HS-D: a wireless noise cancelling headset for the office floor
Pictured at the top of this page. Matte graphite, over-ear on both sides, fold-down boom.
3 micsActive noise cancelling, two on the cups, one on the boom
The boom microphone carries your voice; the cup microphones cancel the floor around you. Fold the boom up and it mutes.
The HS-D is the headset for people who sit in open plan and spend half the day on calls. Both ears are covered with closed cushions, and the 3-mic active noise cancelling takes the low rumble of air conditioning and the chatter of the next bank of desks out of what you hear. The boom picks up your voice close to the mouth, so the person on the other end gets you and not your neighbour.
It ships with a USB dongle already paired, which is what we recommend for laptops. Bluetooth pairs a phone at the same time. The dongle is the reason we sell this model and not a consumer earbud: a dedicated radio does not drop out when the laptop's own Bluetooth is busy with a mouse and a keyboard.
We set the firmware, sign it into Teams or Zoom on a test machine, and run it for 48 hours before it is labelled with the user's name. Ordering forty? They arrive in forty labelled bags, not one carton.
Who it is not for: agents whose supervisor needs to reach them by voice, and anyone who hates the closed feeling of over-ear cushions in a Texas August. For those, see the HS-M below.
- Style
- Dual-ear, over-ear cushions, fold-down boom
- Noise cancelling
- Active, 3-mic
- Connection
- USB dongle and Bluetooth
- Suits
- Open-plan and hybrid staff
Price basisFrom $210 to $380 per headset
Band moves with quantity and charging stand