Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000 Headset
Dec 09, 2009 in
Computers & Software
- Optimized for Windows Live Messenger
- Noise-canceling microphone
- Leatherette ear pads
- Flexible six-foot cable
- In-line volume controls
Product Description
This comfortable, high-quality stereo headset gives you the simplicity of USB installation and high-quality digital sound that cannot be matched by analog. Hold clear, private Internet voice calls, enjoy music and movies, and become fully immersed in your games…. More >>
Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000 Headset
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5 comments
Namit Dua on December 9, 2009 at 6:54 pm
If you are thinking to buy this thing for use with any other messenger except MSN, then NEVER EVER go for it. It has some bug and it stop working in few seconds when you start chatting on any other messenger including yahoo Skype Gtalk. Microsoft Support is horrible for this product and trust me you will think to garbage it after so much frustration. Not only mine item is buggy but I bought another one for testing and its the same thing. Never expected this from Microsoft.
Think twice before spending a penny on it.
Al Couve on December 9, 2009 at 9:05 pm
I gotta say, this headset looks comfortable. That’s why I bought it. Unfortunately, it doesn’t deliver once you put it on. At first, it felt like this headset was trying to force my brain out of my nostrils…it clamped extremely tightly on my ears! After about 4 hours of wear (during which I probably sneezed out a few brain cells), it loosened up slightly, but it’s still very uncomfortable after 20 or so minutes of having it on.
It doesn’t help that the headband is wider (due to its split) than other PC headsets. The hard plastic touches more of the top of my head than I prefer.
Audio is OK. Music sounds decent through the LX-3000. It doesn’t perform well in some mid-ranges…voices and some music sound flat.
The microphone picked up my voice well according to the other people I talked with. I don’t like the bendy mic with the big foam ball. It looks and feels cheap. But it does work.
I would not recommend this headset if you use anything other than Windows Live Mesenger. The “call” button doesn’t work in any other program than WLM. Skype, Yahoo! or AIM users beware!
The controls on the cord are humongous. You could serve a small meal on this thing! It doesn’t have a clip on the backside to attach it to clothing or the desk, so it just pulls the left side of the headset down as dead weight.
Also, you’ll have to be really gentle with this thing as the two headphones come off the headband easily and you’ll have to snap them back into place. When I took this out of the package, that is exactly what happened. I don’t feel like I got what I paid for. Assembly seems very cheap.
I can’t recommend this headset. Maybe the next one (LX-3001?) will be better.
Paul Franz on December 9, 2009 at 9:29 pm
i tried it out briefly and it seemed to work well with my iMac running Mac OS X 10.5
Terrence K. Kangethe on December 9, 2009 at 9:59 pm
Iam so disappointed with the headset,infact i just feel like trashing it.This is because the headset was broken on the left ear and the guy just tapped it together.I feel i should have been specifically informed about the headset condition before ordering.
Bill Kerrell on December 9, 2009 at 10:29 pm
The price was excellent, but I found the audio was not very sharp, my hearing is not the best, so being fair this may have something to do with it. But it seemed to me that there was to much base and not enough tremble (high notes) The quality of the head set item its self was excellent.