Customer Reviews

Labtec LVA-8450 ClearVoice Headset/Boom Microphone

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This mic is light, comfortable, adjustable, and great for canceling background noises out. What I think both the reviewers below are forgetting is that this mic was designed for speech recognition.

Actually, before i go into the review, let me comment on some of the previous reviews.

To "An Electronics Fan:" What Leslie is talking about is not the voice over IP delay. Read her review more carefully- it says that the person she is talking to can hear herself. That means Leslie's friend is talking, the sound is going to Leslie's earpiece, and then the sound coming out of Leslie's Earpiece is being picked up through her microphone.

To "Leslie:" Mine doesn't have that problem. Perhaps you should contact Labtec, because it may be a problem with your unit.

As for MY unit, I love it. Besides the fact that it makes me feel like one of those people in AT&T commercials, the mic picks up what you want to hear and filters out what you don't pretty well. I've actually used this mic for a quick recording session with me and my guitar, and I was pleasantly surprised with the results. So if you're interested in recording, this could possibly hold you over for quite some time.

I also like the ability for the mic to rotate 360 degrees, allowing you to wear the headset any way you please (mic on left OR mic on right). It gives you a lot more flexibility if you're like me and don't have a lot of space to adjust your body around dangling cords and such.

So if you're looking for an inexpensive microphone/headset, I wholeheartedly recommend the Labtec.

Hi Leslie, The effect with the 2 to 3 second delay is not the echo effect. it is normal with voice over ip (dialpad) that voices are delayed 2 to 3 seconds because of the packets travelling over the internet.

My intent in purchasing this headset was to better utilize Dialpad.com's new internet telephone service.

I had a cheap ($9.95) headset that I had used with voice recognition software and it was fine for that, but when I tried using them with Dialpad.com, the person I called would hear what they previously said 2 or 3 seconds after they said it... just as clearly as they would hear me.

So, when I tried this new, more expensive headset... I expected a minimal "echo" effect.

The net performance is that the more expensive headset has not performed any better than the inexpensive, generic type.

If you choose these headsets, keep the packing material. You may want to return them.

I am very pleased with the product that I ordered. At first I found it to be a little difficult to use, until you get to experiment with it for awhile. I would certainly recommend this to anyone, the quality is good and you can't beat the price. I must say I'm very happy with the purchase thanks again.

This is a comfortable headset with above average sound. The catch is that Labtec/Logitech no longer has replacement earpads available. Once the pad wears out, all you can do is hope that you're going to be able to fit a generic ear pad over its somewhat unusual shape. Good luck.