660 has a good capacity of cancelling the noise, the problem seems to me that is mixing some frequencies of the voice and at the end this is not resulting in a good result. Also the speakers of 560 seem better... being lowder does not results in better in my opinion.
the 560 seem to have a slight advantage to with mic. but i expected it to be better. also all headsets dont seem to do very well eliminating background noise compared to Jabra and Plantronics.
Thanks for watching Sam! The best way to knock out the noise as much as possible is a headset with a noise canceling mic + AI noise canceling software. ua-cam.com/video/n6l431KSZt0/v-deo.html
Strangely, the 660 sounded the worst of the group, even though the 360 also doesn't have the mic boom. The mic on the 560 sounds drastically better than the one on the 660, although. The 660 definitely takes the medal for highest noise cancelation with the highest noise situation (blender) though, but its mic is so bad that you sound like you're talking from the orbit of Saturn. It would be interesting if you would include the recent EPOS H3 Hybrid bluetooth gaming headset on this comparison to see how it fares against these both in noise cancelation, comfort and sound quality.
LOL that analogy "talking from the orbit of Saturn" was a good one. We're going to be doing a lot of business vs gaming headsets here VERY soon, so stay tuned.
I am ordering the 560, they have come down now on ebay. I believe 660 had great noise cancel, so great in fact it cancels your voice when talking. I am supporting the 560 in office space and am happy with bios support for the unit.
@@ewmegoolies I have the EPOS 660 now. You have 3 levels of noise canceling. On full noise cancel mode, it's true you hear yourself little, but you can switch it to intermedia "A.I." mode where you can hear yourself better, or turn it off and you will be able to hear yourself and the environment around you. But even in full noise canceling mode, you can still hear yourself. It just sounds muffled (you're basically hearing whatever voice sound still manages to travel through your own skull to your inner ears, but the voice sound coming out of the mouth and into the open air where the noise cancelling is acting is greatly reduced, still it's perfectly discernible).
660 over processes background noise elimination , seems to be the case with all the reviews I've seen, it then struggles to differentiate between voice and background noise.. basically an on off switch. shame as it really does cancel the background noise... when you're not talking !
The only difference is the 560 has the bt800 usb dongle where the 563 does not. So if you don’t plan on using it on a computer then you would save the $80 and get the 563
Of the three , 560 sounded the best to me...but compared to the Jabra Evolve 2 75 none of them come even remotely close in my opinion :) I love these videos. Thank you for doing these.
I am having a particular problem with 560 II. This headset is causing ear burn and pain when I am using it for hours to attend office meetings. Perhaps, the big, on-the-ear earpads are not meant for long term wear. I never had this problem with DW Office series. Not sure how to solve this ☹😓 Any idea? Conference/Meeting sound quality is excellent though ! Some other peculiar problems I faced initially: Device wouldn't work without Dongle attached to Laptop (DELL Latitude) or Desktop computer -even though it connected through bluetooth. Using dongle, the voice quality had some issues - my colleagues, who are used to my voice through DW series, would ask if I had a cold. At times it would sound like a metallic voice to them. The quality swung a lot over the days, now it has settled down and people are not exactly complaining. Still they rate the DW output over 560 II. The other thing I noticed, using double sided headphone, it is difficult to be aware of the surrounding and specifically, to realize if I am yelling or not - it actually happened a few times. Tried the option from EPOS Connect that allows feedback of your own voice through the headset - thankfully that helped me observe the tone, how loud I am. This, again probably is the challenge from long term use of single sided headset and switching to a double sided one. ANC is very good - teamed up with MS Teams and Teams' option of Noise cancellation, it becomes an excellent option!
I think the 560 sounds best. The 660 gets kind of "crackly" sounding when you speak with the blender on. I also noticed this on one of your other videos. I have viewed a number of your videos and I appreciate that your reviews are very thorough. I wish you would highlight which headsets work better, or not, with Macs.
