Logitech Premium USB Headset 350 ( 980374-0403 )
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Customer Review: A rare find, look no further for a VoIP/gaming headset
Summary: 5 Stars
Well, it seems as if Logitech has done it again. The USB Headset 350 provides superb sound, amazing voice recording, comfort and convience all in one light-weight package. I ordered one on Thursday and recieved it in the mail the following Monday, and that was with the Super Saver shipping! Talk about speedy delivery. Anyways, I am a serious gamer and was dissatisfied with my old headset as my mic picked up all background noises, and there was a constant white noise in the background. Additonaly, I was pondering whether or not I should buy a new sound card because on games like America's Army and Counter Strike I had little to no sound despite turning the volume to max. However, after plugging in the Logitech headset (and that's all the instillation required) I could hear four times as far with almost no background noise as the plush ears cover the entire ear (blocks sounds almost as well as the Boise headphones), and using my mic for communication my teamates commented on how crisp my voice was. Although the rebate ended ($[...] for this headset was a complete steal), $[...] is an incredible price for a headset that gives such good sound combined with an amazing mic. Definately recommended to anyone using VoIP or anyone into gaming.
P.S. There is really no comfort issue, while wearing the headset the light-weight plush ears rest gently on my ears, and after a four hour gaming session there was no real ear pain to complain about.
Customer Review: Poor sound and extremely uncomfortable
Summary: 1 Stars
The sound through these is muffled and thin. My iPod stock earbuds are better, and similar inexpensive, comfortable, and lightweight headphones would also sound better.
The lack of definition in the treble on these headphones is a disadvantage when used for internet phone service such as Skype. Speech is far more intelligible with accurate hearing of high frequencies. These headphones have a weakness exactly where they should have a strength.
I am surprised at the poor sound quality considering the superior signal path going through the usb port compared to the cheap headphone connector on my Powerbook. Any decent pair of headphones connected through the standard headphone jack will sound better than these.
In addition to disappointing sound quality, these are the most uncomfortable headphones I've ever worn. I own three pairs of good stereo headphones (1 Grado and two Sennheiser). The Grado's have a reputation for being uncomfortable after a while, but these Logitech headphones are intolerable after only a few minutes. I was amazed because I can usually tolerate less than optimal ergonomics in headphones. These things feel like they were designed as torture devices by Soviet gulag staff.
I'm sending these right back, and I strongly recommend you don't buy these without first trying on a pair to be sure that the sound quality is adequate for your needs and that you can wear them comfortably.
Customer Review: My ears still hurt from this thing, I'm happy it broke!!!
Summary: 2 Stars
Pros:
1) Sound quality is on par with its direct competitors. It is not spectacular of course, but for the basic headset, it lived up to expectations.
2) Microphone quality was great. I had no problem with gaming or language learning detection. The quality actually exceeded my expectations
Cons:
1) After using this for more than an hour, I felt like somebody had put my head in a vice. This is the most UNCOMFORTABLE headset I have ever used. I would rather use earbuds without padding over this!
2) Cord tangles very easily
3) Easy to accidentally mute the microphone.
4) Because the cord tangles very easily, I found out rather quickly that the 1 piece set can turn into a useless two-piece set consisting of a headset and a tangled cord. The wire connecting into the headset is quite fragile and broke after 3 gentle tugs to unravel the cord...
After this I have three recommendations:
1) DO NOT BUY THIS!
2) Gamers - I switched over to the LTB USB True 5.1 Surround Sound and will never go back! The LTB is expensive but worth the price if being used for gaming. Quality of sound is absolutly amazing with the multi-speaker solution and the microphone works great.
3) Eveyrbody else (users of Skype, language identification, etc). Buy a cheaper headset, something like the Philips SBC HP250 that is comfortable and pair it with a seperate cheapo PC microphone.
Customer Review: Great headset and microphone!
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this headset originally for my wife to record some instructional yoga CDs. We started using a microphone into the sound card and couldn't get very good results. This headset just happened to be on sale at Staples, so I thought I'd give it a try.
For recording audio, it was excellent. The only thing that might improve it would be a foam cover over the mic so it doesn't pick up breathing and lip-smacking so much. Further, the mute on the volume control was too easy to hit and hard to tell - does blinking mean it's muted or does solid-on?
For listening - I've been surprised a by these headphones. First, they cover the entire ear, so they shield outside sound well. Second, they are direct USB. I have a great pair of $150 Sennheisers that I use plugged into the headphone jack on my soundcard. Every so often, the music "skips" (using iTunes 7.0.2 on an HP dv6000 with 2Ghz Core 2 Duo CPU and 2GB of RAM). But this doesn't happen with the Logitech USB headphones. Evidently, the soundcard in this laptop has trouble playing digital audio. The USB headphones set themselves as a separate audio device. My assumption is that the soundcard is entirely bypassed. So I get better sound with these headphones that I would through even the best headphones plugged into my soundcard.
If you are looking for a headset to use specifically with a computer I don't think you could do much better!
Customer Review: Bought after reading numerous reviews.
Summary: 3 Stars
You can read all the reviews you want, but sometimes you aren't sure if people are exaggerating. I bought these a few days ago because standard plug microphones don't work on my computer. Until now I'd been using Sennheiser PC150.
CONS: Immediately after putting on the Logitech headset the top of my head hurt as there is absolutely no padding on the top. The padding on the ear pieces are vinyl, very thin, and caused my ears great pains. The pain is greater if you wear glasses, but even without they can be quite painful. The mute button really is very sensitive and as it hangs around the lap it tends to get pressed accidentally. If you unplug them while playing online games or using ventrilo you have to close the applications for sound to resume.
PROS: They are plug and play with no drivers required (at least for XP). The noise cancelling is superb, eliminates most background noise (and even the wife). The sound quality and bass response is good for the price. Works well with ventrilo and was told I sounded just as clear as with my more expensive set. Auto mutes speakers once connected. The most promising thing about them is the are not suseptable to noise interferance from nearby cell phones.
Summary: I don't recommend them because of their comfort level, but performance wise this headset is good. Personally I will never wear mine again.