BigJustice

That review suffers from the cookie cutter approach employed here when reviewing headsets. Of course a headset like this Blue Parrot isn’t great for ANC while listening - it’s not meant for that (design, speaker on one side only!). It can’t and shouldn’t isolate from sound in the environment, or using it while driving would be dangerous and illegal! But, if one wants to make or take a call, the key deliverable is whether the other party can hear me loud and clear, but is spared the noise around me. I’m other words, is outgoing voice clean, free of environmental noise, and not notably processed or distorted? And that is something this and some similar good quality headsets deliver. I have the 350 of that line, and can make or accept work calls while on the move and sound like I am indoors. All while being able to pay attention to what’s going on around me. My Bose Over-the-Ears ANC set is great for music, but unusable for driving.

Aug 20, 2023 05:54 PM By ben1787

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I am specifically looking for a headset that is best at filtering out background noise on my end so the person i am talking to always thinks I am in a quiet room. It seems your rating for Noise Handling refers to this. This is the only thing I care about. As such, I would love a way to see the headphones ranked specifically by this measure as opposed to the overall score which isn’t what i care about.

I had exactly the same priority - making sure that the person on the other end can’t hear the noise around me. For this, I found the “noise handling” rating here a bit misleading. I believe that rating reflects more how well noise is suppressed for me, but, since I wanted a headset that leaves one ear free anyway (so I can legally use it while driving), that wasn’t my priority. I ended up getting a BlueParrot, which has only one earpiece, and thus doesn’t suppress noise from my surroundings that well, but is doing a great job suppressing noise for the people I speak to. I also confirmed with a number of friends who I could trust would tell me the truth that while they could hear me loud and clear, they didn’t notice the din around me even when I was on a subway platform when a train arrived.