Hi, Joe
What kind of budget? There are good headsets that run $300-500.
What do you mean by "sound quality"?
- Do you mean ISOLATION from ambient noise?
- Or do you mean VOLUME levels?
- Or do you mean INTELLIGIBILITY?
Do you mean what the ops are HEARING or do you mean understanding what the ops are SAYING?
There may be different solutions for different problems (or combinations of problems).
My best headsets were a couple of military-surplus units with great isolation, sensitivity, and noise-cancelling mics.
Indeed, I just Googled for "aircraft headsets" and found some likely candidates for significantly lower prices than the ones intended for the production intercom market. They would probably require changing out the connectors since the BMD gear uses those twinky 3.5mm consumer jacks. Or it would be easy enough to make some adapters to use more industry-standard headset connectors.
What are you using for fiber cable? How is it holding up in portable use? How delicate is it for setup and strike?
