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I have had one of these headsets for about 5 months now. The sound over my microphone came over clear and crisp. Right out of the box I did not like the headset due to the fact that I cant use the microphone on my left ear. You are stuck using it on the right.The sound quality over skype was great. This is what saved the headset in my eyes.After about 4 months of heavy useage including 5 or more hours of Skype talking, and occasionally falling asleep with it on, the left ear loses sound. To get the sound back I would need to jiggle the cord below the volume/mute switches to get it back.
Recently picked this up (locally) for about $18 to use with my laptop and was quite pleased by the ease of use, comfort and sound quality. flawless and he actually commented on how clear I sounded. Plugged it in. did a Skype test with a business partner in London. Tested with Adobe Soundbooth and recorded awesome narration to a video with just a hint of "S" hiss, that I easily corrected.At the end of the day. I've spent much more on headsets of much lower quality.Very happy with my purchase and I'm hard to impress.
The headset itself has a perfectly decent quality fit and sound. The quality of the outgoing voice from the microphone is also acceptable.when it works.The "when" is the problem. This headset effectively operates the way a speakerphone does with a noise canceling feature that often cancels out MY voice as I'm trying to speak on the phone. Because the unit provides no feedback when you're talking, you can't tell what has been heard and what hasn't been heard until you figure it out from long pauses when the other party doesn't reply.or when they ask if you're still there.If it weren't for the poor microphone/noise canceling design, this probably would have been a decent product.
Yelling or speaking loudly into the microphone is the only way to have teammates in Left 4 Dead. And even speaking into the microphone directly, it picks up at a low volume despite maxing the settings on Left 4 Dead and Microsoft Windows.
Turns out to be better a headphone and a headset. I used a Logitech USB Headset 250 to play Left 4 Dead before the cord broke resulting in bad connectivity to hear anything on the right ear.
I found this headset on sale for $20 at Target and thought it would be a bargain. In other words the only way to pick up any voice is to shove it into your mouth - which you'd have to sacrifice not having the headset over your right ear.
This headset however uses a mic and speaker jack.Microphone is my biggest reason for owning a headset and it is the worst I've ever purchased. The length of the microphone from ear to mouth is short of probably 1-2cm away from the edge of your lip.
Blowing into it picks it up great. Speaking at a normal tone to a person two feet in front of you is at an unrecognizable sound level because of this crap headset.
You can mute the microphone and adjust the volume directly. My version of this headset worked just fine. The microphone also swivels in/out of the way. At a good price, it should be worth the money. The cable is long. I use this regularly with skype and it does the job.Maybe the bad reviews refer to product problems. Mine works fine.
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