I felt the 560 was doing pretty good with Techno, Trance, decent with Opera, Classics! Don't compare with the audiophile stuffs though 😅 Didn't buy the 560 for music though, wanted a reliable set for long WFH office meetings.
where is the microphone control on the 660 ?? I am having problems on a cable with the right adapters on the telephone. I can hear the person clearly but they cant hear me.. what am i doing wrong ??
Hi Lisa, there's unfortunately no microphone control on the 660. I would download the Epos Connect app at the link here www.eposaudio.com/en/us/enterprise/software/epos-connect to update the firmware in the headset to see if that helps, and if not it could be a defective headset or the microphone quality isn't up to your needs. In that case I'd advise checking out a different headset with a mic boom like here ua-cam.com/video/WKT_F75TtCc/v-deo.html
Have you tried those headsets on a Mac computer? Are they fully compatible, especially the MS Teams Control funtionalities (Teams Button, accepting calls etc.). Thanks :)
We haven't personally tested these headsets on a Mac as of yet, but they should work similar to Windows. Also, the accepting calls feature on a Mac or PC will depend on which softphone you have. Not all softphones are compatible with this feature for a headset, so if that feature is important, let us know which softphone you have and we can verify compatibility.
Very good vídeo. But looks lile the 560 is the best cost x benefit. I bought the epos 560 and for me this headset it's amazing. I had another headset Jabra evolve 85 and in comparison I realize that epos is in tha same quality. Great!
@@OrlandoBasan thanks for that I don’t take a whole lot of phone calls but listen to a lot of music so I went with the 360 as the sound seems a lot better across the mids and lows and mic should do the job for my purpose in teams calls. Thanks for the help
@@HeadsetAdvisor oh wow I've been looking for a headset like that for ages. I wish they completely mute the audio when the user isn't speaking. If there is any other recommendations please let me know. Our team looking to purchase a headset in a month or two. Also, thank you for the amazing recommendation
@@GeorgeLathem Pretty nice, right? Unfortunately there's not headset we're aware of that will mute your voice when not speaking. That being said, there is a large mute button right on the outside of the mic boom so you can easily mute/unmute. This is the only office headset of it's kind with a removeable mic boom at this point.
Thanks a million for the review. Personally, I believe that the 560 might be the best quality vs price choice.
You’re welcome and thanks for sharing your thoughts
660 has a good capacity of cancelling the noise, the problem seems to me that is mixing some frequencies of the voice and at the end this is not resulting in a good result. Also the speakers of 560 seem better... being lowder does not results in better in my opinion.
Hi Nuno, thanks for sharing your thoughts. What do you think about the headphones here ua-cam.com/video/WKT_F75TtCc/v-deo.html
the 560 seem to have a slight advantage to with mic. but i expected it to be better. also all headsets dont seem to do very well eliminating background noise compared to Jabra and Plantronics.
Thanks for watching Sam! The best way to knock out the noise as much as possible is a headset with a noise canceling mic + AI noise canceling software. ua-cam.com/video/n6l431KSZt0/v-deo.html
Thx for the review, very useful video. I thought the 660 was the worst of the bunch, real shame considering it's the most expensive.
Hi Lars, thanks for sharing your thoughts. Which would you choose?
I think the noise suppression when the microphone was used is best on the EPOS Adapt 560
Thanks for sharing, Daniel!
Your videos have come so fast since these days!
Definitely! Thanks for the feedback 🙂
Strangely, the 660 sounded the worst of the group, even though the 360 also doesn't have the mic boom. The mic on the 560 sounds drastically better than the one on the 660, although. The 660 definitely takes the medal for highest noise cancelation with the highest noise situation (blender) though, but its mic is so bad that you sound like you're talking from the orbit of Saturn. It would be interesting if you would include the recent EPOS H3 Hybrid bluetooth gaming headset on this comparison to see how it fares against these both in noise cancelation, comfort and sound quality.
