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Review Summary For : Heil Proset
Reviews: 84MSRP: 130.00
Description:
Headphones with boom microphone.
Product is in production
More Info: http://www.heilsound.com/ProSet.htm
# last 180 days Avg. Rating last 180 days Total reviews Avg. overall rating
00843.7
VK4TZL Rating: 2007-05-28
Cheap Junk Time Owned: 6 to 12 months.
This piece of junk arrived faulty out of the box. On contacting Heil, they wanted me to pay for the return freight...so I get to pay more for purchasing a faulty product.

Never again.

Glenn
VK4TZL
KI4CRA Rating: 2007-02-25
Wonderful Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I have only had my Heil Proset for about a month now, also this being my first shot at using the headset microphone. I must say they are very comfortable, I have used them while on a net on 40 meters and was given an outstanding on my audio. Once I figured out how everything connected I was a believer. I use mine on my FT-897 so had to get the adapter for the yaesu, instead of using the foot switch I purchased the hand switch by Heil.
This is not really a complaint, but me personally, I think the cable is too long, I've got more cable than I really need. Also, when I'm on vhf/uhf I have to turn the mike gain waaay down, if I don't then I sound like I'm in a dixie cup.
Overall, construction is very good, typical of Heil Sound. I have the HC-4 element and I must say, it certainly does come through when you need it. On my Kenwood TS-480HX I use the Heil Handi-Mic with the HC5 element, which works exceptionally well with my rig.
I will report back in a few months with a new and more comrehensive report on my Heil Proset-4.
73 all thank you for reading my post.


Mark AI4HO


K6YE Rating: 2007-01-24
GREAT Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I have been using it with my FT-1000D and TS-775DSP and it works great. I will probably upgrade to the Plus because of its features. The Proset rides my head fine and I get superb audio reports for the few SSB contact (using both the HC-4 and HC-5 elements) I make (I mostly hang out in the CW portions of the bands). In addition, the headphones are quite comfortable even during contests.

Semper Fi,

Tommy - K6YE
DX IS
EB5ESX Rating: 2006-10-10
Great Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Purchased with HC-4.
Fine RX audio and solid TX for DX with HC-4.
You can be hours using it without any problem.
With my Kenwood HS-5 in 20 minutes you had a big pain in your hears,
Good product !!!
YO3VU Rating: 2006-10-07
Price too high for the quality Time Owned: more than 12 months.
The headphones are very fragile. The microphone is ok. What about the cable? I think a telephone cord is better. I had to change the cable because of the hum noise which was a problem with some FT-1000MP owners. They look like they made in China, and I think they are!
G7SOZ Rating: 2006-09-19
They fall off when logging! Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
This headset is OK, but it starts to fall off my head when I look down at the keyboard for logging! Not so good for contesting!!!!
G0VUH Rating: 2005-09-29
Not very good Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Bought the Heil Proset for use with my 847. The recieving on the headphones was very quiet indeed. Had to turn the radio up full to hear the audio and then it was very distorted. Very poor performance and taken the whole lot back today for a refund!
G7SYW Rating: 2005-09-19
Lives up to the expectations of Heil Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
After having used a pair of hi-fi headphones for a while I decided to purchase a "proper" headset and finally decided to go for the Heil Pro-set with the HC-5 insert - I already use a Silver Eagle mike with a HC-5 so I know how this insert should perform.

The mike? - Performs outstandingly as expected with excellent reports from listeners, although this insert is for normal use rather than DX, it still cuts through the noise on S1-S3 reports.

The headphones? - Lives up to the Heil expectation. Comfortable to wear even for hours at a time, and very good sound quality too. The phase switch really does make a difference on the hard to hear signals.

The downside? - nothing really except in my opinion, the cable could be a little heavier as it's very similar to the cable used on cheap "walkman" stlye personal stereos.

To consider? - A longer cable and/or extension cable could be useful, I have my radio to the right of me, the cable goes to the left earpiece so that means the cable has to lie across the desk or my lap. I've made up an extension cable so I can run the cable around the back of the desk out of the way.
OH5HZW Rating: 2005-09-03
Excellent!!! Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Now I have been used this headset for couple month and I´m very satisfied.Everybody tell me how great sounding mike I have.HC-5 element is fits to my FT-897D just great.I have to say this Proset 5 is greatest headset.I recommend for all because quality and price OK.Good job Bob Heil,again!
VA5SAM Rating: 2005-08-23
On air reports are good but !!!!! Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
I have the Pro-Set IC and so far all the on air reports I have received say that my audio is very good. The reason for only giving this headset a 2 is that the sound I get from the headset is not always good. If someone has a wide signal the headset distorts very badly and the only way I can clear it up is switch in a narrow filter on the rig. Also if someone is a little of frequency it also distorts very badly. I have two other headsets I also use just for listening and I have no problems at all with either of them. Some of the other things I don't like about the Pro-Set is the straight cable going to the rig. This should have been coiled. I am always getting it tangled up in my feet whenever I cross my legs. Another very important feature that should be added is a volume control knob on one of the ear pieces. What a pain when your sitting back in the easy chair during a QSO and you have to lean ahead to adjust the volume on the rig. Both my other 2 headset have volume control on the ear piece as well as coiled cables. If Bob would implement these 2 additional features along with clearing up the distortion problems I think he would have a winner.