Gbex says:A headset is a headphone combined with a microphone. Headsets provide the equivalent functionality of a telephone handset with hands-free operation. Headsets typically have only one speaker like a telephone, but also come with speakers for both ears.
They have many uses including in call centers and other telephone-intensive jobs and for personal use at the computer to facilitate comfortable simultaneous conversation and typing
Headsets can come in single-earpiece and double-earpiece designs. Single-earpiece headsets are known as monaural headsets. However, double-earpiece headsets come in both stereo type (two channels of audio signal, one for each earpiece) or binaural type (the same audio channel for both ear-pieces).
Professional users may choose to wear monaural headsets because they free up one ear, so they can be more conscious of their work surroundings. Telephone headsets come in only monaural type for double-earpiece designs because telephone offers only single-channel input and output, so all double-earpiece telephone headsets are binaural.
However, for computer or other audio applications, where the sources offer two-channel output, stereo headsets are the norm. Telephone headsets generally use 150-ohm loudspeakers with a narrower frequency range, so sound outside the voice band is less audible to reduce background noise.
Stereo computer headsets, on the other hand, use 32-ohm loudspeakers which have a much broader frequency range, and is more suitable of music listening .
They have many uses including in call centers and other telephone-intensive jobs and for personal use at the computer to facilitate comfortable simultaneous conversation and typing
Headsets can come in single-earpiece and double-earpiece designs. Single-earpiece headsets are known as monaural headsets. However, double-earpiece headsets come in both stereo type (two channels of audio signal, one for each earpiece) or binaural type (the same audio channel for both ear-pieces).
Professional users may choose to wear monaural headsets because they free up one ear, so they can be more conscious of their work surroundings. Telephone headsets come in only monaural type for double-earpiece designs because telephone offers only single-channel input and output, so all double-earpiece telephone headsets are binaural.
However, for computer or other audio applications, where the sources offer two-channel output, stereo headsets are the norm. Telephone headsets generally use 150-ohm loudspeakers with a narrower frequency range, so sound outside the voice band is less audible to reduce background noise.
Stereo computer headsets, on the other hand, use 32-ohm loudspeakers which have a much broader frequency range, and is more suitable of music listening .
