🎧 ECS WordSmith USB In-Ear Transcription Headset with Advanced Noise Reduction Review

I'm a medical transcriptionist so I use these headphones every day. The wearing comfort is excellent. The sound quality is pretty clear, but not magical or better than any other decent pair of headphones I've had. Longevity was my biggest issue with this product. The right ear almost completely died after only a few months of use. (I've had Lanier headphones that I've been using for almost a decade with no functional issues, so a pair of "fancy" headphones that only play sound in one ear after…

I bought two pairs of these headphones last year. Both sets are very disappointing. The little caps that cover the headphones' wires keep falling off exposing the wires. The wire for the headset is covered with a soft pad of some material, and the wire is pushed through the material. This is the second message that causes the wire to appear. It's very annoying to work with a cover that keeps falling off, but you don't want to glue it because there are wires underneath. I bought them a few years

For many, many years of transcription, I have used many, many different headphones - ordinary on the head (for music), under the chin, in-ear headphones - from many, many different manufacturers. I used the cheapest to the most expensive. These headphones are designed specifically for transcribers and are by far the best I've ever used. Working from home, I'm blessed with numerous distractions throughout the day, from TV to pets. With them I hear absolutely nothing except what I record. It…

It's terrible. There are no instructions for the buttons either. What is the green light for? He didn't seem to do anything when the green light was on. I've bought $10 skull headphones that plug into the headphone jack and sound 100% better than these. With this product, everything was muffled and almost inaudible. Is this a scam? Seller Response: (No use - I would like to try another kit for free) We see that you have a problem with your "ECS WordSmith Noise Reduction In Ear USB Transcription

Slightly ironic that the reason I bought this headset was to cancel out background noise, which they do pretty well compared to the other two headsets I have that don't cancel out the noise . However, the problem is that when I use this headset with a transcription pedal on my Mac, I hear a very high pitched screeching sound. My other two headsets don't make a squeaking noise, so I know this product is the problem. So after spending a lot of time trying to figure out how to fix the squeaking…

Updated 6/10/2018. They went from pretty good to TERRIBLE. I had to buy a new pair to replace the ones I bought in November 2015. Presumably some "upgrades" were made to the set. The cords now have a braided finish. This makes the cable feel secure between the USB port and the remote, and that's where it stops. The cables that attach the headphones to the remote feel very fragile and very flimsy, despite being covered in the same braided cable. The cables also disconnect when they come out of…

I ordered these on the recommendation of my sister who is a very experienced typist. I have used high quality headphones designed for listening to music and movies and they have been great except when I had to listen to a poor quality audio transcript because they picked up and amplified every background noise. The ECS WordSmith headset is designed to pick up the sounds of human speech and filter out distracting background noise that can make transcription difficult. Sure, they're not perfect…