Headphones - Want a Monitor/Mic foldback solution in a headset

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JockTheKiwi

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#284663 8-May-2021 18:23

I talk quite loud and even worse when wearing headphones. I need to wear headphones for work due to, well, open plan office and video conferencing. Ideally, I want headphones with a boom mic that has a dial to adjust the monitor (mic foldback) into the earpiece. If I have this I can make myself loud forcing myself to talk quietly. I don't care about noise cancelling. This is nothing to do with my issue and I really hate wearing headphones with it.

Is anyone aware of a solution that allows me to feed my voice into my ears so I can stop myself yelling when sitting near my coworkers.

I have tried "Listen to this" in Windows but the .25 second delay just fries my brain and I cannot talk. I have tried Bluetooth and wired headphones with this and they both.

I have recent been using Sony MX3 and the have a solution, Ambient mode, but when I turn this on my mic is so sensitive it picks up all room noise for the other meeting attendees. Have to say the MX3

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#2705826 11-May-2021 08:21

I too have this issue (volume) - for this reason I usually go for a monaural headset, with one ear exposed, I can hear the noise in the office, but also how loud I am.

This may be something that works for you. (The Plantronics/Poly Voyager Legend is my current go to)

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#2705869 11-May-2021 09:55

I found this solution just recently after building my new computer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxW03z-uZBc

My old computer had a solution quite easy to work in the old Realtek HD audio manager but the new Realtek software didn't have it available. The solution in the link above worked for me but it looks driver dependant of the PC.

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#2705873 11-May-2021 10:00

Pay through the nose, but the business models like Jabra Evolve 7x have this. I had issues with workers here that installed the software at home, (it's not on their corp PCs) and their dongles FW upgraded to allow the option to be adjusted. So had to re-program all their dongles back again.

It's called 'sidetone' on their product. And you can go on/off or 3dB increments. It avoids the windows delay you found (eww that thing is pointless/awful) and either uses the mic on the noise cancelling or direct loops through the input

I got a pair of JBL 200s recently. And I have a feeling I have the same issue, a number of people have come to see me when on calls and just wave. Presumably I'm as loud as. My plantronics 90s from the dark ages are only soft on-ear. These are total cover and your own voice is basically your inner ear drum and jaw vibrating.

Still can't get use to it.

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#2705902 11-May-2021 11:21

Wait so people want to hear themselves on the headphones? I hate that happening and its something that I really dislike on my work desk phone. So unnatural.

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#2705907 11-May-2021 11:33

Some industries it is somewhat normal to ensure your messaging is actually going out.

I find hearing the internal bone mumbling since the outside world is nulled by the full ear coverage quite putting off. Would much rather a muted version of my own voice. Like talking on a cell. WHen you can tell if you are yelling at the other person or whispering.

When it's through your head, you don't have an idea on volume.

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#2705956 11-May-2021 13:40

Logitech headsets have sidetone options too to listen on. Otherwise a hardware solution in a standalone mic like audio technica etc. which has a loopback circuit when you plug the headphones into the mic output.

Personally I can hear myself regardless of how closed headphones are unless they’re active cancelling so never needed to use sidetone as it messes with my articulation. And then there are other people I know who can’t hear how loud they are regardless, even if they had a speaker blasting their own voice back at them.

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#2706122 11-May-2021 16:15

richms: Wait so people want to hear themselves on the headphones? I hate that happening and its something that I really dislike on my work desk phone. So unnatural.

Side-tone is (or was) pretty normal in the audio/communications world. It lets you know that your voice is going out, and that the mic isn't muted, disconnected, distorting or faulty. Clever designs will sample your voice somewhere near their final output so that it is also showing the the outgoing circuitry is working.

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JockTheKiwi

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#2728103 13-Jun-2021 18:40

Thanks for this. I am trying the drivers now. Have not responded to great replies to my own question due to LIFE (work actually). I sense tje video author has a lot more patience than me.

TOBE:

I found this solution just recently after building my new computer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxW03z-uZBc

My old computer had a solution quite easy to work in the old Realtek HD audio manager but the new Realtek software didn't have it available. The solution in the link above worked for me but it looks driver dependant of the PC.

JockTheKiwi

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#2728104 13-Jun-2021 18:41

When there are others in the office I am told 3-5 times a day that I am too loud. I forget the one ear trick and am just "meeting away" unaware that others are glaring or have just left the area due to my volume.

tripper1000:

richms: Wait so people want to hear themselves on the headphones? I hate that happening and its something that I really dislike on my work desk phone. So unnatural.

Side-tone is (or was) pretty normal in the audio/communications world. It lets you know that your voice is going out, and that the mic isn't muted, disconnected, distorting or faulty. Clever designs will sample your voice somewhere near their final output so that it is also showing the the outgoing circuitry is working.