headsets have always been known for achieving optimum ANR performance through the use of noticeably deep-domed ear cups. One of the first clues that Zulu is different from the traditional Lightspeed profile is how shallow the ear cups are.
Through the marvels of modern engineering the company's engineers have discovered a way to give the headset much better passive performance while making the ear cup significantly smaller than on previous models. This was accomplished by using magnesium in combination with specially tuned plastics in the ear cup.
Magnesium, which is both stronger and lighter than plastic, reflects 10 times more airborne acoustic waves than traditional plastic ear cups. However, magnesium resonates sound if used by itself so the engineers created a design that incorporates both the sound reflecting properties of magnesium and the damping properties of plastics.
