Re: IBM is having a Yahoo moment: No more working from home

[Joe Pairman <joepairman -at- gmail -dot- com>]

The QC25 and QC35 come with the inline mic cable. It works fine. The
problem is that without a feedback loop (as you'd find in pilots' headsets,
for example), you can't hear *yourself* very well, so can end up talking
too loudly. Sometimes I turn off the NR during calls because of that.

The upcoming generation of active noise reduction headphones have various
settings to mix in some outside sounds (also useful for things like
crossing the road safely). For most current headphones, you need an app
that mixes in some sound from the mic with sufficiently low latency. The
Windows mixer will give you the sound, but with an annoying delay.

Joe

On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 19:28 Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> wrote:

> I've had no problems using QuietComfort headphones with WebEx or
> Google Hangouts since I replaced the default cable with the one that
> has a microphone.
>
>
> https://www.amazon.com/Bose-QuietComfort15-microphone-Discontinued-Manufacturer/dp/B0055DGM8Q
>
> It would presumably work with Skype if Skype works for you.
>
> On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 3:37 AM, Joe Pairman <joepairman -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> > The over-the-ear Bose QuietComfort headphones are quite good. Reasonably
> > comfy, as the name suggests, and they cut out a lot of noise & chatter
> even
> > without any music on.
> >
> > The only problem is that you can't even hear yourself properly on a Skype
> > call, so you end up bellowing, making it more difficult for colleagues to
> > get work done!
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