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You don't have to spend hundreds of dollars to improve your on-call experience! Both the EMEET HS20 Computer Headset and the Logitech (Logi) H390 Computer Headset offer great microphones with environmental noise reduction, nice audio reproduction, long cables, and in-line controls for under $25, but they're not the same. Tech expert Dave Taylor compares the two - including offering demos! - and offers his opinion of which is the better buy for you.
Check them out at Amazon:
LOGITECH: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000UXZQ42
EMEET: https://amzn.to/42GAtPT
Visit Dave's Q&A Web site at: https://www.AskDaveTaylor.com/
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Which one's the better headset, Logitech or E-Meet? Let's check them out
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Dave Taylor here and I'm comparing the E-Meet HS20 computer headset with the Logitech H390
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computer headset. Now, both of them are super affordable, both of them are really light
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both of them have boom microphones, they are wired only, they want a USB-A connection
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but there are some differences. So, let's start with the E-Meet and I'm going to give you some
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sample audio and all sorts of stuff. But I'm going to start with this and I will note that
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you can use it on your left ear or if you prefer, it will spin all the way around and you can use
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it on your right ear, which is a differentiator. So, this is the E-Meet HS20 computer headset and
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it features a 360-degree omnidirectional mic with noise canceling. I'm going to demo that noise
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canceling and you'll be pretty astonished. It also has my favorite feature, is that there's a
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3.5 millimeter connector. So, you can use this with something that only has 3.5 millimeter
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like some older phones, or you can plug it into this, which is an inline controller
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included, and then the end of that gives you that USB-A that lets you plug it into a Mac, a PC
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a Linux machine, a Chromebook, whatever you got, it's going to plug in and it's going to be an
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external microphone and external speaker. Now, when we look at the inline controller, it has
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four features. It has a mute button, it has a speaker on-off button, if you just need to take
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a break from the audio, and it has volume up and down. So, all of this, super easy to work with
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Let me go ahead and give you a sample from it. So, I'm going to plug it into my PC. Let's see
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if I can get it to go in there. And then it is adjustable, so you can adjust it and has lots
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of different adjustments. I'm going to go ahead and use it where the microphone is on my left ear
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and it's pretty darn comfortable. Now, what I want to do is I want to have background noise
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so you'll see me touching this device and then when I turn that on, it's going to sound like
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I'm in a coffee shop or a busy office or something, or somewhere on the road, which is pretty common
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for people using headsets. It might be a noisy house, but be that as it may, that's poised to go
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So, now what I want to do is let me get this computer started and I'm going to go into the
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voice app, which should be running, but it's not. That's suspicious, right? So, let's see
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Sound recorder. And so, what you're going to be hearing. Now, what you're hearing is you're hearing
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the microphone, this microphone, picking up my voice and there's no background noise. So, of
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course, it sounds really clean, but now I'm going to turn on that background noise
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And amazingly, you can't hear it at all. In fact, I sound the same even though it's noisy, so I
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could be in like a call center or something. Now, let's turn this off just so you can hear that
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difference again. So, now I'm still recording off this microphone, but there's no background noise
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Let me stop this recording and you can hear it's pretty remarkable. That noise reduction is really
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like noise elimination and this is great for a call center. Or again, if you're working from
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home and you've got some noisy kids, but you've got to be professional on the phone, this can
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actually cover that. So, it is the E-Meet HS20 computer headset and I will also point out that
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it has this super long cable. It is a seven and a half foot cable and yet it is incredibly light
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It's 6.1 ounces. It's significantly lighter than the Logitech unit. Let me just close this part way
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and I guess I'll unplug it too so you can see. This is a lot of cable. It's a pretty big inline
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control, but that makes it easy for you to get to and to manage. And I like that it's a little
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further down the wire because you'll see the Logitech one might be just a little bit too close
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to you. So, it also, as I said, you can be left ear or right ear dominant in terms of your microphone
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And then let's talk about the sound because if you did also want to just like fold it up and
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use these as music headphones, they're surprisingly nice sounding. They actually have a really nice
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full sound. Now, it's not an audiophile headphone experience, but it's surprisingly good for
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something at this price point. And I'll talk about the price at the very end. So, this is the E-Meet
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HS20. Now, let's switch focus and this is the Logitech H390 wired headset. And this is the
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number one best-selling headset for the computer headset category on Amazon. So, it's pretty
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popular. And as you can see, it's also adjustable. It's also super light. It's a little bit heavier
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at 7 ounces. The cable is actually 6.2 feet and there's no 3.5 millimeter option. So, if you want
