Hi,
I've been working remotely for years and years now. My current setup for sound is 2 headphones (MDR-V6 and MDR-V7605) for my desktop and for my laptop. I also have a cheap (about $40 I think) lavalier microphone which I can plug in my phone and has an extra plug for secondary micro or headseat which only works on my phone, I use it for phonecalls because I like walking during them. On the laptop / desktop I only have the integrated / webcam mic.
So I am looking for a more unified solution :
- a light usb interface which I could move from desktop / top / phone with only one plug
- a light microphone that I could attach to my shirt or to my headphones
- thought I'd really enjoy better music quality, that's not my main target (I have a good quality soundcard on desktop, plus I want something cheap enough so I can carry it every where without worry, or offer one to my coworkers when they have exhausting sound quality and their employers won't do their job). For meetings / calls at least, integrated DAC is good enough
- the phone (+ADC, PSU, ... ? ) is more of an issue. I want a rather ok sound, like "ok for a cheap podcast" sound, something that will be less tiring to listen to for 8 hours a day than the laptop integrated one
- as a bonus, the microphone should be directionnal enough so I can work from a coffeeshop, and easy enough to position so I can walk
- one thing I don't like with my current lavalier mic is that is has a rather thin and long cable, so when I plug my heavy headphone jack on it, I need to put everything in my pocket to make sure the light cable does not get damaged.
My target price is as low as possible, I'd say $50-$200. The apple usb dongle probably is a good starting point, but usb and two separated jacks would really be preferred. I can cope with an adapter and a splitter I guess but that would be less practical.
Suggestions ?
Thanks.
Edit : I just saw that apple now have an USB-C dongle. None of my neither my desktop nor phone have usb-c, but that already a better solution for the futur
I've been working remotely for years and years now. My current setup for sound is 2 headphones (MDR-V6 and MDR-V7605) for my desktop and for my laptop. I also have a cheap (about $40 I think) lavalier microphone which I can plug in my phone and has an extra plug for secondary micro or headseat which only works on my phone, I use it for phonecalls because I like walking during them. On the laptop / desktop I only have the integrated / webcam mic.
So I am looking for a more unified solution :
- a light usb interface which I could move from desktop / top / phone with only one plug
- a light microphone that I could attach to my shirt or to my headphones
- thought I'd really enjoy better music quality, that's not my main target (I have a good quality soundcard on desktop, plus I want something cheap enough so I can carry it every where without worry, or offer one to my coworkers when they have exhausting sound quality and their employers won't do their job). For meetings / calls at least, integrated DAC is good enough
- the phone (+ADC, PSU, ... ? ) is more of an issue. I want a rather ok sound, like "ok for a cheap podcast" sound, something that will be less tiring to listen to for 8 hours a day than the laptop integrated one
- as a bonus, the microphone should be directionnal enough so I can work from a coffeeshop, and easy enough to position so I can walk
- one thing I don't like with my current lavalier mic is that is has a rather thin and long cable, so when I plug my heavy headphone jack on it, I need to put everything in my pocket to make sure the light cable does not get damaged.
My target price is as low as possible, I'd say $50-$200. The apple usb dongle probably is a good starting point, but usb and two separated jacks would really be preferred. I can cope with an adapter and a splitter I guess but that would be less practical.
Suggestions ?
Thanks.
Edit : I just saw that apple now have an USB-C dongle. None of my neither my desktop nor phone have usb-c, but that already a better solution for the futur
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