Headphone vs Headset
Even a kid knows what headphones are all about as he quickly learns how not to distract his parents and enjoy the video game at loud audio levels. In fact, headphones became a rage when walkman arrived on the scene, and it was a fad to move around with headphone on its place and a cassette playing in the walkman sitting snugly in one’s jacket pocket. However, there is a cousin of headphones known as headset that is increasingly being used by workers at call centers and performs and additional function of speaking apart from listening to all incoming calls. Many people remain confused between headphones and headset. Despite similarities, there are many differences between headphones and headset that will be talked about in this article.
Headphones have come a long way since first arriving on the scene when they were large and had to be worn around ears with a chord connecting them to the device that was playing music. Today there are over the ear, in the ear, wired and wireless headphones available in all price ranges. From the most inexpensive to the very expensive headphones, there is a continuum along quality, and one can choose a headphone with decent quality depending upon his budget and requirements. The first and foremost factor that helps in deciding headphones is the comfort of the user. Next is of course the quality of sound though the price of headphones also matter a lot.
There is much confusion among people regarding differences between headphones and headsets. Just what are headsets, and why they are treated as synonyms for headphones? You would be surprised to see the images of both headphones and headsets when you type either of the two and click images. Let us see why. The main purpose of a headphone is to allow the user to listen to music without disturbing others, while headset almost always has a microphone attached with it that allows one to also speak. Thus, the major difference lies in the ability of the headset to allow the user to speak in, whereas headphones only allow listening. Air travel has necessitated headsets as most people ask for headsets as they get the ability to speak through a microphone, while listening to in-flight entertainment all the time.
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What is the difference between Headphone and Headset? • Headphones are devices that allow the user to listen to music without disturbing others. Headsets also do this, but also have a microphone that allows the user to speak while listening. • Headphones are circumaural type with earphones blocking outside sounds completely, whereas headsets are supraaural type with speaker resting outside the ear, which allows monitoring of outside sounds. • One difference between headphones and headsets pertain to their connectivity to external devices.
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