LOL that analogy "talking from the orbit of Saturn" was a good one. We're going to be doing a lot of business vs gaming headsets here VERY soon, so stay tuned.
@@HeadsetAdvisor That's awesome man! Thank you very much! :D Cool analogy, right?
I am ordering the 560, they have come down now on ebay. I believe 660 had great noise cancel, so great in fact it cancels your voice when talking. I am supporting the 560 in office space and am happy with bios support for the unit.
@@ewmegoolies I have the EPOS 660 now. You have 3 levels of noise canceling. On full noise cancel mode, it's true you hear yourself little, but you can switch it to intermedia "A.I." mode where you can hear yourself better, or turn it off and you will be able to hear yourself and the environment around you. But even in full noise canceling mode, you can still hear yourself. It just sounds muffled (you're basically hearing whatever voice sound still manages to travel through your own skull to your inner ears, but the voice sound coming out of the mouth and into the open air where the noise cancelling is acting is greatly reduced, still it's perfectly discernible).
@@ewmegoolies just wondering how you like the headset and hows the 560 with listening to music iv been reading mixed reviews
660 over processes background noise elimination , seems to be the case with all the reviews I've seen, it then struggles to differentiate between voice and background noise.. basically an on off switch. shame as it really does cancel the background noise... when you're not talking !
Thanks for watching and providing your feedback, Joel!
Mic test starts at 9:20
Thank you!
Is EPOS 660 just rebranded Sennheiser PXC 550 II? They look exactly alike!
It looks like it but Sennheisers business headset line was rebranded to Epos, so it's the same products, just new branding.
@@HeadsetAdvisor That means we won't be getting a Pxc III. That makes me sad.
@@pranav2369 ☹️
Thanks for the video. I've just discovered that there's such a thing that's 563. Any idea what's the difference between the 560 and the 563?
The only difference is the 560 has the bt800 usb dongle where the 563 does not. So if you don’t plan on using it on a computer then you would save the $80 and get the 563
@@HeadsetAdvisor can't you connect the 563 via Bluetooth on your laptop without the dongle?
@@nusstu Sure :)
The 560 microphone sounds the most clear to me.
Agreed. Have you seen the new EPOS Impact 1000? Check it out here: ua-cam.com/video/l1w9SFHDXJo/v-deo.html
how about the 661 vs 660????
I agree with others here. The 660 sounds like it's trying to compress your voice and still cancel out the background.
Thanks for watching Derek!
Of the three , 560 sounded the best to me...but compared to the Jabra Evolve 2 75 none of them come even remotely close in my opinion :) I love these videos. Thank you for doing these.
Thanks for watching. Also, give neep.com a look! It does really good.
Thanks. Signed up and will give this a try when it’s available. Looks really awesome 👏 thanks for showing me
I am having a particular problem with 560 II. This headset is causing ear burn and pain when I am using it for hours to attend office meetings. Perhaps, the big, on-the-ear earpads are not meant for long term wear. I never had this problem with DW Office series. Not sure how to solve this ☹😓 Any idea? Conference/Meeting sound quality is excellent though !
Some other peculiar problems I faced initially: Device wouldn't work without Dongle attached to Laptop (DELL Latitude) or Desktop computer -even though it connected through bluetooth. Using dongle, the voice quality had some issues - my colleagues, who are used to my voice through DW series, would ask if I had a cold. At times it would sound like a metallic voice to them.
The quality swung a lot over the days, now it has settled down and people are not exactly complaining. Still they rate the DW output over 560 II. The other thing I noticed, using double sided headphone, it is difficult to be aware of the surrounding and specifically, to realize if I am yelling or not - it actually happened a few times. Tried the option from EPOS Connect that allows feedback of your own voice through the headset - thankfully that helped me observe the tone, how loud I am. This, again probably is the challenge from long term use of single sided headset and switching to a double sided one. ANC is very good - teamed up with MS Teams and Teams' option of Noise cancellation, it becomes an excellent option!
