Initially, I installed the headset jacks at the suggested location in the copilot's headrest.
Several issues with this location is that the canopy's pneumatic cylinder is very close to the headset plugs. Mine was so close to the top set of jacks that the canopy had to be opened to unplug one of the chords. Another issue is that the ANR and other headsets have dongles about a foot from the plugs and hang down behind you or could rest on the back rest but still inconvenient to rich in flight with two fair sized adults in the front seat.
I like the ability for the pilot to easily access any of the four headsets jacks while in flight after having some com issues in flight in a rental aircraft. If you leave a passenger headset plugged in, you could retrieve the headset by grabbing the chord and pulling it from the back seat to the front.
After nearly two hundred hours in the Cozy now, I've decided to move the headset jacks closer to very easy to reach locations for each occupant. The front jacks will be moved just outboard the control sticks on each side. The rear passengers will be able to reach theirs while belted in. The headset dongles will be easy and more convenient to reach.
The PSEngineering audio panel provides an easy way to isolate passenger audio if necessary. Carrying a spare headset in the strake mitigates needing to retrieve a headset from the back seat.
The old headset jack panel may serve a new purpose for O2 canula connections to eliminate some of the tube chaos.
Somewhat related is that occasionally I get reports my transmitted audio is low and scratchy. I checked with a field strength meter and seems both radios are putting out plenty of power. The Dynon mic sensitivity probably needs tweaked and I need to get better at positioning the mic closer to my mouth.
Update - the SV-COM-425 was replaced with an SV-COM-760.
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