For years
now, I have traveled with two headsets . I always have my trusted Bose headset
in order to shut out unwanted noise, and comfortably listen to music or watch
something on my mobile device. Bose is in my opinion the best headset on the
market for this very reason. However, the Bose headset is really bad when it
comes to speech in modern collaboration tools like Teams. And since I do a lot
of meetings on the road, I always bring a second headset for that purpose.
I was
hoping the Plantronics 8200 UC would solve my problem, and for two years it has
been my preferred office and UC headset. The Call quality, the ANC and the
music quality was really impressing. The music part can never compare to a
headset like Bose, but it was close enough. However, the 8200 is quite big and
bulky. This makes it slightly uncomfortable to use when traveling.
Enter the
Sennheiser MB 660 MS. PeBeCom have generously given me a device to test, and I
can honestly say I am impressed. The quality of voice is at par with the 8200,
and the music quality is even better due to the different modes you can easily
switch between. I have to say I think the noise cancellation is a bit better in
the 8200, but where the 8200 is big and bulky the 660 is smaller, lighter and
it fits my head a lot better.
With the
660 I have finally found one headset I can use for travelling and voice/video
calls. My backpack just got a bit lighter, and I have one less device to pull
out of the bag at security. I will probably still use my Bose on long haul
flights and personal trips, but this is when I only care about the music and I
don't want to work :)