Suggestions for Headphones with good mic

J

Johntin

Audiophyte
Hello Experts,

I am looking for a good headphone with a mic (which picks up natural voice) for office calls/meeting and music.
I could find Jabra Evolve2 85, Jabra Evolve2 75 and Poly Voyager Focus 2 UC USB-C.
Sometimes I have to be more than 5 hours a day in a call and need very comfortable headphones, below are my concerns and I need your expert opinion before I buy one of these as they are expensive and don't want to waste my money:

Jabra Evolve2 85
- This seems really good but it seems a bit heavy for long hours (286g).
- Battery capacity is very good
- But these ones closes ear lobe, and I will not be able to hear my own voice when I am speaking, do I need to get use to these or it's going to be always an issue ? What are your experiences for these type of headphones for making calls ? I think they are just good for hearing music but not for a call ?

Jabra Evolve2 75
- This seem to be good in all aspects like ear comfort, battery capacity and weight is 197g as per my readings, but I have never used these headphones.
What is your experience about these headphones, are they fine for listening calls/music and speaking over the calls ?

Poly Voyager Focus 2 UC USB-C
- This is also a good headphone which is cheaper than Jabra, but battery capacity is about 19 hours.

The reason I have selected these headphones is that they have boom mic, and it picks up very natural voice of the caller filtering all surrounding sound/noise,
as per my experience all other earphones/headphones have mic but it amplifies your surrounding sound as well which is very very annoying for the listeners.
Appreciate if you could suggest other head/ear phones with a good mic and voice quality i.e. which picks up only callers voice than surrounding noise.

Thanks a lot in advance!
 
BMXTRIX

BMXTRIX

Audioholic Warlord
I would do a lot of reading on gaming headsets. I don't think any business oriented headset is going to necessarily stack up against what gamers are doing and using on a daily basis. You can walk into Office Depot for recommendations, but I think Microcenter will have a much better grasp on what is comfortable for all day wearing with decent to great quality and what may be a solid value proposition.

My son uses Steel Series for his headset and has worn it all day, basically, on some weekends. Hours a day for sure. Yes, he games too much. But, this is getting to be pretty normal for a lot of players.

I think as you pay more, you don't get a ton better in terms of audio quality. But, you can buy into some durability and better build quality. If you don't know already what you like or don't like in terms of audio and headsets, then perhaps buying a couple of cheap pairs of different types can help determine your direction. I recently did this by purchasing three sets of cheap wireless earbuds. It wasn't about sound quality, but about comfort in different styles. You can pick up a couple different $40 sets of wired headsets and see what comfort you like and how much of a jump you are really looking for before dropping $300+ on something really good, that you may end up hating.

I don't use headsets really. But, I listen on my headphones all the time, and I must say that I find my 'well reviewed' headphones to be mediocre at best. I've tried a few different sets with similar results. What I think I have found is that headsets are a VERY personal decision. Audio quality is easy enough to achieve, but comfort can be extremely difficult to find as is durability.

My Sennheiser HD555 headphones (open back) remain one of the best sounding and most comfortable headphones I've ever owned, but I have two other sets of Sennheisers that are not my favorites. The cheap HD120 headphones are comfy, but not durable and then end up falling off my head. My RS175 headphones end up hurting my head as the charging area lacks padding and ends up pressing against my scalp. As well, they have severe audio dropouts with that digital set. I think Bluetooth headphones are much more reliable in close range compared to their digital audio headphones.

While I don't specifically think that a gaming headset is 'better' than something from Jabra, I do think that you should be looking at what is out there in that market as well because there is a lot to choose from, and at a lot of price points, with some very demanding enthusiasts that truly get into how good things sound.

Even simple features like muting/unmuting mics are often detailed in some of their reviews.
 
BoredSysAdmin

BoredSysAdmin

Audioholic Slumlord
I typically find using two separate devices, only like my fav USB Jabra Biz 2400 II - it's awesome for picking up natural voice and very lightweight.
That said for music, I prefer my fav Senns HD600

At the office I have Poly Voyager Focus 2 UC (BT with charger stand) - they are good and have ok active noise cancelation, but comfort is just ok IMHO, I prefer open over the ear or smaller on-ear (like Biz 2400)
 
j_garcia

j_garcia

Audioholic Jedi
I don't have the Evolve2, but I do have the previous Evolve 75, solid headset and I am on meetings for 5-6hrs every day. Decent ANC and comfort is not bad at all. Battery life is very good. Not the greatest for music, but for meetings, it is great. Downside is obviously price, but for this one I'd have to say worth it.
 
MalVeauX

MalVeauX

Senior Audioholic
Hi,

Are you looking for high quality headphones and a high quality microphone? Or are you just looking for an all-in-one headset? What are you plugging all this into ideally (ie, source)?

Very best,
 
J

Johntin

Audiophyte
Hi,

Are you looking for high quality headphones and a high quality microphone? Or are you just looking for an all-in-one headset? What are you plugging all this into ideally (ie, source)?

Very best,
Looking for good microphone with good sound quality (mostly for meetings), and I get good music then it would be bonus for me. I am using bluetooth at the moment.

TA.
 
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