Hi all
With the current working from home, I am looking for some Bluetooth headphones so that I can take calls outside. The current wired ones I have work fine except that the mic picks up a lot of wind noise. I have seen some over ear ones which have a foam thing over the mic but nothing similar on the smaller in ear variety. Looking to pay max £50 and was wondering if anyone had any recommendations?
Thanks
Lee.
A bit of open pore PU foam on the mic might be enough to solve your wind noise problem - try a blob of cotton wool for a quick test.
Unfortunately any microphone that sounds good, will have a very wide response and also pick up sound close up very well.
I have seen some where the mike is pressed against a cheek, and they sound a bit thin, but less wind or pop noise which you get with those on a boom in front of you.
I guess you could get an old fashioned wind break to sit behind. One other consideration. If you are talking to clients, remember if doing so out of doors sound carries a long way, and might upset your employer if they knew you were not in a secure place sound wise. Brian
Make a windgag out of some foam? Lightweight foam will work well enough.
Presumably the limited Bluetooth range is not a problem?
Adding a suitably sized foam windshield over the mic opening is about all you can do. CPC have quite a range of sizes, search for "windshield". Really depends on where the opening is how easy slipping a foamy on will be and getting it to stay there on a conical shape. A "noise canceling" microphone may have two holes one for each mic capsule.
The better setups use two mics - one close to the mouth, and the other to pick up the surrounding noise. These are set to cancel each other out, so that only sound falling disproportionately on the one you are speaking at gets though.
Plantronics do some nice ones - but not normally that cheap.
Boom microphones on aircraft headsets work well in an extremely noisy environment (but not in open cockpits). The mic has one hole facing the mouth and one facing in the opposite direction, they need to be used close to the lips but the quality is surprisingly good (for the purpose). Oxy masks only have a mic facing towards the mouth, but obviously the mask shields the noise effectively.
Those don't have much effect on wind noise though as its the turbulence that you hear, and its different on different mikes. As somebody who has tried to record wildlife in stereo, the only solution was some huge wire frames, about 8 inches across, with old ladies stockings stretched over them with a mike inside each. I got some strange looks I can tell you! Brian
I made one for an Olympus recorder, but even with bass cut the sound on the foam was very intrusive. Brian
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