PC 8.2 Chat

Not going to go 4 stars, but the cable is a little stiff. Sound quality is great for music, great microphone, spend nearly all day on ZOOM calls. Use this with a bit of playback EQ (FxSound app) and really they are great for listening to music. Open air design. Light. Comfortable.

Updated to add: I am back in my office now and have a window on a very busy street with lots of noise. When I use this my students hear very little of the road noise. An ambulance went screaming by my window at full volume and they barely heard it. I have begun teaching my college classes from home and using Zoom for my classes. Many of my students cannot attend and so I record my lessons. I also have to cc my recordings to meet ADA requirements. With my other head phones or just the computer/camera mic I spent more time correcting the CCing that I did in the lesson. Theses headphones and mic are great! Almost no mistakes in the ccing process. When I listen to music it is like surround sound. Great product!

These work well for business use (phone calls, video calls, etc.) and have a surprisingly good sound for listening to music. They are not quite as good or as well made as the previous model, however, so I'm deducting a star for that. Still, much better than the standard office headsets (Belkin, Logitech, etc.) out there for just a little more cost.

Sometimes, I have to unplug and re-plug it to get it to work, which can be frustrating in the middle of a Zoom call. I'm not sure if it's the product's fault. I like the quality is awesome, its comfortable to wear. It works 99% of the time. I got it refurbished and it was worth the money.

Pros: Decent quality unit overall, lightweight, comfortable, adjustable. Playback sound quality is decent. Cons: 1. Adjustment doesn't work like you expect, but one can get used to it. 2. Within a few months of regular use, I noticed an occasional hum in the earpieces when using the microphone during calls. It is a strong static hum that sounds like a ground loop. The hum can be (mostly) attenuated by touching my finger to a local ground, e.g., the exposed metal of a USB extension cord or similar. The hum does not fully disappear when doing this, though. The only way to make it go away is to mute the mic. It makes the headset completely useless for recordings or calls. The hum would appear occasionally at first. Today (seven months after purchasing), the hum is here to stay. There's nothing I can do. I tried using it with two other computers in different locations. The hum follows the headset. Thanks a lot, Sennheiser/EPOS/whoever designed this garbage. The hum surfaced after the return window closed. For 25% of the price of this fancy POS, I'd rather get a cheapie headset that actually works forever.

The sound quality like any Sennheiser product is amazing, noise cancellation was perfect. They were comfortable, just not as comfortable as my other Sennheiser head set. I bought this one for my laptop when I travel for work, works great with any messaging or meeting APP such as Zoom, GoToMeeting, Skype, etc.

I like the light weight, compact, and mic boom protected by headset band. I did get complaints about mic audio quality for several apps. I recorded my own voice and listened on playback. The volume was too soft, no way to increase, and hissing trail and pop on almost all S words. I have another older, (discontinued) Sennheiser and it had much better mic quality.

This headset works with PCLinuxOS. It is sturdy and well crafted. It just works and I am happy with the price. I would buy it again.