Poly Blackwire 8225 :: New wired headset with ANC, inbound and outbound
by Volker Weber
Photo Poly
Introducing the Blackwire 8225 premium corded headset. This new addition to our family features acoustic excellence from Poly — hybrid active-noise cancelling (ANC) and our signature Acoustic Fence noise cancelling technology to ensure an exceptional audio experience for both ends of the call.
Fancy words. Let's compile them:
- Hybrid active-noise cancelling means there is a feedforward ANC that listens to the noise outside the headset and a feedback ANC that listens into the ear. This adds a phase shifted noise signal in two stages. Basically the same thing that everything else from AirPods Pro to Jabra Elite 85h does.
- Acoustic Fence noise cancelling technology means there is a DSP that compiles the audio signals picked up through three microphones at the end, the tip and the outside of the microphone boom.
- Blackwire means it is wired to your computer via USB.
There is a lot going on in the market right now. All the vendors are certifying their headsets for Microsoft Teams, which guarantees a certain audio quality and also requires a dedicated Teams button and a status LED for incoming messages. Add an indicator that you are currently in a call and you are good to go.
Generally speaking, a USB-wired headset gives you better sound, but I still prefer the convenience of a Bluetooth connection.
Can you spot what's wrong with this photo? It should show an R instead of an L.
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>> Can you spot what's wrong with this photo? It should show an R instead of an L.
And the wire looks pretty red to me, for a Blackwire names device :-)
The beam is twisted towards the back of the head. Can tilt both ways if you want it on the left ear, but then the L makes only sense to indicate the default orientation. Photo-fail.
Thanks, Volker, for your updates on headsets, I am following closely. Especially the 'outbound' ANC is usually not mentioned / advertised or simply does not work as expected.
Regarding the picture - thats the new cool, like wearing a basecap backwards was. Wearing your mic-boom backwards. On your red-wired Blackwire ;)
