Yep! Logitech make a whole range of these things. The set I have here come with a USB adapter which plugs into 2 3.tMM male plugs which would plug into the front of your computer or you can use the USB adapter, take your pick.
Why is the headset designed that way? Simply because not all computers have headphone/microphone sockets on the front and only have USB connections. The 2 sockets on the front of your computer are a stereo headphone and microphone socket respectively though don't rely on the microphone being a line-in socket. The logitech headset I have works just as affectively with a stereo boombox 3.5MM jack headphone out as it does with my computer, you just plug in the headphone plug of the headset into the boombox, iPod or whatever and away you go. Now this is all very fine but a word of warning if you're planning to go down the headset headphones/microphone combo, some of the microphones on these set sound absolutely awful, like someone's talking through their nose, so be warned. When I'm with my computer I use my headset along with an additional Logitech USB microphone, they're quite cheap. If anyone wants to hear what my setup sounds like then send a "contact request" using Skype to grtdane12 along with an explanation of who you are and what you want and we can arrange it. On 18/12/2011, at 1:27 PM, mbern6...@aol.com wrote: > Hello fellow pc-audio listers: > Being that I don't speak technical jargon, this is a bit hard for me to > explain. So, I'll do the best I can, and hopefully, you'll understand what > I'm talking about. > I'm looking for a headset microphone combo, to which I can use both on the > computer and on my boombox and/or stereo. On the front of my computer's > tower, there are two small plugs that are side by side. I believe one is > called line-in, and the other is called line-out, or something to that > effect. Anyway, when you feel them, they feel like headphone jacks. Most > stereo headphones, such as the ones found on portable cd players have a 3.5 > centermeter adapter on the end, that plugs perfectly into the type of > headphone jacks I've mentioned above. So, here's my question. Can any of you > recommend a good stereo headset microphone, that's universal? meaning I can > plug it into the computer using the 3.5 centermeter adapters, when doing > things on the computer, and also be able to plug it into other devices as > well if necessary. Is there any particular brand of headsets that work better > than others? I know its a bit open ended, but I hope my question makes some > kind of sense. Thanks in advance for your help. > Mike > Rochester, NY. > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
