{"id":1714,"date":"2020-04-28T03:12:03","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T03:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/technicalley.com\/central\/?p=1714"},"modified":"2020-04-28T03:12:03","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T03:12:03","slug":"review-plantronics-voyager-5200-bluetooth-headset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technicalley.com\/central\/blog\/2020\/04\/28\/review-plantronics-voyager-5200-bluetooth-headset\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Plantronics Voyager 5200 Bluetooth Headset"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Trying to find a good noise cancelation solution for my home audio conferencing setup<\/a> while working from home, I first tried the BlueParrott B550-XT (my review)<\/a> as it had excellent reviews for its noise canceling capabilities. I liked the B550-XT, but found it a bit bulky. I wanted to find something that was small and light, while offering similar noise cancelation performance. With more research, I found several reviews that rated the Plantronics Voyager 5200 Bluetooth Headset very high. I ordered it online on Best Buy, and it was promptly delivered the next day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 5200 was paired easily with my iPhone. It fits comfortably on either ear, and is remarkably light. The The boom microphone stick is said to have 4 microphones, the the DSP running on the headset dynamically adjusts the gains on the 4 microphone to filter out ambient noise. So far I have done some limited testing with ambient noise and I am quite impressed with how well it is suppressed. I will do more detailed tests and compare it with the BlueParrott B550-XT in a review shortly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 5200 has about 7 hours of talk time on a fully charged battery. I have used it for two days and have attended about 10 meetings, and I can say that it is very comfortable to wear, and the sound quality is very good. I prefer this over the B550-XT because it is small and is hardly visible when I am on camera while video conferencing. I plan to use the B550-XT as a backup when I run out of batter on the 5200, and when working in very noisy conditions (e.g., with my dogs barking, or the gardener mowing the lawn, etc.) as I think it offers better noise cancelation (still to be confirmed with some good tests).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 5200 also can connect to two devices at the same time, like two phones, or a phone and a PC. Connecting it to a Windows 10 PC directly as a Bluetooth device seems be a bit flaky. Plantonics’ solution is to use a Bluetooth dongle — the BT600 — on the PC and pair the headset to the dongle. I didn’t get the BT600 yet, but reading the reviews from other users, it seems to be a good solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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