Turtle Beach makes several Mac compatible wireless headsets (can't really speak to the quality though). Astro A50s are really good, but pricey. Which brings me to my current headset and recommendation, SkullCandy PLYR1.
The Astro Gaming A50 is a nice headset that will give you some great wireless gaming experience across all available gaming platforms – enjoy superior sound quality on Xbox, PlayStation, Mac or PC. Like the others, its surround 7.1 digital sound will deliver audio without latency, lag or interference.
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Overview: VR Headsets & Gaming On Mac In 2018 The outlook for VR gaming on Mac in 2018 is extremely bright. VR technology is set to boom on Mac, mainly due to the long-awaited announcement by Apple in 2017 that macOS 10.13 High Sierra would support VR technologies and hardware like eGPU boxes.
After spending more than 60 hours researching 30 headsets and testing 10 of them, we’re confident that most people don’t need a wireless office headset. But if you spend the majority of your day taking calls and you’ve been getting by with a set of Bluetooth headphones or cheap wired earbuds, we think the Jabra Evolve 75 is the upgrade you should get.
Our pick
Jabra Evolve 75
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Excellent microphone quality, all-day battery life, comfortable padding, and easy setup make the Evolve 75 worth saving up for.
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*At the time of publishing, the price was $277.
The Jabra Evolve 75 has the best microphone of any wireless office headset we’ve tested. It transmits clear, easy-to-understand audio whether you’re speaking in a quiet office or a bustling coffee shop. Its 15-hour battery life and its padded earcups and headband make it capable of lasting, and pleasant to wear, for a full workday. Its noise-cancelling headphones make both callers and the music or podcasts you listen to sound great. And the headset is easy to connect to a computer or phone through Bluetooth, letting you roam around the office while maintaining a clear signal.
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Runner-up
Jabra Evolve 65
This model has all-day battery life and decent microphone quality, but it’s less comfortable and not as good as our top pick in noisier environments.
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If our main pick is unavailable and you need something right now, the Jabra Evolve 65 lasts through an entire nine-hour workday and transmits clear audio, but it’s not as comfortable to wear as the Evolve 75 due to the lack of headband padding. It also has worse headphones, a drawback that’s especially noticeable if you listen to music in between calls; on top of that, because the headphones lack active noise cancelling, external noise might make it harder to focus. Although you may be tempted to go with the Evolve 65 to save money, the Evolve 75 is worth saving up for.
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Our pick
Jabra Evolve 75
Excellent microphone quality, all-day battery life, comfortable padding, and easy setup make the Evolve 75 worth saving up for.
Buying Options
*At the time of publishing, the price was $277.
Runner-up
Jabra Evolve 65
This model has all-day battery life and decent microphone quality, but it’s less comfortable and not as good as our top pick in noisier environments.
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The research
Why you should trust us
Daniel Varghese has used many microphones and headphones as a musician, podcast producer, and college radio DJ. He has also tested several styles of wired and wireless headsets for Wirecutter. Marianne Schultz has been writing about and reviewing consumer technology products, including smartphones and a variety of accessories, since 2008.
To help devise our criteria for evaluating wireless office headsets, Marianne spoke with Tom Reilly, a senior financial specialist at Fidelity Investments. Reilly has worked in call centers for several years, including in roles that required him to spend eight hours on the phone every day. To further hone our criteria for an update to this guide, Daniel consulted with Wirecutter senior staff writer Lauren Dragan, who has tested hundreds of headphones.
Who should buy a wireless office headset
You likely already own something that you can use as an office headset. Maybe it’s the headphones that came with your smartphone, or a set of premium noise-cancelling headphones you bought for travel. If you only occasionally talk on the phone, you can get by with pretty much any good headphones that have a microphone—you don’t need to buy a dedicated office headset.
If you’re currently using a set of headphones with a microphone on the cable or earpiece for daily calls, upgrading to a headset will dramatically improve how you sound to the people on the other end of the line.
But if you work in an office and frequently take calls, a dedicated headset has at least one clear advantage over standard headphones: a better-quality microphone. A headset’s microphone, which sits at the end of a boom right next to your mouth, records and transmits clearer audio and less ambient background noise than the microphones on other types of headphones we’ve tested. When we recorded audio with a pair of true wireless headphones in our simulated coffee shop environment, the audio still had the hustle and bustle of baristas grinding coffee and making espresso in the background. When we used one of our headset picks in the same environment, the recording sounded as if we had made it in a serene home office. If you’re currently using a set of headphones with a microphone on the cable or earpiece for daily calls with colleagues or clients, even if it has a relatively good mic, upgrading to a headset will dramatically improve how you sound to the people on the other end of the line.
Although any wireless or wired office headset we recommend offers this improved microphone quality and is comfortable to wear throughout an entire workday, wireless headsets offer the advantage of mobility. A wired USB office headset includes an inline controller that lets you easily mute yourself or adjust the volume without bringing your hands up to your ears, but it also tethers you to your desk. If you’d like to get a glass of water, for example, you have to wait until your call is over (or take your computer to the sink with you); if you need something from across the room during a conversation, you have to interrupt the call. A wireless headset usually has its controls built into its body, giving you freedom of motion while you’re on calls, and it often includes active noise cancelling in its headphones, but as a result it tends to cost a little more money than a wired option. If these features are important to you, you’re in the right place.
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