Sennheiser PC 150 Binaural Headset with Noise-Canceling Microphone and PC/Laptop connectors

by Sennheiser

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 10.5 x 3.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000DCRHA
• Item model number: PC 150
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (131 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 29, 2003

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Sennheiser PC150 Noise Canceling Headset/Microphone is one of the finest headsets on the market today. The PC150 was designed with the comfort of the serious gamer and surfer in mind. If you spend hours communicating over your computer, then this headset is for you.

Among its many outstanding features, the PC150 boasts a precise, noise-canceling microphone with an adjustable rest position, which means that your instructions will always be understood regardless of background interference. With its handy in-line volume control, mic mute switch and comfortable headphones, the PC150 is perfect for marathon sessions spent sat at your PC. It's also compatible with CD, DVD and MP3 players. The PC150 really is the perfect gear for gaming and Internet telephony.

Product Description
The best players rely on the Sennheiser Communications PC 150, one of five brand new Sennheiser PC headsets. Thanks to the ultra-comfortable headband, hour-long game playing and Internet surfing on your PC will become a totally new, exciting experience. Its noise canceling microphone, inline volume control and the microphone mute function is sure to give you an added advantage.

Product Description

Features: In-line Volume Control. Microphone mute switch. IP-based communication. Convenient and easy transport. Compatible with almost any sound card. Microphone boom is adjustable and pivotable. High-power stereo headphones for prolonged use. Robust, noise-canceling microphone for high speech intelligibility. Adjustable and ultra-comfortable headband suitable for prolonged gaming or. work on the PC.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

142 of 144 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Noise cancelling mic, not speakers!, February 6, 2004

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Michael Clark (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sennheiser PC 150 Binaural Headset with Noise-Canceling Microphone and PC/Laptop connectors (Electronics)

Overall these are very good headphones. I'm no audiophile but *I* like the sound quality. It's not too hard to make the bass distort on these if you turn up the volume and bass in WinAmp. However I've found that if you don't turn up the equalizer's bass much at all, the bass on these headphones really is well reproduced. Just don't overdo it on the equalizer, and the headphones will take care of replicating the bass just fine.

The microphone seems very solid and well constructed, as does the whole headset. The microphone's audio quality on TeamSpeak so far as I've heard from my friends hearing me, leaves nothing to be desired. The microphone has a wide swing range so that you can swing it out of the way completely or position it in ideal relationship to your mouth.

At first when I bought these headphones they hurt my left ear quite a bit after about an hour of wearing them. After poking at the headphones a little bit I noticed that the left earpiece wasn't swivelling like the right earpiece. This was causing the headphone to press my ear back to my head, as the headphones have quite a snug fit. After some very strong "wiggling" on the left earpiece I heard a "snap" and the earpiece began to move freely (like the right.) Annoying that I had to do this, but the headphones no longer hurt my ear and really are quite comfortable (the most comfortable mid-size headphones I've owned.) So I'm happy!

Amazon's labelling of this product is a little misleading. It is not the headset that is noise cancelling, but the microphone. The headset is just a normal binaural headset. However, the noise cancelling microphone will be much appreciated by your TeamSpeak / VOIP friends!

The only gripe I have about this headset is that the inline volume control seems to dim the volume more out of the left ear than the right. This is a *slight* difference and only the most sensitive ears can hear it, but it is definitely there. For me, this makes the inline volume control only really useful for lowering the volume so that I can hear things going on around me. This is nice at work, where I have to talk to cooworkers throughout the day. In my opinion a headset in this price range should really have the impedence on inline volume figured out perfectly, but hey -- you can't have everything, especially not at this price!

That said, the inline mic mute works like a charm ;-)

Overall I am very satisfied with the PC150.

62 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Microphone For Dictation!, November 23, 2004

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Michael Rimov (Corvallis, OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sennheiser PC 150 Binaural Headset with Noise-Canceling Microphone and PC/Laptop connectors (Electronics)

I just got this headset in the mail today. Previously, I'd been using a Logitech USB headset, which while the Dragon NaturallySpeaking program rated it as great signal quality, and always been frustrated with the accuracy and speed of the dictation program.

When I first plugged in these headphones, I was initially disappointed because the NaturallySpeaking program rated the signal quality actually lower than the USB headset..... HOWEVER... I've been able to tell a HUGE difference in the program's ability to recognize my speech for the better. I'm happily dictating this review with very few accuracy problems (NaturallySpeaking 7 BTW).

I would recommend this headset for somebody needing to use dictation software without hesitation.

36 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Headphones, February 15, 2004

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Matthew Anderson (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sennheiser PC 150 Binaural Headset with Noise-Canceling Microphone and PC/Laptop connectors (Electronics)

After breaking various numbers of headphones over the years, I finally decided to try a new brand. After reading the reviews of these headphones, I decided to try them out (when my other ones broke) Was going to order from Amazon, but it said 1-2 weeks for delivery...

Anyway, I'll give the pros and cons of these headphones:
Pros:
Great, GREAT sound. Everything is clear, bass is great, they seem to have many more channels of sound which is awesome.
Mic is great also. Very good sound quality, slides in and out easy, stays where you put it. Low profile.
Padded headband.
Padded earphones. Very low stress on your ears. Once you take them off you didnt even know you had them on. No "ear rubbing"
Nice long cord.
Mic and vol controls are on the cord.
Nice overall look

Cons:
The earphones are kind of small. However, the sound is still great and alot better then the full ear headphones I'm used to.
Skinny cord, small plugs at the end (had to nit pick for the cons)

Thats about it. These are great headphones, giving awesome sound, combined with a very good mic, and some nice extras to boot (long cord, padded headband)

To the guy posting below me, maybe your soundcard sucks. These sound awesome with an Audity 2.