Best Headset Mic 2023 Results! - Headset Advisor

We wanted to answer the question once and for all which headset has the best noise canceling microphone and sound quality. Is it the Poly Voyager Focus 2, perhaps the Jabra Evolve2 75, the Orosound Tilde Pro, or Airpods? Well, we created a completely blind headset testing website and had all of you cast your votes giving us the information we were looking for.

We compared the top 28 headsets from the brand:

  • Jabra
  • Discover
  • Poly
  • Orosound
  • Yealink
  • Shokz

And even Apple 

Of course we added the ones we thought would do the best, but we also added some others like earbuds, bone conduction, and entry level options that we didn’t think would perform as well. We were extremely curious to see where each of these headsets would end up on the list.

We recorded my voice on every headset on the same computer, in the same exact spot, with a separate computer playing the speaker audio at the same location and volume for every test.

It was more difficult than it seems as each recording needed to be exactly identical, and we did this for every noise category of:

  • Office noises
  • Dogs barking
  • Kids playing
  • Wind noise
  • And even in a quiet environment to test sound quality.

Then we trimmed each clip to be exactly the same length, assigned them a random variable name to disguise each of the headsets, then we invited you all to vote.

The website would present 2 random headsets for a category, every time you voted a new random set would be generated. You could vote as little or as many times you wanted but most people voted about 5-10 times and we received over 7,000 votes giving us plenty of data to get statistically significant results. Not sure you can find this kind of information anywhere on the internet.

With that said, here are the results of our blind microphone tests. 


BEST HEADSET MIC OVERALL

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Headset Price Wireless or Wired Connectivity Wearing Style ANC
Yealink UH37 $89.00 Wired USB Over the head No
Jabra Evolve2 55 $269.00 Wireless Bluetooth Over the head Yes
Jabra Evolve2 50 $199.00 Wired USB Over the head Yes
Jabra Engage 55 $269.10 Wireless DECT Over the head/convertible No
Orosound Tilde Pro Wireless $379.99 Wireless Bluetooth Over the head Yes
Jabra Evolve2 65 Flex $329.00 Wireless Bluetooth Over the head Yes
Shokz Opencomm2 $199.00 Wireless Bluetooth behind the neck No
Discover D722U $69.99 Wired USB Over the head No
Poly Voyager 4310 $134.99 Wireless Bluetooth Over the head No
10 Yealink WH62 $152.00 Wireless DECT Over the head No
11 Jabra Engage 50 2 $162.80 Wired USB Over the head No
12 Poly Voyager Focus 2 $219.99 Wireless Bluetooth Over the head Yes
13 Jabra Evolve2 75 $295.00 Wireless Bluetooth Over the head Yes
14 Yealink BH71 $159.00 Wireless Bluetooth Over the ear No
15 Discover D713U $79.99 Wired USB Over the head No
16 Poly Voyager 5200 UC $184.99 Wireless Bluetooth Over the ear No
17 Yealink WH67 $239.00 Wireless DECT Convertible No
18 Jabra Evolve2 85 $373.00 Wireless Bluetooth Over the head Yes
19 Discover Adapt 20 $159.00 Wireless Bluetooth Over the head No
20 Yealink BH76 $231.00 Wireless Bluetooth Over the head Yes
21 Poly Savi 8220 Office $259.00 Wireless DECT Over the head Yes
22 Discover D904 $199.00 Wireless DECT Convertible No
23 Poly Voyager Free 60 $329.95 Wireless Bluetooth Earbuds Yes
24 Orosound Tilde Pro Wired $379.00 Wired USB Over the Head Yes
25 Apple Airpods 3rd Gen $159.00 Wireless Bluetooth Earbuds No
26 Discover D712U $89.99 Wired USB Over the Head No
27 Jabra Evolve2 Buds $242.10 Wireless Bluetooth Earbuds Yes
28 Discover Adapt 30 $219.99 Wireless DECT Over the head No

 

 

 

