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Spent $450 on a fancy noise-cancelling headset for video calls... best or worst move?
I dropped $450 on a Sony headset last month thinking it'd make my Zoom meetings smoother. First week, a client said my audio sounded muffled and I had to switch back to my old $20 mic. Now I'm wondering if I should return it or give it more time. Has anyone else had good luck with pricy audio gear, or is it just hype?
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patricia_hill607d agoMost Upvoted
Oh come on, you're giving up way too soon. That muffled sound was probably your positioning, not the headset. I bought a $500 pair of Sennheisers for work calls and at first I sounded like I was talking through a pillow. Then I realized the mic was too close to my mouth. Moved it an inch to the side and suddenly I was crystal clear. You paid for top tier audio processing and noise cancellation. That matters when your cat decides to yowl during a client pitch or your neighbor fires up a leaf blower. Give it two more weeks. Play with the settings. If it still stinks, return it. But don't blame the hardware yet.
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the_rowan7d ago
Patricia's right, most of these problems are user error not the gear.
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