I've been running Air Rider head sets since 2007 and my patch cords are getting iffy so I was going to order a couple new ones only to find that they are out of business. Always heard that Ed Sets were good and found they are also no longer in business. Had J&M yeas ago but they were terrible. Couldn't understand anyone and no one could understand us either. My hope is that they had different levels of quality sets and I just got a lesser quality set originally. Looking now, it looks like they only have one option and I'm reluctant to order some before I talk to someone that has them. Tried a couple set from HD and didn't find the quality was there either. Any suggestions?

 

I know this is not what you asked but I would suggest getting a wireless headset. You can probably assume that very soon, based on your research, they will be obsolete.

 

The bike is a 2012 and isn't compatible with wireless. The CB gets used a lot when we are on longer road trips.

 

J&M had the Performance Series and the Elite Series for their Harley headsets... The performance series has been discontinued..... I had the Elite Series, purchased about 8 years ago, and they were OK. I could listen to music and my wife & I spoke via the intercom with no issues... but I wouldn't consider them a "Hi-Fidelity" speaker set...

As far as I know, it's J&M (JMC), IMC Motorcom, or Harley for plug in headsets..

FWIW....
When I take a trip and the wife stays home, I just wear a small half helmet. To listen to tunes, I have an adapter that plugs into the Harley console plug and terminates in an RCA jack. I then use a good set of ear buds to listen to music. Obviously I have no two-way comms that way, but the ear buds sound much better than speakers in my 3/4 helmet... I've often wondered if I could somehow add a set of good ear buds to my two-way comms set-up...

 

check out the Sena free wire, may work on your bike and then you could use wireless headsets.

 

Is that compatible with the pre 2014 models? Would we still have the ability to use the CB as will as hear the am/fm? I'm having trouble finding any answers to these questions. It would be nice to be able to use the phone with this set up if need be.

 

Sena Freewire is basically model agnostic. It plugs into the 7 pin port and creates a wireless bridge between that port and the wireless headset.