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to use this with something that doesn't have USB-A, it's up to you to figure out an adapter
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And I don't know if they make a USB-A to 3.5 millimeter adapter. Maybe they do. But if you
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need that, then this might not be the right headset for you. It features a unidirectional
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microphone. It also has noise canceling. And the earpiece is laser-tuned drivers, is what Logitech
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says. So, it's USB-A only. It does have an inline control. It's a little bit more funky, the control
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but it does have a clip on the back. So, you can easily clip it to your shirt or something. So, now
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I'm going to put this on. And it's also super comfortable. So, this was 6.1 ounces. This is 7
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ounces. So, basically the same weight. Or maybe just a smidge heavier. But really, given how many
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heavy headphones I use, I really have not noticed this weight at all. It just feels like you barely
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have anything on. Let's see. There we go. Now, it's plugged in. So, we're going to do the same
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thing. There's no background noise. Let me start this recording. So, now what you're hearing is
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you're hearing the audio from the Logitech microphone. And I can double check on here
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that my control is not showing that it's muted, which is great. So, let's turn on that background
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noise. And again, you can't really hear it at all. And in fact, as I continue talking with this loud
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background, you really just hear me talking, which is remarkable. Now, let's stop this again
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It's a little hard for me to focus with that much noise. That's a whole separate conversation
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But you can hear the Logitech also does a really nice job with its unidirectional microphone
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and its noise canceling. So, let me switch back microphones. And so, this one has that USB-A only with the also inline control. It's a little bit more
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quirky. I kind of like that, that it's a little bit more playful than just a straight inline
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bunch of buttons. But that's, I think, a personal preference. So, these also sound really good. I
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think we're at an era now where if you have even inexpensive headphones that don't sound
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headphones that don't sound really good for music, then either they're tuned just for voice
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which is a deliberate choice that a manufacturer can make, or you just have headphones that aren't
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very good. Because both of these actually are nice music headphones. Now, notice the difference in
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the size of the earcup. So, that's going to make a difference in comfort level. So, I think some
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people prefer the smaller earcup like this. But personally, I actually like the larger earcup
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Could be because I have slightly larger ears. However, I will say that when this fits on my head
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I feel like the earpieces are more evenly balanced on my ear. Whereas with the eMeat
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it feels like, as you can see here, the bottom is pushing a little more than the top is. So
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there's a sort of flex here that the eMeat doesn't have. But because of the way Logitech designed
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that earcup, the Logitech does have. Which leads us to the question of, okay, they both have great
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noise canceling. They both sound good. They both have inline controls. What are the fundamental
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differences and which one's better? So, one of the fundamental differences is that the eMeat gives you
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that additional feature of 3.5 millimeter AUX. So, it gives you more flexibility and more capabilities
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I also like that you can use it whether you want to have the microphone off your left ear or your
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right ear. The Logitech does not support that. And then otherwise, you know, there's the different
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design of the inline control and the different size of the earcups. But those are probably more
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personal preference. So, one of the other differences is price. So, before I get to price though
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Also really appreciate that. Now, let's talk price and then I'll compare them. So, this
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is the eMeat HS20 computer headset and it's $24.99. Currently $19.99 with a 10% discount coupon
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for $17.99 at Amazon.com. That is a ridiculously low price for something with this set of capabilities
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and this flexibility. If you spend any time on the phone or on Zoom or on Skype or on Microsoft
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Teams or on Google Meet, whatever it is, if you're spending time talking to people and or listening
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to people, this is a kind of game changer for you. It's certainly a million times better than
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holding a phone up to your ear or using the phone as a speakerphone and thinking that the other
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doesn't actually dislike what they're hearing. This is so much better. So, $17.99 at Amazon.com
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This is the Logitech H390 wired headset and it's $39.99. Currently discounted down to $21.88
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at Amazon.com. So, you basically have $21.88 versus $17.99 and this one has a little bit more
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flexibility and a little bit more ways you can use it. So, I'll let you decide. This is the
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category leader so you know this is a rock solid, been around forever, had millions of people use
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it. But, you know, this eMeat one's a heck of an up-and-comer. So, you make your choice. Either
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way, I think you're going to be happy. Me, I think I'm going to go with the eMeat. So
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that means I'll have to catch you in my next video
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