Plantronics Open-Ear Full Range Stereo Gaming Headset (Audio 370)

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Product Details

• Item Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000EZUE52
• Item model number: .AUDIO 370
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #22,826 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 13, 2006

Product Description

Product Description
Plantronics introduced the first lightweight communications headset in 1962 and is today the world's leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of lightweight communications headset products. Plantronics offers mobile headsets to address the cordless and mobile phone market, next-generation computer audio headset products for computer applications and corded and cordless headsets and systems for the office, small office/home office and call centers.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great open ear headset, October 19, 2007

By	KJ (USA) - See all my reviews

Nice upgrade over my old plantronics headset that they discontinued. I hope these last a bit longer. Frame is more solid and the mic boom is beefy and should stand up to wear and tear. The cans are nice and large and fit completely over your ears. Very comfortable - wearing them for 3-4 hours is no problem. Since they are open ear they keep your ears from getting sweaty and also allow you to hear the wife when she wants to get you off the computer. Mic is crisp and clear over Ventrilo/Teamspeak. Mainly use them for gaming and sound is great for a standard headset. I have it coupled with an X-FI Xtremegamer sound card and the detail is great. Highly recommended for the budget gamer.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great sound, poorly made, March 24, 2008

By	R. Caldwell - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have used this item for about 3 weeks now and have to say it both good and bad.

The sound is clear and I can find no fault there. The ear cups are also large so to provide plenty of room and not get hot inside due to the open air of them.

My problem comes from the microphone. There is no fault in the voice quality, as I have asked people I talk to and they say it is better than my old unit for clarity and no 'tinny' sounds. My problem is that after about 2 weeks, the arm for the mic now drops to straight down. That is to say that the part you talk into is on my shoulder. It is VERY loose, and I had to turn it up every few minutes to have it just drop back down.

If this part were to be tightened in future models, or if there was someway to fix the current, I would have gave the unit a 5 for 5!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Microphone Issues, August 1, 2008

By	Brick2Skull (NJ, USA) - See all my reviews

The headset is very comfortable and the sound quality is great. The clarity of the mic is not the problem but the boom and volume are.

The company boasts that the headset has an extendable boom. What they don't tell you is that it is only another half inch of movement which is quite useless. That said, you can't get the microphone close enough to your mouth so that it receives enough db to transmit at a proper volume.

I have adjusted all sound settings, put on mic boost, etc. and it simply will not transmit loudly enough to anyone in Ventrilo, Skype or other recording software.

I replaced it with a $12 cheap headset which is doing the job of this $50 headset.