J2-Dual Pro Video Headset

Description

Starburst Gear – J Series Headsets

NEW Dalcomm Tech – The J2-Dual is a game changer for handheld camera operators! 

It’s got stereo comms and hearing protection for both ears. Use it on handheld or fixed cameras. The J2-Dual Pro Audio / Video is a single ear over the head headset with field proven, military grade ear bud for pro camera operators. It combines comfort and style with it’s ultra-light, genuine carbon fiber construction. It features a closed-back design to block outside noise, and a noise blocking comms ear bud. J2-Dual has an extra soft, faux leather earpad and a noise cancelling microphone.

It comes standard with a 6 foot long 5pin male XLR plug cable for use with cameras. Additional adapters sold separately. SBJ cables are 6 feet long to allow a camera operator to place a handheld camera on the ground without taking the headset off.

Product Video

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Product Datasheet

Carbon fiber is, as Popular Mechanics says, “The Miracle Material”. No doubt you’ve seen many high end applications like the exceptionally expensive Lamborghini and other masterpiece concept cars. Carbon fiber has a number of impressive physical properties. It’s not just about its brilliant luster like the gemstone tiger’s eye, Boeing airliners are made with the stuff. In fact, carbon fiber turns out to be stronger than steel. It’s a whole lot lighter too.  Other properties include resistance to fatigue and corrosion, non-toxicity to humans, a low coefficient of thermal expansion (it doesn’t expand as much as other things when it gets hot), it’s X-ray permeable and not flammable.

Why not use magnesium? Looking at a magnesium flame will cause permanent damage to your vision.  In the event one’s aircraft was downed, if one was careful to look away while lighting such a headset on fire, it may be possible to use the headset as a flare. However, there exists no such possibility with a carbon fiber headset. It would have to suffice for one to look fashionable, with comfortably warm ears, while being rescued.

What about other ‘metal alloys’? Metal alloys are not bad. However, ‘metal alloys’ is a category and includes cheap waste metal mixes that are lightweight but very poor quality.

Why do we use carbon fiber in headsets? 

The circum-aural headset is a headset with a cup around the ear. It was first made to solve the problem of communicating in a noisy environment. It also works out well for protecting your hearing. The original headsets issued to military and industrial uses were steel and plastic. That’s because the form of the headset followed it’s function. The headsets held up well but weren’t necessarily that comfortable or light. In fact, it is possible to still buy headsets that continue to be made of steel and plastic and are still made in exactly the same form they were made in since the 1970’s. Read more…