Customer Reviews

Logitech 980158-0403 Internet Chat Headset

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4 star:		(35)
3 star:		(18)
2 star:		(17)
1 star:		(14)

 

 

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.

I bought this to use with my Skype (free internet phone service). I had high expectations and was happy with the low price. This product turned out to be horrible. After a couple months, three problems:
1. Only the right ear of the headset is working now,
2. The little volumn control thing is bad, it does not change volumn smoothly and you have to carefully turn it to some specific place for it to make the right noise.
3. Connection to the computer not good. I have to press down on the connector with my fingers to hear anything.

DO NOT BUY THIS

I am editing this review, because this pair of earphones just completely went broke on me. I am angry!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'd rate this as a reliable and easy to use product. It's the second time I've bought it. I gave my first piece to my mom, since she wanted to be able to use it to chat with me on Skype.

It's cheap - approx. US$13. It looks pretty cool, and the flexible mic piece is well designed, so you can move it out of the way when you want to use just the headphones.

The only disadvantage is that the ear-piece starts to hurt your earlobes if you use it for 2+ hrs.

I'd recommend it if you're looking for a cheap and reliable internet chat set.

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.

This is the most uncomfortable headphone I ever had. you will get pain over the ear.but still the microphone works good and headphone is ok...

I own webcam with microphone, speakers and optical mouse... all from Logitech and have no complaints with this one either. Worth an investment as the VOIP is in. Chord length is a bit too long... I guess you could now stand or walk around your room still connected and talking !!! Its crystal clear quality whether be it using SKYPE or Yahoo or GoogleTalk.

I have owned these headphones for a good 2 years.

PROS:
-The microphone sounds great, no problems.
-The headphones are mediocre, but for the price, can't expect audiophile sound. Does the job just fine in fps games or anything else.
-Love the volume adjustment which allows you to adjust everything without clicking on the bottom right volume controls, etc.
-Works great with front panel audio AND rear audio inputs as the cable is pretty long.
-If it matters to you, you can change the color of the plastic that is on the piece.

CONS:
-If you don't like behind the head headphones, you will not like these. I am indifferent, however sometimes when I feel like sitting back and using a headrest, I experience an extreme annoyance. I though behind the head would be comfortable, plus it wouldn't mess up my hair (like i care), but now I would rather get regular headphones, if it weren't for the price. Comfort may be a factor if you're deciding whether to buy these or not.

For the price, this is a good, durable headset, especially for the price. If money is not quite an issue, keep looking however.

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.

Exellent quality! I got this to use with Skype and it worked great. I'm now using it with Google Talk.

Being this was a Logitech, (and I have always liked the name), I decided to try it out. For a month or so, I thought they were great but now the right ear peice is dead. So I am in the market now for a new headset, but if you were deciding on these, I would try to steer clear and look for something else.