Review on Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000 USB Headset (JUG-00013) by Michal Dobiasz ᠌

Name: Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000 USB Headset (JUG-00013)
Item: Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000 USB Headset (JUG-00013)
Rating: 5

July 04, 2023

It's the best purchase I ever made, I will definitely do it again.

For recording podcasts - justifies 100%. Plus price, comfortable fit, USB, Mac compatibility, quick ons. Great!
If you look at ogues, I wanted to take the Creative ChatMax HS-720, it also has Mac compatibility and noise reduction, but I couldn’t buy it anywhere.
By the way, this model turns out to be the 2022 model range (infa from the packaging), according to YouTube videos, you might get the impression that it is only compatible with Vista and Win7. But on the boxes, the nameplate Windows 8 Ready means not quite from the era of dinosaurs.

Pros

Bought to record podcasts on a MacBook. - Microphone quality is excellent, sound clarity and noise reduction. - I can't hear the clatter of the keyboard. - Wound up on MacBook Pro 15'4 Mid 2022, Yosemite 102022.3 system - just turned it on and it worked. - USB, because there is no microphone jack on a g Mac. - The boom for the microphone bends. - Good insulation, almost like vacuum plugs. - Comfortable fit, height adjustable. - There are ons on the wire: turn up / down the volume of music, and turn the microphone on / off. Here, turning off the microphone is a bomb thing, since neither on the MacBook nor in Camtasia can this be done during recording. Imagine 2022 - there are no mute microphone hotkeys in OSX and the recording program. - Reasonable price.

Cons

- If you connect via USB Hub - you can hear how the keyboard is playing and how the mouse is playing when you move the cursor. Moreover, these are two different sounds. Not fatal, but not good for podcasts. If you connect directly to the laptop - the background almost disappears. It cuts well in Camtasia - apply the filter with sensitivity level "5" and everything is fine. - The sound quality of the headphones is a good C grade, not for music lovers - for comparison, the plugs from Nokia Lumia 920 are an order of magnitude superior (for me, they perfectly transmit sound). But the headset was not bought for this, but for the sake of a microphone. - Bes are steaming, of course, like in a barrel. Perhaps this can be adjusted by third-party stray, but I do not want to. - Well, the 1.8m wire is really small, if you use it like in my case with a MacBook - it can be an advantage, but if with a stationary (taking into account problems with luminous reasons) it is recorded in a constructive miscalculation.