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Actor
03-21-2015, 12:38 AM
I have a new computer. Windows 8.1 I think. Anyway whenever I plug in my headphones I get a screen that asks Headphone, Audio Out, or Headset. Obviously Audio Out is not the answer. But what's the difference between Headphone and Headset? No matter which I pick it seems to work.

redshift1
03-21-2015, 01:14 AM
I have a new computer. Windows 8.1 I think. Anyway whenever I plug in my headphones I get a screen that asks Headphone, Audio Out, or Headset. Obviously Audio Out is not the answer. But what's the difference between Headphone and Headset? No matter which I pick it seems to work.

Headsets have a microphone for speaking, headphones do not.


This site is comprehensive for all such devices.

http://www.head-fi.org

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wilderness
03-21-2015, 06:36 AM
Headphones are stereo.
Headset is mono.

tupper
03-21-2015, 10:28 AM
Headphones are stereo.
Headset is mono.
I bought a stereo headset just last week.