Headsets

• 12 September 2025

For daily, exercise use#

Nov 2024 I wrote:

In March 2016, the best headsets humanity ever made were available: MPOW Jaws:

• wired, around neck so I don't lose em.
• they don't fall off fat necks 🇺🇸
• great audio, mic quality
• great battery life (18 hours of play time?), fast charging
• physical power switch (instant on/off!)
• physical FF/REW buttons
• physical volume up/down buttons
• $20

For 8.5 years I used those damn things for hours every day. Best money I ever spent.

Unfortunately, MPOW Jaws Gen 5 eliminated all the buttons except 3. Now FF/REW takes longer. Power on/off takes a lot longer. $30.

AFAICT, these generic rip-offs of MPOW Jaws are the best headphones made today, worse than they used to be, but functional: Amazon doesn't sell the MPOW originals anymore? (Or maybe MPOW was never the original, maybe those were ripoffs too?)

Photo of Gen 5, missing those buttons 😔

I am jealous that AirPods merge left + right channels into a single channel if only using one. That is cool. My $30 headphones don’t do that. 🙂

For noise cancellation#

Aug 2025 I wrote:

I used noise cancelling headphones for the first time recently OMA -> ATL -> GCM and back and now I'm weak: I can't imagine flying without them again. I was actually upset when not wearing them.

Brother reports these work just as good as others that are 3-4X more expensive. I paid $87 in March 2025: Sony WH-CH720N

Professional#

Feb 2025 I wrote:

Me: Wow! Those gamer announcer nerds sound great! I should buy one of those headsets for my work calls. Excellent noise cancellation, even in loud rooms!

@skatmaker: they cost $550. Sennheiser HMD 27

Me: oh. Nevermind. I don't have gamer money.

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