Miscellaneous Writings
Valco's Great Headphone Odyssey, part 2
So what should you consider when designing headphones? In other words, what features make a headphone good? And to be more precise, what makes headphones great?
Valco's Great Headphone Odyssey 2019!
At the beginning of the year, I realized I needed some decent noise-canceling headphones for my travels and behold, the Facebook algorithm read my alpha waves and popped up a Valco ad at the exact same second. Soon, I found myself in the guys' office, drinking beer and sketching a church boat on the whiteboard. Gradually, the recipe for excellent headphones began to take shape.
Good Noise-Cancelling Headphones Are Important for Pilots
The nature of a pilot's job means that work does not structure the day evenly: work hours, cities, countries, and conditions can be almost anything. This therefore requires flexibility from the person, but when it comes to the quality of the equipment, one must be uncompromising.
Noise Cancelling Headphones in Customer Test
I got to test Valco's noise-canceling headphones from their trial batch in the winter of 2018. I already had experience with the first Sennheiser noise-canceling headphones, so I do have an understanding of good noise-canceling headphones, even though I'm not an audiophile.