What is Noise Cancellation on a Professional Office Headset?
Many people looking for a professional office telephone headset are looking to block out noises from their office environment. Noises such as phones ringing, people talking or laughing, printers and fax machines can all make having a professional conversation over the phone very challenging.
Most people equate “noise cancellation” with popular headphones designed to block out external noise like plane engines, allowing you to listen to your music or movie more clearly and at a comfortably sound volume level. This is called “active noise cancellation”. The headphone system produces an opposite or negative sound wave to cancel the incoming noise. In mathematics, it is very similar to adding a negative number to the positive number to get a zero {10 + (-10) = 0}. It is not perfect, but it will greatly reduce the amount of outside noise that you hear, allowing you to listen at a more comfortable volume level.
Noise cancellation in a professional office headset is very different. It is designed to prevent the person on the other end of the phone, from hearing the noise and commotion occurring in your office. The noise cancellation is on the microphone, not on the speakers of the headset. Generally, a noise cancellation headset has two or more microphones built into the microphone boom. One is designed for your voice and the additional microphone(s) are used to evaluate and reduce external noises.
What can I do to hear better while on the phone with a headset?
Get a binaural (two ear) headset, with large ear pieces. The Plantronics HW720 headset is the best option on the market right now.
- It covers both ears to provide a more natural listening experience.
- It also has the largest a professional office headset ear pieces on the market, to cover more of your ears, enabling you to hear better.
- The ear cushions are made of synthetic leather to provide a cool comfortable fit.
- Plantronics has dozens of options to make this headset work with just about any office telephone.
What is Active Noise Canceling (ANC)?
Active noise canceling is a feature that is built in stereo headsets covering both ears and once the user turn it on what happens is that the headset will be blocking most of the noises in the surround environment so the user can focus on the call and avoid distractions. This feature can be found in wireless and some corded headsets from Poly , Jabra or EPOS.
Depending the main use there are going to be different models. If need a wireless headset with Active Noise Canceling for your desk phone I would recommend the Savi 8220 from Poly. This headset allows you to use it with a desk phone, but you can use it
with your computer as well and a Bluetooth enable device because the base has this connection built in, so you need to leave your smart phone next to the base in order to get the best performance for your cell phone. The Savi 8220 is a Telecoil Hearing aid compatible as well, making it a nice wireless headset for people with hearing aid and in the need to block most of the unwanted noises in their environment such as lousy fans when at work in the office.
If in the need of a wireless headset with Active Noise Canceling to be used with your computer and smart phone only, I would recommend the Jabra Evolve2 75 UC with stand.
This offer from Jabra has fully adjustable Jabra Advanced Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) with different levels of graduation, plus the well known HearThrough technology that allows the user to hear thru the headset so the user can have a conversation face to face with someone without having to take off the headset. This unit has 2 working modes for your cell phone, with the boom arm hidden is considered Discreet Mode sot he headset works as a boom less microphone headset for people wanting to make calls but not wanting to have anything in front of their face and with the boom arm out is considered Performance Mode which meets Microsoft Open Office requirements for any UC platform.
What is Acoustic Fence technology?
Poly took this technology from the Polycom desk phones and now applied into their headsets, this technology means that there are going to be some microphones facing the user and another facing the outside. With this outside microphone the headset will be
blocking all the outdoor noises such as leaf blowers or loud blenders. Mi recommendation for a wireless headset for the computer and the cell phone will be the Voyager 4310, designed to meet all the requirements for all mayor UC platforms, designed for remote workers without sacrificing performance or breaking the bank. The Voyager 4310 offers a nice comfortable design covering one ear so the user can be aware of the surroundings. Voice over USB feature is built in, which means that the headset can be used as a corded headset with the computer with the included cable if you can’t find the BT700 dongle and even that the microphone has a better performance.
What is Dual Ear Circumnaural wearing style and when is required?
This kind of wearing style is the most commonly found at airports on the ground staff. The earcup is a s big to cover all the ear, this is a corded style headset with no high tech
electronics and the same design of the headset will block those loud sounds of airplane engines. The recommended headset here will be the Plantronics SHR 2083-01. This is considered a heavy duty ruggedized headset and is highly recommended for a corded headset where is really loud and to be used with Plantronics amplifiers or specialized adapters.
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