This is a Wireless type of headset right? It has a 40 foot range and should work with the Mac, I notice from the item description that the headset doesn't need any software for it to work.
Sent from Dane's iPhone +613400494862 > On 8 Feb 2014, at 7:45 pm, "Robert Doc Wright" <godfea...@wrighthere.net> > wrote: > > Have you tried Plantronics 995? > **** > If we can't look at ourselves, and ask, why? then where does the learning > start? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dane Trethowan" <grtd...@internode.on.net> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Friday, February 07, 2014 8:57 PM > Subject: Good Headsets To Use With Skype Etc > > > One of my favourite headsets for Skype and similar applications is the > Plantronics Audio 478 Headset, I've had my original pair for 2 years and I > just bought another. > > This headset is completely portable coming in its own travel bag, portable > it may be but its durable enough to sit on your desk and be used as a main > headset for your desktop computer. > > The headset is a stereo type with quite good sound for the money but > certainly not audiophile sound as one would find with something like the > Grado SR60I headphones but quite acceptable for Skype and everyday > listening. > > The Audio 478 headset is an on the ear type thus you can hear what's going > on around you. > > The headset employs DSP technology for noise cancelation and signal > processing. > > The microphone of the Audio 478 rotates downwards from the left and can be > adjusted once lowered. > > For a headset of this price the microphone sounds very nice and doesn't > exhibit the quality of talking through your nose type sound that some > microphones do on these sorts of headsets, I had terrible trouble with a > logitech pair in this regard. > > An inline control panel provides volume, mute and answer/hangup buttons, > these buttons can be manipulated through the Plantronics Audio 478 control > panel which is a downloadable add-in to Windows, you can customise what the > buttons do, a plugin is also available for Skype to allow Skype to take > advantage of the answer/hangup capabilities of the Audio 478. > > The headset is a USB type and the cable is fairly rugged, again a great plus > for this headset over the older Logitech pair I owned whose cable started > curling and perishing after a very short period of time. > > The Plantronics Audio 478 in my view is very reasonably priced, I paid > $65.00 for my new pair and $70.00 2 years ago when I bought my original pair > so the price hasn't changed all that much. > > The price I paid is in Australia dollars so people living in the U.S. will > probably pay quite a bit less. > > > > ********** > > Dane Trethowan > Skype: grtdane12 > Phone US (213) 438-9741 > Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 > Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 > Mobile: +61400494862 > Fax +61397437954 > > > > >