I think the 560 sounds best. The 660 gets kind of "crackly" sounding when you speak with the blender on. I also noticed this on one of your other videos. I have viewed a number of your videos and I appreciate that your reviews are very thorough. I wish you would highlight which headsets work better, or not, with Macs.
Thanks for watching and great suggestion on adding how the headsets work with Mac. We'll see what we can do on future videos :)
personal opinion which one sounds the best for music quality between the 360 and 560?
I felt the 560 was doing pretty good with Techno, Trance, decent with Opera, Classics! Don't compare with the audiophile stuffs though 😅
Didn't buy the 560 for music though, wanted a reliable set for long WFH office meetings.
where is the microphone control on the 660 ?? I am having problems on a cable with the right adapters on the telephone. I can hear the person clearly but they cant hear me.. what am i doing wrong ??
Hi Lisa, there's unfortunately no microphone control on the 660. I would download the Epos Connect app at the link here www.eposaudio.com/en/us/enterprise/software/epos-connect to update the firmware in the headset to see if that helps, and if not it could be a defective headset or the microphone quality isn't up to your needs. In that case I'd advise checking out a different headset with a mic boom like here ua-cam.com/video/WKT_F75TtCc/v-deo.html
Have you tried those headsets on a Mac computer? Are they fully compatible, especially the MS Teams Control funtionalities (Teams Button, accepting calls etc.). Thanks :)
We haven't personally tested these headsets on a Mac as of yet, but they should work similar to Windows. Also, the accepting calls feature on a Mac or PC will depend on which softphone you have. Not all softphones are compatible with this feature for a headset, so if that feature is important, let us know which softphone you have and we can verify compatibility.
Hi! Thanks for your reply.
I am using MS Teams as a softphone on Macbook Pro. Thanks for your assistance!
Very good vídeo. But looks lile the 560 is the best cost x benefit. I bought the epos 560 and for me this headset it's amazing. I had another headset Jabra evolve 85 and in comparison I realize that epos is in tha same quality. Great!
Hi Orlando, thanks for watching and sharing your experience!
hows the audio quality for music listening? im looking at getting one of these
@@Nootna92 for music quality Jabra evolve 85 it's slightly better and has more bass
@@OrlandoBasan thanks for that I don’t take a whole lot of phone calls but listen to a lot of music so I went with the 360 as the sound seems a lot better across the mids and lows and mic should do the job for my purpose in teams calls. Thanks for the help
@@OrlandoBasan is the music quality really that bad on the Epos? Some reviews show it’s ok
Btw everytime get blasts edm music it throws me off lol. And you know he's into it too. Look at his head, he wants to go HAM so bad lol
haha you know it!
I think 560 performed best overall
Hi Hernanth, thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Better choice is 560
I like the 660 don't have the rest
It hasn't left my head in a week for more than 8 hours, i love this headset but might not like living in a city.
Its not he best for sleeping but -35db noice control is somthing i would go van gogh for...
The need to attach (at least a detachable mic) to the 660. The active noise cancellation voice is, 😫. Idk why nobody does it
This may be a model to consider here ua-cam.com/video/WKT_F75TtCc/v-deo.html
@@HeadsetAdvisor oh wow I've been looking for a headset like that for ages. I wish they completely mute the audio when the user isn't speaking. If there is any other recommendations please let me know. Our team looking to purchase a headset in a month or two.
Also, thank you for the amazing recommendation
@@GeorgeLathem Pretty nice, right? Unfortunately there's not headset we're aware of that will mute your voice when not speaking. That being said, there is a large mute button right on the outside of the mic boom so you can easily mute/unmute. This is the only office headset of it's kind with a removeable mic boom at this point.
thanks for the video, the 660 sounds crap
Thanks for watching!
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Fokkkkk!!!! I just buy the 660 from Amazon to Chile, and its not in my hole yet...😢. The sound of the 660 is awful. I literaly want to die now
Why the sound natural i think