Customer Reviews

Labtec C-324 Stereo Headset/Boom Microphone

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I was very disappointed in the quality of this product. I bought two of these headsets; one as a gift and one for myself. The headphones were "static-y" and the microphone didn't pick up sound very well. Also, even with the computer volume turned all the way up, it was difficult to hear.

Two thumbs down for this product!

the sound quality to the earphones is horrible ..i have a pairof earphones i bought at the dollar bill store that work alot better....i sent them back the same day i received them ...i even tested them with my 7 year old .because i couldnt figure out why these great looking headphones had such poor quality i gave him the dollar bill store ones and the labtech ones put on a kids mp3 and asked him which sounded better he replied the dollar ones were much better and said daddy these suck..the stereo quality was like listening to a record album...and i did try all different media types on it games mp3s dvd and a slayer cd all still had the same crappy quality....now the mic did work good but the sound cancelling was subpar....save your money !!!!!

This set works ok for listening to speech. But when listening to music, it does make an irritating noise for certain frequencies making it completely unusable for that purpose (in fact, it will take some time for you to get rid of the irritation in your ears even after removing this set). I strongly recommend against the purchase of this product. I feel like I made a mistake by purchasing this.

The mic works OK. It picked up my speech loud and clear...with a bit of static. As for the actual "phones" portion of it, they are only good for listening to LoFi stuff. Don't count on your mp3s, CDs, MDs, etc sounding ANY better than a record. I would suggest using this for speech-to-text, but that's it! Bottom line, get a desktop mic and a pair of Sony headphones if you want music and mic. Oh, and where is the return counter?

These headphones are ultra stylish and the volume control feature built into the set is extremely useful. The sound quality is excellent and cranking the volume all the way up is enough to make you go deaf. I always keep the volume half-way cranked up. The microphone also works great as I use it to talk to people halfway around the world on the PC phone. Reviewers complaining about this product probably need to get a better sound card. I have no regrets about purchasing this product.

This is a great headset. It produces excellent sound, works great for voice recognition as well as computer telephony. This headset is so comfortable, and it nicely isolates some outside noises.

I bought these at least a year and a half ago in a store. I take reasonably good care of my headphones and headsets, so physically the plastic and cloth earmuffs are fine. As with all headsets, the mic swivel has gotten looser over time, but with light use it hasn't gotten so loose that it won't stay in place anymore.

Here's the bad news, though: over time I've noticed a lot more complaints about other people not being able to hear me clearly. It's either because the headset is aging, or because I'm simply using it more often & meeting more people who may have audio problems on their end. I also find the speaker audio quality of my Koss UR-20's and Koss QZ-50's to be better -- so whenever I don't have to use the mic, I don't wear this Labtec headset, I wear another pair of headphones instead.

Overall, at the $20 I see this headset costs on Amazon at the time I'm writing this, I have to recommend that you look around a bit more. I'm hearing good things about the Plantronics Audio-90 headset, which is between $15 and $20 right now, and even better things about the Sennheiser PC150's that I just bought because they went on sale below $40 (Amazon says list price is normally about $70).

Well for the price it was good considering it came free with my PC, but after a year the magnet fell out (which wasn't hard to fix) but then the wiring started to break so it died.

Pros:
Inexpensive
Very long cord
Mic works well enough

Cons:
Very cheaply made
Cord is not single-sided and is thicker than most
Not very comfortable
Sound quality is poor -- OK for games, not recommended for music
One of the drivers fell out of its socket, but I was able to take the headset apart and pop it back in.

It was okay while it worked. Sound quality wasn't great but it wasn't terrible either and microphone quality was decent. The inline volume control and microphone switch were convenient.

Unfortunately it didn't last. The main problem was the cord. Despite being rather thick it developed bad connections in many places. The volume control also became scratchy. Finally one of the drivers broke. Because of all these problems I cannot recommend this headset.