Do you use headphones while you're working?

Do you use headphones while you're working?

  • Yes, regularly

    Votes: 149 42.6%

  • Occasionally

    Votes: 80 22.9%

  • No

    Votes: 115 32.9%

  • Other

    Votes: 6 1.7%
  • Total voters
    350
Wired headphones fan here. Been using the headphones mostly at the office, and listen to music to avoid any unnecessary distractions.
At home, only using them for MSTeams calls.
Logitech G635, I heard the 935 has wireless connectivity issues. I wear hearing aids, headphones has to be deep and fit over my ears, not to hurt my ears, when I wear these for a long time.
Meetings can be up to 4 hours, so best to have a comfortable fit.

My dad jokes and calls me a "helicopter pilot" when I wear these. Classic dad.
 
Can't live without them, between zoom calls, recording videos and DnB.

Current daily drivers,
Jabra 7 Active, better mic, okay soundscape
Razer Opus, incredible soundscape, crap mic
 
when i did work music in the background always makes everything better
 
Have a pair of wired headphones on my desk at work, if the surrounding excellence gets too much I pop them on.
 
I use a microlab gaming headset at work to join all the teams meetings. Don't really listen to music. Sometimes have a video playing in the background.
 
I only use them for conference calls on my laptop, or if I want to watch TV while my SO is sleeping. Otherwise if I want to listen to music while I'm working I play it through my JBL speakers. There is some scary research out there about how bad headphones are for your hearing, so I try to use them as little as I can.
 
Yes, but for calls only. Work from home so if I'm listening to something like music, I just use my speakers.
 
No, can't stand listening to music while I work.

I do use a pair of Airpods gen 3s to do calls with, but I specifically went with the normal Airpods (not the pros) because of the open design.
 
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Solarion said:
3rd of 4th person to mention these. Will check them out. The Corsair HS55 are amazing for sound quality but not too great for noise cancelation.
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The only downside of bluetooth headphones (which someone here educated me on), is that they sound terrible if you are for example on a call but then also listening to music at the same time.

I pretty much never do, so this isn't an issue for me.
 
Call me old-school, but I prefer it wired. Especially because the motherboards I prefer have beefy headphone amps built in.

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I run it on level 1 most of the times, but it is good to know it can go to level 3 for lekker DOEF DOEF!
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Solitude said:
What do you think of them? I'll have to upgrade at some point.
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Pros: sound quality better, noise cancelling significantly better. Full charge lasted all the way through three big international flights (ZRH-DXB-SYD-WLG).

Cons: not as compact in their travel case as the XM3's and XM4's, the auto noise cancelling feature (detects when you're talking or which environment you're in and automatically turns NC on/off) is rather buggy (I turn this off and operate this manually as needed).

Overall: an upgrade from the XM3's, but don't bother if you have the XM4's.
 
I can't work without my Bose. I have become so reliant on them that if I forget them at home I would literally rather make the 2-hour return trip to get them than sit without them. Have contemplated getting a second pair for the office just to avoid this.
 
Struggle to concentrate while wearing headphones and listening to music. But really struggle to concentrate with other people talking nonsense, etc. in the office. Headphones win.
 
No headphones for me, I have desktop speakers but I am in my own office and also don't like having headphones on while I work as I like to eavesdrop on my staff to make sure they not talking **** about me :ROFL:.

some of my admin staff use in ear earphones connected to their phones while working
 
SAguy said:
The only downside of bluetooth headphones (which someone here educated me on), is that they sound terrible if you are for example on a call but then also listening to music at the same time.

I pretty much never do, so this isn't an issue for me.
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Yeah, this is quite an interesting topic. Problem seems to be that it needs to switch between HFP (which enables the mics) and A2DP (which enables high quality stereo).

In Windows (my understanding) is that you need to pick between the two yourself. On Macs it switches automatically (depending on whether the mic on the headphones are requested to activate on the software, e.g. teams). But I actually started noticing the switch as the quality is much lower, and my other bluetooth devices (keyboard, mouse) starts giving issues when I use the headphones in HFP mode (e.g. mic+audio).

Biggest issue is where you have an open mic policy (e.g. everybody works remote but are permanently on a call or Slack Huddle).

The best solution was to use another mic - e.g. the built in mic in my laptop (some people even suggest getting an external USB mic) and only use the headphones for stereo sound.
 
Since a tiny amount of okes are sharing pics I'll throw my hat into the ring.

In the office today, I use AP 3's with my Pickle Rick case (10 USD).

Winning combo for me.

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Sadly I have to

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