Best Value with Best Mic 

Headset Price Wireless or Wired Connectivity Wearing Style ANC
Yealink UH37 $89.00 Wired USB Over the head No
Discover D722U $69.99 Wired USB Over the head No
Discover D713U $79.99 Wired USB Over the head No
Poly Voyager 4310 $134.99 Wireless Bluetooth Over the head No
Jabra Engage 50 2 $162.10 Wired USB Over the head No
Jabra Evolve2 50 Wired USB Over the head Yes
Poly Voyager Focus 2 Wireless Bluetooth Over the head Yes
Yealink BH71 Wireless Bluetooth Over the ear No
Yealink WH62 Wireless DECT Over the head No
10 Poly Voyager 5200 UC Wireless Bluetooth Over the ear No
11 Shokz Opencomm2 Wireless Bluetooth behind the neck No
12 Jabra Engage 55 Wireless DECT Over the head/convertible No
13 Jabra Evolve2 55 Wireless Bluetooth Over the head Yes
14 Discover Adapt 20 Wireless Bluetooth Over the head No
15 Discover D712U Wired USB Over the Head No
16 Jabra Evolve2 65 Flex Wireless Bluetooth Over the head Yes
17 Yealink WH67 Wireless DECT Convertible No
18 Jabra Evolve2 75 Wireless Bluetooth Over the head Yes
19 Yealink BH76 Wireless Bluetooth Over the head Yes
20 Orosound Tilde Pro Wireless Wireless Bluetooth Over the head Yes
21 Poly Savi 8220 Office Wireless DECT Over the head Yes
22 Apple Airpods 3rd Gen Wireless Bluetooth Earbuds No
23 Discover D904 Wireless DECT Convertible No
24 Jabra Evolve2 85 Wireless Bluetooth Over the head Yes
25 Poly Voyager Free 60 Wireless Bluetooth Earbuds Yes
26 Jabra Evolve2 Buds Wireless Bluetooth Earbuds Yes
27 Orosound Tilde Pro Wired Wired USB Over the Head Yes
28 Discover Adapt 30 Wireless DECT Over the head No

 

 

Best Brand for Overall Headset Microphones

Brand Avg Vote Per Headset
Jabra 355
Shokz 352
Yealink 311
Poly 289
Orosound 253
Discover 202
Apple 121

 

 

Wired Headset Best Mic 

Headset Wireless or Wired Connectivity Wearing Style ANC
Yealink UH37 Wired USB Over the head No
Jabra Evolve2 50 Wired USB Over the head Yes
Discover D722U Wired USB Over the head No
Jabra Engage 50 2 Wired USB Over the head No
Discover D713U Wired USB Over the Ear No
Orosound Tilde Pro Wired Wired USB Over the Head Yes
Discover D712U Wired USB Over the Head No

 

Wireless Headset Best Mic

 

Headset Wireless or Wired Connectivity Wearing Style ANC
Jabra Evolve2 55 Wireless Bluetooth Over the head Yes
Jabra Engage 55 Wireless DECT Over the head/convertible No
Orosound Tilde Pro Wireless Wireless Bluetooth Over the head Yes
Jabra Evolve2 65 Flex Wireless Bluetooth Over the head Yes
Shokz Opencomm2 Wireless Bluetooth behind the neck No
Poly Voyager 4310 Wireless Bluetooth Over the head No
Yealink WH62 Wireless DECT Over the head No
Poly Voyager Focus 2 Wireless Bluetooth Over the head Yes
Jabra Evolve2 75 Wireless Bluetooth Over the head Yes
10 Yealink BH71 Wireless Bluetooth Over the ear No
11 Poly Voyager 5200 UC Wireless Bluetooth Over the ear No
12 Yealink WH67 Wireless DECT Convertible No
13 Jabra Evolve2 85 Wireless Bluetooth Over the head Yes
14 Discover Adapt 20 Wireless Bluetooth Over the head No
15 Yealink BH76 Wireless Bluetooth Over the head Yes
16 Poly Savi 8220 Office Wireless DECT Over the head Yes
17 Discover D904 Wireless DECT Convertible No
18 Poly Voyager Free 60 Wireless Bluetooth Earbuds Yes
19 Apple Airpods 3rd Gen Wireless Bluetooth Earbuds No
20 Jabra Evolve2 Buds Wireless Bluetooth Earbuds Yes
21 Discover Adapt 30 Wireless DECT Over the head No

 

 

 

Best Headset Mic With Active Noise Cancellation (ANC)

Headset Wireless or Wired Connectivity Wearing Style ANC
Jabra Evolve2 55 Wireless Bluetooth Over the head Yes
Jabra Evolve2 50 Wired USB Over the head Yes
Orosound Tilde Pro Wireless Wireless Bluetooth Over the head Yes
Jabra Evolve2 65 Flex Wireless Bluetooth Over the head Yes
Poly Voyager Focus 2 Wireless Bluetooth Over the head Yes
Jabra Evolve2 75 Wireless Bluetooth Over the head Yes
Jabra Evolve2 85 Wireless Bluetooth Over the head Yes
Yealink BH76 Wireless Bluetooth Over the head Yes
Poly Savi 8220 Office Wireless DECT Over the head Yes
10 Poly Voyager Free 60 Wireless Bluetooth Earbuds Yes
11 Orosound Tilde Pro Wired Wired USB Over the Head Yes
12 Jabra Evolve2 Buds Wireless Bluetooth Earbuds Yes

 

Wireless Earbuds with Best Mic

Headset Wireless or Wired Connectivity Wearing Style ANC
Shokz Opencomm2 Wireless Bluetooth behind the neck No
Poly Voyager Free 60 Wireless Bluetooth Earbuds Yes
Apple Airpods 3rd Gen Wireless Bluetooth Earbuds No
Jabra Evolve2 Buds Wireless Bluetooth Earbuds Yes

 

 

 

 

 

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