Comments on: Every Man, Woman or Child on Skype Needs an Everyman Headset

By: How to get the best music playback quality | Greg Stereo

How to get the best music playback quality | Greg Stereo — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:56:32 +0000

[...] Every Man, Woman or Child on Skype Needs an Everyman Headset (joyofgadgets.com) [...]

By: Hero

Hero — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:26:24 +0000

They sure have taken some shortcuts on this one. There is no volume control, for example. If someone screams in my ear I have to fiddle with the software in order to lower or mute the volume: I might get deaf in the process.

By: YardSale

YardSale — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:57:45 +0000

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 05:42:04 +0000

It’s an affordable USB headset… nothing more, nothing less. The impact of onboard soundcards on speech is completely negligible and ever since version 3 Skype is actually much nicer to use over speakers. I rarely have any echo effects even if both parties use this combination and the conversation sounds much more natural when not wearing a headset. You don’t get the “in the room” effect using anything else but your speakers. As for the microphone, unless you are using the worst webcams available you shouldn’t have any problems on that side either. The Everyman headset is certainly not a bad purchase for what it costs, but in times of Skype 4 it’s not going to improve your sound quality all that much either.

By: FREETALK® Everyman: The Bloggers Speak Out | Voice on the Web

FREETALK® Everyman: The Bloggers Speak Out | Voice on the Web — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:04:33 +0000

[...] (PhoneBoy) Welch-Abernathy, in Every Man, Woman or Child on Skype Needs an Everyman Headset, provides a brief background on the evolution of audio support on PC’s and outlines why FREETALK [...]

By: edythemighty

edythemighty — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:52:34 +0000

Thanks for pointing this out. I’m actually in need of a new headset, I’ll see about ordering these in a few weeks.