Altec Lansing 502i Ear-Cup Headset with Microphone

Average customer rating: 4.0

Great sound - when it works - shrink your ears!
Great Headphones!
Great Sound but awful comfort
Excelent for the price!
awesome for music and VoIP

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Altec Lansing 502i Ear-Cup Headset with Microphone

Manufacturer: Altec Lansing Technologies
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B0009X0C92

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Product Description

Altec Lansing AHS 502 stereo headset with microphone features high performance 40mm neodymium drivers that deliver a wide frequency response and bass you can feel! Closed ear-cup headphone design improves clarity and minimizes ambient sounds. Noise-rejecting microphone helps minimize background noise. Handy in-line volume control regulates audio level. Microphone volume controller (High-Low-Mute) maximizes communication control.

Customer Reviews:

Great sound - when it works - shrink your ears!.......2006-11-10

I recently bought this item (not from this site). The sound is great however, I found the comfort to be very very lacking. I don't have a big head - nor do I have large ears. However, I have to take off my glasses if I use the headset for an extended period of time. There is indeed a constant sqeeze on the ears.

Also (maybe this is just me but it has happened on every computer I've tried them with [5]), they don't work all the time. Sometimes you just don't hear anything - when that happens though, I disconnect them and then plug them back in (that may be an issue for some people). When they do work, they work for the duration of your listening.

The style is rather nice for the price. The mic is OK with a little work but still OK. I hardly use the mic though, I use the headphones while I work to help focus while coding.

Great Headphones!.......2006-08-07

After using them for a few weeks, I just wanted to say that they are a good quality set of headphones. Even though our computer sits next to the tv, when we play games we don't get distracted with the television shows. Great product!

Great Sound but awful comfort.......2006-06-24

[Strengths] 1. The Best Bass I have ever heard on any headphone, 2. Overall very good sound quality, 3. Decent styling for the price
[Weaknesses] 1. Poor wearing comfort for people with medium-large ears, 2. Limited headphone adjustment, dont fit well for people with large heads
Summary: I bought these for $17 + shipping and they seemed a good deal at that price especially since I was hoping that they would have the same 40mm neodymium drivers as the costlier ahs602i model, which has very good reviews.

And my guess about the above luckily turned out to be true as the sound quality is *awesome*. I have tried the headphone with rock, metal, japanese-percussion, techno, pop, western classical, vocal, jazz etc. genre's and they have performed excellent in each category. So if anyone tell you that these don't sound good, has probably ended up with a defective piece or is hard of hearing !

The microphone is good for using skype, gtalk, yahoo messenger like internet based voice chat software because these softwares automatically adjust the microphone volume to the required levels. However for normal voice recording you would have to turn on mic-boost which adds a hiss to the recording. Voice recording is terrible without turning the boost on... but somehow it works great for internet chat as all of my friends/family could hear me very well.

The only major problem i faced with these headphone is wearing comfort. The head pieces have a closed cup design and are good only for people with small ear's. As a result I can only wear these headphone for a maximum of 1 hour after which they become unbearable and my ear turn pink red. A few dimension to help you: my ears are 6.5cm tip to tip and the ear cups are 8.5cm dia with the inner hollow 4cm dia.

Next time i would be more careful about wear comfort.

Useful Tip: This headsets comes with a 1 yr mfg. warranty but on filling an online product registration it will be extended to 2 years (refer to the included registration card hidden in the packaging).

Excelent for the price!.......2006-06-20

I had mixed expectations about the quality of this headset when I ordered it, but am glad to say that any negative views I might have had have been washed away as soon as I began to use the headset. Music sounds crisp and clear, and computer gaming sound effects and ambient noise are much easier to make out than through my normal PC speakers. I've yet to experience any negative effects in the various computer games I've tested the headset on. The volume control slider on the cord also works effectively in altering volume in small increments - no more choices between blaringly loud and completely muted.

Similarly, I was worried that he microphone was not working properly because I was not receiving a sound input signal, but as it turns out, the microphone is better than 90% of the more expensive ones I've purchased. Voice reception and playback was very clear with excellent ambient noise cancellation, and sound pickup works perfectly without having to cram the microphone against your lips. Most of the time you can even forget you're wearing the headset.

I highly recommend this headset to anyone looking for an excellent product available at a bargain.

awesome for music and VoIP.......2006-05-22

I use these phones for music and voip calls. the fidelity is awesome. the phones are big and a good fit. the noise cancellation is also good. You don't hear most of the things that go on around you..

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