Does this help distinguish people speaking to you from background noise? Or does it amplify all noise?
1831831
bought his for mother, she has trouble adjusting it. complains of static and squelch noise.hope this was helpful.
1301725
If you attach a 2nd mic to filter background noise you will get excellent quality sound. By itself it's pretty good but, it will pick up any background noise so just don't podcast where there is a lot of that.
258142
No. This device amplifies all of the local sounds. It does not pick out certain sounds.
2008333
Yes but it does not amplify the mic. Limited use for a conversation but if you're just listening its fine.
2264308
If you mean noise around the room, not what you're listening to, then yes. It blocks out quite a bit of sound from around you.
1630254
Depends how loud you are talking about, this type of mic has narrow pick up pattern, but if put it too close to the source of noise, it probably will have some minimal effect on it.
821398
It does help block out a modest amount of noise, but it is not a solution for large noise issues. I hope this helps.
1414068
Yes.....it does help with clarity particularly with some stations that appear to have a lot of background noise to the point where it's difficult to distinguish the words being said.
2182789
Amplification is good, but for my father in law...it's the clarity that is challenging. He does wear hearing aids & it does announce who is calling
2107307
I would think so. It easily picks up differences in voice levels even at conversational volumes. Although you won't get any sort of continuous read out as you have to depress a button for it to take a reading if I recall.
1279131
I've only used it to make one recording to test the sound and it seemed to work well enough for that, although I am not sure how much background noise it would pick up if you are in a noise environment, since I don't think it has any kind of noise cancellation-type anything.
298794
It won't drown out a group of voices, and I suspect if volume is set too high, the speaker will distort sound. I do believe it would work for background music.
1631096
I have never had a problem distinguishing voices with the noise cancelation on. The filter blocks ambient sound and greatly reduces the human voice, but you can still tell someone is talking no problem, though you might not be able to hear what is being said. Of course, if you blast your music through these, you probably won't hear a thing, but doesn't that apply to all headphones?
1482336
The headset does not have noise cancellation so background noises are picked up, but I didn't notice much in the way of the device adding sound or noises to recordings. Please note - I am using teh headset for telephone communication and recording phone messages are not very high fidelity.
1113936
No it will not help. All you will be able to hear is the back-ground noise. You will not be able to hear the people close to you. You would be better to get a device with volume control.
436880
No, it. Really blocks out background sounds and fits tight over ear so no one heard what you are listening too.
882055
they can hear what you hear through your ear piece - not what's low volume around you. So if you are a heavy breather, cover the mic or switch to mute.