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Nabaza.net-The MarketPlace - Plantronics Foldable USB Stereo Headset (Optimized for Laptop Use) (Audio 470 USB)
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List Price: $59.95
Our Price: $30.23
Your Save: $ 29.72 ( 50% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Plantronics
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Plantronics
EAN: 0017229126244
Feature: Compatible with Windows & Macintosh
Is Autographed: 0
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Label: Plantronics
Manufacturer: Plantronics
Model: .AUDIO 470 USB
Publisher: Plantronics
Studio: Plantronics
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Features
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Compatible with Windows & Macintosh
Optimized for laptop use - engineered for Skype, Windows Live, Yahoo Messenger -- Voice, Music, Games
Connect with an analog connection or use the included USB connection to ensure consistent sound quality on every call and for every application.
Adjust the headset to personalize the fit, the lightweight and ergonomic design deliver extraordinary comfort for hours. The microphone minimizes background noise.
Easily fold and fit the headset into a crowded briefcase. Make internet calls, watch DVD's, or listen to music and Podcasts-- it's the only headet you need.
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Editorial Reviews:
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The Plantronics .Audio 470 USB headset combines portability with your choice of analog or USB connection. Outstanding digital sound quality makes Internet calls, music, and DVDs sound even better. A personalized fit, lightweight design, and fingertip controls deliver hours of comfortable use for discerning mobile professionals -whether working or relaxing.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating: 
Summary: Disappointing.
Comment: I bought these headphones because they are recommended by MacSpeech for use with their Dictate speech recognition software (well, this is actually the successor to the one they recommend. Amazon apparently ships this one in place of the Audio 400)
First off, the build quality on these headphones is rather poor. I can't see the headband staying intact for more than a few months and looks like it might snap at any minute just by putting them on my head. The foam ear pads are flimsy and uncomfortable and the cord is also very flimsy and tangle prone. Overall, they remind me of the free headphones that airlines give out with an added microphone (which is no gem to look at itself)
Sound quality, both microphone and headphone, was subpar (or worse). The sound was clear, but had a very quiet maximum volume as far as maximum volumes go. It got distorted at max volume too, forcing me to keep it at about medium. I suppose this would be fine for conversation as long as the other party spoke loudly enough, but don't expect to use them for music (very poor bass and mid range).
And finally, the purpose I bought this headset for: speech recognition. I use a Macbook Pro, and I originally tried the Dictate software out with the built in microphone. Sitting about 3-4 feet away from my computer and talking at a normal conversational volume and pace with no particular regard for where the microphone was relative to myself, I was able to get a 2/5 star rating from the Dictate software. In actual use, I managed to speak about a page worth of text (after the software had calibrated everything and I was speaking into a text editor). I averaged about 8 misspelled or misunderstood words per paragraph.
Again, that was with my built in mic 3-4 feet away. So I figured with a proper, certified, headset I could get that inaccuracy down to nearly zero words per paragraph. Well, the audio 470 certainly did not perform. In fact, I couldn't even get the software to advance past the calibration stage. It asks you to read several lines of text and the software checks to see if it can understand you. After about an hour of trying and frequently having to repeat words and sentences up to 8 times before they were recognized (something I never had to do when using the computer's built in mic), I gave up and decided to return the headset.
Others gave this headset good reviews, which makes me wonder if I just got a lemon. Regardless, the build quality and performance combined don't even warrant giving this product a 1. Buy at your own caution.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good but bulky
Comment: This is a great product that functions as advertised. I use them with Skype primarily, although they work great as headphones as well. The sound quality is good and those who I speak with through Skype have told me I sound great - just like I was on a normal land line.
My complaints -
1. The wire is way too long; I had not considered this factor when purchasing. Because I use this exclusively on my laptop, I only need about 3 feet of wire at the most, but the wire is probably around 8 feet long.
2. I use this on the road, so I have to pack it up and carry it every day. The headphones do collapse, but with the 8 feet of wire and the collapsed size they are still fairly bulky. Even when collapsed they are a fairly rigid unit, making it difficult to stow and also making me concerned about them breaking in transit.
I would recommend this to anyone who does not have to move the headset very often. Otherwise you might want to find something a little more compact.
Customer Rating:
Summary: works great for skype
Comment: I bought this for talking with skype, and it works like a charm. I've worn it for about two hours comfortably. I need to restart skype if I want to switch from the internal microphone to the headset in the middle of a conversation, that is very minor inconvenience. I use it with my iBook and connect with USB. It folds up nicely too.
Customer Rating:
Summary: You are number one - Amazon.com.....with me!
Comment: Well Amazon.com
To me and a lot of others you are the bomb
Each time (a lot) I have ordered something from you
With flying colors you always come through
You have not sent me items late, so I can't whine
Matter of fact you're usually ahead of time
My ordering from other sites have come and gone
And, for now and aways I'm with you Amazon!
So, proudly I write this review
And say a great big huge thumbs up to you
.......Amazon.com
Kynne Winston
Content Customer
Customer Rating:
Summary: I love these!
Comment: I've had these for a few months now. I've been told that it's better to store the headphones on a hook, rather than in a drawer, so I hang them up on the chair in front of my computer. My son uses them too and I love how easily they adjust to our very different size heads (his is so big that usually he can't find headphones that fit!).
I use Dragon 9 (a speech to text technology) and I went from store to store trying to find a cheap headphone that would work better than the ones that came with the program. Some only worked if my computer was running on battery, others didn't work at all. After a lot of wasted time and gasoline, I ordered these through Amazon, they came quickly, and they work! I haven't had any problems with them. I'm sure if I bought the $100+ headphone through Dragon as well as Dragon 10, it would probably be even better, but the more I train Dragon with these headphones, the better they work. All in all, I am more than pleased with these, especially with the great price I got!
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