Strengths: Weight, comfort, packaging, construction (generally, see weaknesses), looks, sound quality in headphones and mic
Weakness: Cable seems really easy to demolish, lacks reinforcement where it counts; clip-on inline volume control/mic switch not well designed
This is the 3rd or 4th mic/headphones analog headset I've tried, and the only one I liked. I will be keeping it. I really wanted a behind-the-head headset with a very minimal, small boom mic that could swing out of the way. In other words, as little material as possible - i don't want to look or feel like an NFL coach on the sidelines at game day.
The Sennheiser does all that and sounds great too. I also tried the Plantronic Audio.70 which had a horrible, fat, rigid, non-adjustable back-of-neck piece and a wired microphone with a little stub of wire from the mic to the headset that just seemed designed to be ripped apart accidentally. It was heavy and fit terribly and didn't adjust at all except for the mic up/down. Head fit, nonexistent. Also tried cheaper (but popular) headsets by Audio Technica - again, heavy, awkward construction.
The Sennheiser PC140 has a very minimal piece that goes behind the head. it is flexible in every dimension so it conforms to the head readily and weighs little. The mic is on a sturdy boom that's part of the earpiece, and just rotates down into positino or up and out of the way. The mic's length is not adjustable, but that really doesn't seem to matter much.
The plastic parts of the two mini plugs at the end of the cord are as small as possible, and not heavy. This is really good. I've seen computer jacks messed up by giant, unnecessarily heavy plugs on the end of heavy headset/mic cables.
My only complaints concern the cord from the headphones to the computer.
- The cord is not reinforced at the headphone, there's no strain relief or any kind of mechanism to prevent the cord from being yanked right out, trashing the headset. This should have received some consideration.
- The cord is thin and lightweight. That's good. but also the cord is thin and lightweight, and so needs a little careful attention in handling.
- The mid-cord volume control/mic on/off fob has a really crummy molded plastic clip that's going to break if i stretch it too far, and that doesn't really open enough to clip onto a T-shirt lacking a pocket (and the pocket is too high, frankly). I wish this had a proper spring-loaded metal clip. When teh plastic clip finally breaks, I will glue one on it.
- and i wish these were rated to deliver 20-20KHz response, rather than 40-20KHz... just seems like the could have delivered something with the same specs as the competition.
Overall, i would recommend this again, over any of the other analog headsets I tried and also over those I considered but did not test, based on their construction and comfort.
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Costs a bit more, and seems to be worth it
Strengths: Weight, comfort, packaging, construction (generally, see weaknesses), looks, sound quality in headphones and mic
Weakness: Cable seems really easy to demolish, lacks reinforcement where it counts; clip-on inline volume control/mic switch not well designed
This is the 3rd or 4th mic/headphones analog headset I've tried, and the only one I liked. I will be keeping it. I really wanted a behind-the-head headset with a very minimal, small boom mic that could swing out of the way. In other words, as little material as possible - i don't want to look or feel like an NFL coach on the sidelines at game day.
The Sennheiser does all that and sounds great too. I also tried the Plantronic Audio.70 which had a horrible, fat, rigid, non-adjustable back-of-neck piece and a wired microphone with a little stub of wire from the mic to the headset that just seemed designed to be ripped apart accidentally. It was heavy and fit terribly and didn't adjust at all except for the mic up/down. Head fit, nonexistent. Also tried cheaper (but popular) headsets by Audio Technica - again, heavy, awkward construction.
The Sennheiser PC140 has a very minimal piece that goes behind the head. it is flexible in every dimension so it conforms to the head readily and weighs little. The mic is on a sturdy boom that's part of the earpiece, and just rotates down into positino or up and out of the way. The mic's length is not adjustable, but that really doesn't seem to matter much.
The plastic parts of the two mini plugs at the end of the cord are as small as possible, and not heavy. This is really good. I've seen computer jacks messed up by giant, unnecessarily heavy plugs on the end of heavy headset/mic cables.
My only complaints concern the cord from the headphones to the computer.
- The cord is not reinforced at the headphone, there's no strain relief or any kind of mechanism to prevent the cord from being yanked right out, trashing the headset. This should have received some consideration.
- The cord is thin and lightweight. That's good. but also the cord is thin and lightweight, and so needs a little careful attention in handling.
- The mid-cord volume control/mic on/off fob has a really crummy molded plastic clip that's going to break if i stretch it too far, and that doesn't really open enough to clip onto a T-shirt lacking a pocket (and the pocket is too high, frankly). I wish this had a proper spring-loaded metal clip. When teh plastic clip finally breaks, I will glue one on it.
- and i wish these were rated to deliver 20-20KHz response, rather than 40-20KHz... just seems like the could have delivered something with the same specs as the competition.
Overall, i would recommend this again, over any of the other analog headsets I tried and also over those I considered but did not test, based on their construction and comfort.
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