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While sound quality is great, that's just half the battle when shopping for a headset as the microphone quality also has to be up to par. Unfortunately, this is where the T1 fails to impress as the microphone's quality isn't great and ships with a few annoying limitations.
Firstly, the microphone can only be used in wireless mode, so if you're using this headset plugged in then the microphone just won't work.
As I mentioned earlier, this headset is not marketed towards gamers, which becomes increasingly evident as trying to get the microphone to work with Skype can be a real pain. On Windows 7 I had to limit the headset to mono audio only in order to get the microphone to work which had a knock on effect of causing the audio to sound terrible.
Things didn't get any better from there as when I tried a few calls the microphone came across as fuzzy, low quality and there was no background noise isolation. I tried the tests again on a Macbook Pro but I was met with the same results, I was limited to mono audio and the microphone's quality was pretty bad.
It's clear that the microphone is not made for PC or Mac use. That said, Microlab does seem to gear this towards use with tablets and smartphones as there is very limited mention of PC on the box as well as the website and the included instructions.
So does the T1's microphone get it right on mobile devices? Actually it does to some extent and while the performance was very poor on a Windows PC and a Macbook Pro, FaceTime and skype running on an iPad proved to be a better experience with Stereo audio and acceptable microphone quality.
My voice came across clear even two rooms away from the tablet but the microphone still suffers from a lack of noise cancellation – people could often hear background noises louder than I could due to the sensitivity of the microphone.
