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Logitech USB 350 Headset
Introduction
At the 2005 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Logitech had one of my favorite display booths. I can't really even call it a booth as it was much bigger than your standard, small-time product display cubicle. What I enjoyed the most about their show floor was the sheer number of products they showcased, from keyboards/mice to game controllers, speakers, even web cams! Logitech seems to be continually branching out. One of the areas they've managed to grow into is the competitive field of sound hardware. I've recently reviewed, to great acclaim, Logitech's stunning Z-5500 5.1 speaker system. Today I'll be taking a step in a smaller direction, that is, the headset arena. Their USB Headset 350 is a welcome addition to a surprisingly small USB headphone market. With normal headphones using the 3.5mm audio jack, the sound card translates your voice from analog to digital signals. Because of the varying ways different soundcards translate these signals, some of the voice information is lost and can degrade the signal quality for use with speech recognition software. A USB headset doesn't use the soundcard and can interact directly with applications which can benefit not only speech recognition software, but VOIP and online gaming as well. However, these benefits are more prominent when compared to onboard audio solutions and low-end sound cards. If you have a high-end soundcard such as the Audigy 2, a good analog headset will deliver better performance and fidelity, especially for music and movies. With that being said, let's take a look at the Logitech USB Headset 350.
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