Mi Headphones Basic Wired Headset With Mic

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Excellent basic wired headphones. Feel like quality materials were used. Very nice ergonomics, recommend this product.

5 stars on performance and value. As a noob it took me some time to figure out its workings, though. I found the supplied Operation Manual unhelpful, because it is structured neither by menu nor by use case, rather as a strange hybrid of the two; you can download a Reference Manual from Tascam's website, which is much better. The menu structure is opaque and poorly thought out. After the initial configuration, I ended up only using BASIC and MIC on a recurring basis. I use this unit with a RodeLink Wireless Lav, and a Rode shotgun (both powered), and a Tascam wired lav (that needs power). Each of these 3.5 mm output units can be used individually when plugged into Ext In 1/2 on the left side, with: 1. BASIC Input 1/2 ext_stereo (wired lav that needs power uses ext_power). 2. MIC MS Mode 1/2 Rec (to record on both channels). Then you can use the onboard microphones for ambient on channels 3 and 4: 1. BASIC Input 3/4 Mic 2. MIC MS Mode 3/4 Off. When I use combinations of these inputs, the wired lav that needs power cannot be used in XLR (phantom power is too high), so I still plug it into Ext In 1/2. That means XLR 1 and 2 are not available. However XLR 3 and 4 are available for additional inputs and sometimes I use all three this way, of course without the onboard mics. Powered sources (like the RodeLink and Shotgun) can be used through XLR 1 and 2, while maintaining inputs 3 and 4 for the onboard mics. Other menu settings (set and forget): MONITOR: Sel: Mix Output Gain: Line (must use an attenuator wire to the camera) INPUT: Limiter: On, usually as Link Lowcut: On, 40 or 80Hz RECORD: Stereo, BWF 24bit/48k, Dual:off SLATE: Head + Tail at -36dB

For the price range, this is really a good mic headset. It's basic, but it sounds good and the mic performs well, for those of us that need just that - a cheap but good headset. Nothing fancy, it just works, and that it does well.

Still like my wired headphones

I was looking for a reasonably priced light weight set of wired headphones with a mic attached and this is the one I had choosen. What's great about this headset is the noise cancelling mic feature that is important when I'm on a Zoom or MS teams meeting. Sometimes my office can get noisy or if I am at a coffee shop where there are many things going on that could be picked up by the microphone. At least I can have a decent conversation without having to worry about too much noise around me plus the sound quality of the on-ear headphone are comfortable and press gently against my head. I haven't worn it for more than 2 hours yet but probably would be comfortable enough if I needed to one day.

I had to hook a headset (mic and headphones) to a Griffin iMic. The headset has a 4-pin/TRRS 3.5mm plug; the iMic has two jacks, a mic input and headphone outputs; both are 3.5mm 3-pin/TRS. This is the cord that converts it. It works. It's sturdy. I don't think about it. It's surprisingly hard to find these things, so I'm glad B&H stocks them.

Allowed me to use my headset with mic.

Great basic mic!

I have one stand for my favorite headphones and got this second stand for my work headset.

I use it to connect my wired headphones to my new iPhone. Works great!