VforViennetta
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By "noise cancellation" I mean two or more microphones that actively cancel some of the background noise, so that, when you're on a phone call, the other party hears less background noise (eg traffic). I don't mean active cancellation of background noise while listening to music.
Are there any wireless (but preferably not true-wireless) bluetooth earphones that actually have decent noise cancellation and that would let you make a call outdoors?
The only brand I found which supposedly has this is Jabra, but the results are very poor. Can you think of anything to recommend?
When I say it sucks, I mean that I dialled my voicemail number while walking along a moderately busy road, recorded a message, then listened to the mp3 recording:
Are there any wireless (but preferably not true-wireless) bluetooth earphones that actually have decent noise cancellation and that would let you make a call outdoors?
The only brand I found which supposedly has this is Jabra, but the results are very poor. Can you think of anything to recommend?
- I have the Bose Soundsport earphones, but the noise cancellation sucks (the audio quality isn't perfect but the fact they don't provide a full seal means no occlusion effect, ie footsteps aren't amplified in your head as you walk)
- I tried the Jabra Elite 45e, The Jabra Elite 45e Headphones - for Wireless Calls & Music with two microphones and supposedly the same noise cancellation technology as on their mono bluetooth headset, and the call quality was better but nowhere near comparable to that of a mono headset.
- I also tried the true wireless Jabra 65t True Wireless Earbuds for Calls & Music | Jabra Elite 65t but call quality was worse than with the 45e despite having 4 mics (maybe because the mics are too far from the mouth?).
When I say it sucks, I mean that I dialled my voicemail number while walking along a moderately busy road, recorded a message, then listened to the mp3 recording:
- With a mono bluetooth headset like the talk 45 ( Jabra Talk 45 mono Bluetooth headphones ), call quality was excellent.
- With the 45e, you could understand most of it but the traffic noise was loud.
- With the Bose, traffic noise wad louder than my words.
- With the 65t it was in between the 45e and the Bose.