I went to market few days to buy a wireless headset ( i.e. both headphone and mic with it )
I see few products which are a little bit expensive but then a guy told me that i can use bluetooth with my PC to make it wireless and it will be cheaper
He told me that i need to buy a blue tooth ( its looks like a small USB ) and then then buy a Hand free ( most commonly used with mobile phone, normally attached in ear ). By which it can work as a Wireless Headset and i can talk even i am away from my Desktop to some other room.
It this really possible, does this really works with Windows XP
i would do the same if it was me. i have some philips wireless headsets (without mic) in my studio, and i can wear them all over my house with no problems. but i can see why some would want a small earpiece.
so it’s just for phone conversations. in that case you should be fine with a class 1 bluetooth. I wouldn’t even think about class 2. but you still need to route it to the software, but that should turn out ok.
I would go with wireless and just pay the extra cost, bluetooth signals can be pretty dodgy especially if you’re going beyond a certain range and there is a wall between you and the device. Most Wi-Fi solutions have a stronger range and aren’t as likely to mess with your other equipment. Just a thought!
Well actually i do most of my office work from home now a days and receive calls from my team mates and other people. So want to get rid of sitting for waiting someone call or have to sit in a 3 person conversation voice chat till end.
So that’s the reason to move to wireless so get free mobility.
I am actually looking for a range upto a room or two
I dunno - sounds like a workable option and probably a good one if you already have a bluetooth headset (or earpiece as most of the cellular ones are) - but buying a BT adapter and headset cost about as much as a dedicated wireless headset from what I’ve seen.
Is there a particular reason you really need something wireless? I just got a new corded set to replace my old GameCom 1 for about $18 on ebay and that does the trick for me!
When you do consider buying this beware that there are different classes of bluetooth. There is bluetooth class 2 with a range of ~10 meters (or ~ 32 feet) and there is bluetooth class 1 with a range of ~ 100 meters (or ~ 328 feet).
I don’t know how big your house is, but if it’s big(-ish) I’d go for a class 1.
