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I bought this device for recording podcasts and chatting with my friends on Skype, Gizmo, and Paltalk. I have been extremely impressed with the quality of the headphones and microphone.

First, about the headphones: They are quite comfortable (for me at least), and produce a nice, bass-rich sound. The volume control is nice, because the last set I bought produced sound that was way too loud, and I would get a shock if I didn't lower the volume greatly when switching from speakers to headphones. This set produces a more even sound.

Second, about the microphone: I am very pleased. This microphone puts my older microphone (a Labtec microphone from 2001) to shame, and saves me from having to clean up my recordings in Audacity to get rid of excess hum and noise. I was impressed that the noise-canceling feature really works well. Also, I can talk using a normal, conversational voice and the microphone picks it up clearly. The microphone can be adjusted up and down, and toward and away from your mouth, making it very easy to find the best location for the microphone in relation to your mouth. The sound quality is so excellent that as soon as my friends heard me talk with this microphone, they wanted one. I gave them a link to this product and they will order it soon.

Overall, I couldn't be more pleased. While I haven't compared this headset with other headsets, I can tell you that for the price, the quality is excellent, and I will be recommending it to all my friends as an affordable, high-quality headset with microphone.

I purchased this headset for use flying online with MS Flight Simulator. It was a good headset to start with and had very good sound, however I noticed a problem with it right away. The earpieces are fairly hard and pretty small making it uncomfortable to wear after about an hour of use. I was constantly having to rub my ears, but that problem didn't bother me all that much.

What bothered me is the extremely short lifespan of the microphone. I purchased this headset in January and the mic died at the end of February. Not a good product by my standards. It seems to be a flaw with the boom joint as it seems to have a loose connection in it. I wiggled it and was able to get the mic back for a few hours, but it once again died on me and I haven't been able to recover it since. I've given up on it. Time to purchase a better one!

My husband bought two pairs of these, one for each of us. Before opening the second package he had me try his on since he felt they were uncomfortable after a short time. At first it seemed alright except the ear pieces didn't fit quite right on my ears. The sound put my regular speakers to shame and I was very impressed by the tiny details I've been missing in my World of Warcraft music. However, after wearing them for a short time, they became uncomfortable on my ears and also where the band sits on top of my head. Although the audio quality is excellent, I would not recommend these for any hardcore gamers that plan on wearing headphones for extended periods of time for voice chat.

Since several reviewers reported this head set as uncomfortable I decided to wait a few weeks before posting my review. At first they did squeeze my head very tight and were as uncomfortable as others have said. However, I find them fairly comfortable now. You could buy a $300 Bose set, but now that these have loosened up, I'm happy with this bargain purchase.

The audio quality on my recordings has been excellent, and since my IBM Think Pad speakers are so weak, I'm now able to listen to even the lowest of audio files as loudly as I choose thanks to the volume control button the wire of the head set. It will take a few hours of wearing to break it in... but then you're set.

You get what you pay for, and you're getting what you pay for with this headset, which by the way only has a noise canceling microphone, not the headphones. Anyways, the padding on the phones isn't great, but it is fine for a couple of hours. While I wouldn't buy these exclusively for music listening, they do fine for talking to people or listening to music casually. For all of the people complaining about the microphone sound levels you need to look under your sound properties in the control panel, and under voice and the microphone control there is an 'advanced' tab which has a check box for a +20dB sound boost. I've been talking to my friend over the internet for a several days now without any problems, he can hear me fine.

SO is this the best headset on the market? NO, but its a really great one for $13.