Jabra Evolve 75 UC Wireless Stereo On-Ear Headset – Unified Communications Optimised Headphones With Long-Lasting Battery – USB Bluetooth Adapter – Black

Was nearly put off by the price... but i have specific hearing needs and need good quality headset... and at last have found what i have been searching for.Pros:Extremely well madeEasy to pair to standard bluetooth device ... have paired to phone, laptop and a MP3If needed (for say an old desk top PC), comes with a bluetooth dongle (small in size - like a wireless mouse nano tx/rx'er)Comes with a well made (orange) USB cable.Can be used as a USB connected headset to laptop/desktop or desk-phone that supports USB headset...obviously charges will USB connected.Considering this head set is on the ear (as opposed to over the ear) - the Noise Cancellation is excellent (activated/deactivated via button).Pairs easily to dual devices - have used with MP3 player and Phone paired simultaneously without any issues. Phone cuts it when call active and drops back to MP3 when call dropped.Mute function via button and also if boom-mic is placed upwards.Easy to use buttons - volume +/-, mute, answer/end call, Noise Cancellation, listen-in (cuts out device audio so can hear surrounding sounds).When boom-mic is fully up, the tip can magnetically clip to the head strap - stops the boom-mic looking like an aerial :-)Battery life is excellent (have managed 15hrs so far - combined standby/music/calls) - gives an approximate battery length left when powered on (via voice through headphones)Cons:ExpensiveWhen working with a MP3 player, no button for pause or next/previousCould do with a bit more volume (but that is only if you are hard of hearing) - no issues if hearing is 'normal'Would recommend

Worked perfectly out of the box — even in pathological situations like a remote virtual machine connected to by a local virtual windows machine running on a Linux host. Plugged in, switched on, and used. Good quality sound from both speakers and mic. For a long time I’ve been suspicious of the Jabra brand after a disappointing experience with a Bluetooth earpiece in the 2000s. Things have come a long way since then. More expensive than other brands but just flat better. Lesson learned — don’t waste money on cheap brands. Buy this and buy it once.

Build quality is very good with high quality materials used for the construction. Audio quality for web conferencing is excellent, and audio quality when playing music is very good. Battery seems to last for ages. The ANC (Active Noise Cancellation) removes low frequency sound very well, but doesn't do much for mid and high frequencies, so it removes general office noise pretty well but some voices still come through clearly albeit at a lower volume. The wireless connection is excellent, no crackles or dropouts at all. Controls are easy to use, and the operation of the headset can be customised via the Windows or Mac apps. Overall though, this is a good headset/headphones that I enjoy using for listening to music and for using as a communications headset in the office.

Use these for work. I had a couple of cheaper Chinese built headsets that were poor quality and fell to bits after a month or so. Result was I bought these "proper" ones. Very well built, very comfortable, I love the mute / unmute function of the mic arm. They connect to all my phones (phone engineer I have a lot of them) and for the various PCs and Consoles I need to connect to they have this really neat dongle to connect them up in seconds without the fiddling with settings usually required. Sound wise they are a long way from audiophile or even acceptable music wise but that is not their function, for phone calls, in game chat, Teams, Zoom etc they are excellent. Noise cancellation is better than none at all, controls are standard headset stuff but the main accept / finish call is well placed and one click. 5* because I have gone through a good many headsets in the past few years, some very expensive Turtle Beach dolby surround cans with all sorts of gizmos (which were rubbish) some cheapos which were fine for a while then fell to bits - but these Jabras are the best I have ever used and for a change I feel I got what I paid for, quality and reliability.