Most desktop and laptop computers have speakers, but most of them are not very good. Those that are good, may irritate other people. A good headset can give you extremely good sound for games, movies and music without disturbing others and the microphone works great for speech recognition programs and internet phone calls.
If you travel with a laptop computer, a headset can provide much better sound than the tiny built in speakers and it is much easier to pack a headset than to stuff speakers into your computer case.
A headset is the headphone that combined with a microphone. Headset provide the equivalent functionality of a hand phone with hands free operation. Headset can either have only one speaker or also speaker for both ears. It is used at the computer to facilitate comfortable simultaneous conversation and typing.
Headset can be in single earpiece ( known as monaural ) and double earpiece (stereo type ) designs. Stereo for computer headset use 32 ohm with a broader frequency range. Standard headsets with a headband worn over the head are known as over the head headsets. Headsets with headband going over the back of the user's neck are known as back wear headsets or behind the neck headsets. Headsets worn over the ear with a soft ear hook are known as over the ear headsets or ear loop headsets. General 3.5 mm computer headset comes with two 3.5 mm connectors, one connecting to microphone jack (line in) and one connecting to speaker jack (line out) of the computer.
Computer Headsets connect to the computer via a soundcard, which converts the digital signal of the computer to analog signal for the headset. USB computer headset connects to the computer via USB ports, and the audio conversion occurs in the headset or in the control unit of the headset.
Wireless headsets are quickly becoming a new trend for both business and consumer communications. There are a number of wireless products, and they usually differ according to application and power-management.





















