Logitech 980158-0403 Internet Chat Headset
by Logitech
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Customer Review: A very under rated headset
Summary: 5 Stars
I have owned this headset quite a few times. I bought it twice in the past 5 years. Hands down it is one of the best headsets that you can own for the price of under 30 dollars.
The Pros:
Behind the head configuration is great. Probably like a lot of people I find that the over the head style of headset to be dated and annoying. There is nothing more annoying than feeling the headset on top of your head. It feels comfortable on the ear even for long time use which for me would be 2-5 hours with them on. Little to no irritation behind the ear or ache from sitting against them.
Sound output quality is amazing. I have tried a handful of other headsets in the same price range and nothing comes close to the quality that I have come to enjoy from this headset. For the money that you pay the quality is great.
Mic quality is equally amazing. Clear voice pickup and input quality. The mic comes to just about the corner of my mouth and the mic arm is fully bendable and can be bent to how you want it positioned near your mouth.
Mic toggle and volume wheel. These are a must for me. I play games with my buddies online and use Teamspeak or Ventrilo. Turning up and down the volume as well as silencing my mic is really a must.
Nice long and flexible cord.
Changeable plates for the headset. This was an awesome feature to me on my first purchase of the headset. I usually kept it on the default black but sometimes I like to wear some orange or red. :P
The Dirty Cons:
The only con I found with this headset is with the little volume control and mic toggle. As I said I have owned two of these headsets in the past 5 years. When one broke it was always at the little control box. More specifically the volume wheel. Over time One side of your headset will start cutting out and you have to play with the wheel a bit to get it to come back and later it will stop working completely. This is mostly brought on by being too rough with this headset and wear overtime. Yanking on the cord will cause this problem to arise. If you are a person who is rough on their things, this is not the headset for you.
Customer Review: Nice, but you need to know some things, first
Summary: 4 Stars
Right. First off, i bought this thing, figuring it would work with my G5 iMac.
I was wrong. Or logitech was shamefully lacking in their info for Mac users.
It SAYS it can work with a Mac, but all I got was the headphones to work.
I had to run out, and pick up this Egg looking thing, called iVoice2. It plugs
into your USB slot, and allows you to use ANY PC mic/headset with your
mac. It is $35-$50 (depending on where you buy it).
But, on plus side, after you buy the iVoice2 from Macally, you can use ANY
PC headset with mic you want. :)
Now, on with the headset. This headset is a bit uncomfortable. I like the
behind the ears headsets, but this one is made for big heads, or Large hair.
It has the advantage of not being able to fall off, but it feels loose.
The mic is great. It doesn't reach your mouth. It stops about 2/3rds of the way,
but it does pick up some nice clear sound. I use it for recording voices for
animation and small games I make.
You DO need to turn up the GAIN in your computer, but after that, it's GOLD.
The sound is clear,rich, and not Hissy. i prefer the mic to be closer to the mouth,
because you have to speak up, to get nice levels. If you whisper, you will get
recorded, but you will have to amplify it later in post, and my get some hiss.
All and all, a good product. At the price, you can't do much better.
The long cord is also a plus, when you have people reading from a script, and
don't want them hunched over a table to speak into a desk mic.
Another cool feature, is that the shields on the sides come off, and it comes with
4 colors to place there (black, red, blue, orange), So you know which is yours.
A better mic is the Plantronics DSP-100. It's USB, and has only one head phone,
but it sound beautiful. It also costs $45.
Customer Review: Don't get these
Summary: 2 Stars
Comfort:Not sure if it's this brand, or all behind the neck headphones/headsets, but the are horribly uncomfortable for me. The plastic part that fits over your ear (between the top of your ear and your head) ends up hurting after about 10 mins of wearing these. My brother has a pair of altec lansing AHS-302 that are the same style, and he likes them. We are the same shape and build (6'2"), so I'm not sure if it's the brand or the style.
Sound:
The sound from these are lack luster. I mainly used them for playing online games and using teamspeak. I could hear other people's voices just fine, but the sounds on the game (BF1942) where nothing to write home about. I suppose for the price, I can't expect too much.
Microphone:
This microphone on this or horrible. It comes to the corner of your mouth (as designed) which I like. Problem is, you have to turn the sensitivity up to high to pick up your voice. Using teamspeak, the sound quality of the microphone was the worse of all friends logged in. I know that internet chat sound quality is not a great test, but everyone commented on how "tinny" the sound was from mine, as compared to everyone else (no one else was using these headsets).
Conclusion:
I would not recommend these even if you like the behind the neck headphones. The sound is rather lack luster and the microphone is one of the worse ones on the market. I took my back to the store and bought a set of over the ear (ear-cup) headsets from Altec Lansing (AHS-502). The AHS-502's where $25. They are far superior to the logitech, although the microphone one both are not as good as the Sennheiser PC-130's. I enjoy the performance of the AHS-502 sound much better than either of the other headsets though.
Customer Review: Amazing headphones, horrendous microphone
Summary: 2 Stars
I've gotten a lot of use out of this headset first of all. After, literarily, at least a 100 hours of useing these for Ventrillo mainly, I have to warn people.
The headphones themselves are great. The sound quality is great, and easily adjustable to any situation because of the volume slider.
Personaly I never found them uncomforetable like other reviews stated. No matter how they fit, you can simply tilt them downwards or forwards depending on the fit.
Also as someone who wears glasses, they don't get in the way. It's a behind the ears headset, the clips that rest on your ears are just that, your glasses can, and will, easily go right over the half an inch clip of plastic.
BUT, the bad part about the headset is probably the main reason for purchasing it.
Everything involving the microphone is horrendous.
If you want to use it for voice chat in games, such as ventrilo, team speak, roger wilco, etc., you will hear NOTHING but "Huh? Did somebody just say something?!? I thought I heard a noise..." or more often "Put your outbound vollume to the absolute max," "Put the microphone closer," and of course "Speak louder!"
It really is that bad, you will have to put the microphone literarily INSIDE of your mouth for anyone to hear you.
No matter what you do, it's near impossible for anyone to hear you. Also recording anything is impossible of course.
It's a great product as far as headphones, and I still use it for just that, but if you want to use it for anything involving the microphone, don't. They're are much better products out there.
Customer Review: If you have problems with the mic...
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this headset for online gaming. The price was its best appeal. When I got it home I was disappointed to find out that it wasn't adjustable. I have a small head so this thing is HUGE on me, but otherwise it is relatively comfortable. I've never worn any behind the head headsets before so it took some getting used to. The audio quality of the headphones is really great and I like having the voulme control within easy reach.
It was when I started trying to use the mic that I ran into problems. When I tested it it seemed like the mic was only picking up VERY loud noises, with quite a lot of static. I did some research, tweaked my volume settings and read the lower reviews in despair. But the mix of great reviews and terrible reviews puzzled me. Some people said it didn't work, others said the mic had GREAT quality. I was perplexed until I ran over a review mentioning the switch that MUTES THE MIC.... I looked down and boy did I feel dumb. I flipped the switch, did another test and VOILA! Great sound quality from the mic.
Let that be a lesson to you. If you are having issues with the microphone, first check to make sure it ISN'T muted, then go to the options panel of your volume control and make sure the mic is set at a reasonable level.