Highly subjective review. Solderdude can chime in with objective measurements.
So in today work from home environment, I desperately need a headset with good microphone. I have BoomPro mic, which was attached to Monorprice 8232 headphones. It can also work with V-Moda, Philips and other headphones with 3.5mm jack. Incidentally, it works with Coolermaster MH-751 as well
Anyway, Monorprice plastic headband broke again on me, 2nd time, so I'm not buying them again, that's a major issue. I went for highly praised MH751, which are Takstar 82 with increased soundstage and very good microphone. The headphones came in a ridiculously giant box, with head-shaped foam and it was protecting the content very well. The headphones themselves are bigger than what I expected, seen from online pictures.
The mic is indeed good, and has some level of noise cancellation. I tested it on voice recorder with loud fan blowing next to me. Only slight whining noise was recorded and my voice was full bodied, no thinness or tinniness.
Now to the sound. These are "fun", or "V-shaped" headphones, at least some noticeable boost in highs (can't say base was elevated or boomy). Soundstage is indeed wide enough. Highs are elevated, but not fatiguing or ear piercing. Now to minus - voices during telconferencing sounded really broken - harsh, unnatural. Compared to say AKG K-371, which is really smooth in voice department. I tested with some online speeches too, like press-conferences and such -same, bad. Music/Songs sounded fun and natural on MH-751. So, I got the good mic, but broken voice. Not sure what to say. I tried different cables, but with the same results. I tested with my Samsung Galaxy A70 smartphone with default sound settings, no equalizer etc. Maybe with separate good amplifier you will get better results. But this is my use case.
So in today work from home environment, I desperately need a headset with good microphone. I have BoomPro mic, which was attached to Monorprice 8232 headphones. It can also work with V-Moda, Philips and other headphones with 3.5mm jack. Incidentally, it works with Coolermaster MH-751 as well
Anyway, Monorprice plastic headband broke again on me, 2nd time, so I'm not buying them again, that's a major issue. I went for highly praised MH751, which are Takstar 82 with increased soundstage and very good microphone. The headphones came in a ridiculously giant box, with head-shaped foam and it was protecting the content very well. The headphones themselves are bigger than what I expected, seen from online pictures.
The mic is indeed good, and has some level of noise cancellation. I tested it on voice recorder with loud fan blowing next to me. Only slight whining noise was recorded and my voice was full bodied, no thinness or tinniness.
Now to the sound. These are "fun", or "V-shaped" headphones, at least some noticeable boost in highs (can't say base was elevated or boomy). Soundstage is indeed wide enough. Highs are elevated, but not fatiguing or ear piercing. Now to minus - voices during telconferencing sounded really broken - harsh, unnatural. Compared to say AKG K-371, which is really smooth in voice department. I tested with some online speeches too, like press-conferences and such -same, bad. Music/Songs sounded fun and natural on MH-751. So, I got the good mic, but broken voice. Not sure what to say. I tried different cables, but with the same results. I tested with my Samsung Galaxy A70 smartphone with default sound settings, no equalizer etc. Maybe with separate good amplifier you will get better results. But this is my use case.
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