Headset Microphone for Podcasting

[jamesdelfresco]

I was wondering why Headset microphones are not popular in podcasting? Can someone suggest a good one?

[MovieBuff]

I was wondering why Headset microphones are not popular in podcasting? Can someone suggest a good one?

Probably because of the aesthetic, but the weird thing is a lot people wear visible earphones.

Here's a great headset/microphone: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search...op+Nav-Search=

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[PaulSaunders]

I have also wondered the same thing. Why dont we wear headset microphones. Im not talking about the crappy phone headsets. Many broadcasters and sports guys wear headset mics. Any experts here to give us some insight on why?

[AlBurr]

I've invested in a small cheap headset mic <$20 to test with my wireless setup. I think for video they make sense unless you like seeing those giant headsets on people If you're just doing audio who cares and in fact they make sense so that you can more closely monitor your audio. Imagine if news anchors all wore those huge headsets... I don't even like headphones.

[mcphillips]

I tested the BPHS1 headset mic. It was terrible.

[PaulSaunders]

@ Mike What was so bad about it?

Could you suggest a few ones that are good?

[MovieBuff]

I tested the BPHS1 headset mic. It was terrible.

Darn, my school uses two of them (sounded good to me). Let me know what mic headset you prefer?

[AndrewSeabrook]

I use three in a live sporting environment for the commentators. In that environment they are great. I don't have problems with the output, in fact I often have to dial the gain back a bit. Positioning the Mike is critical and for different commentators you need to make subtle changes. If you have the Mike too far off axis you tend to pickup background noise and the vocal sound is thin. My only complaint is with the earpieces. They tend to become hot and sweaty after a couple of hours. Using liners is a good tip. The sound in the headphones however is excellent. Would I use them in a studio? Not by preference but if I had a round table of guests I wouldn't have qualms using them. I am just about to buy 3 more for my stats team....

[Dahalabit]

Whenever I have listened to a podcast that was using a headset mic i was really disappointed with the quality. I don't know what microphones they used but its never that great. I would stick to the traditional mic.