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I have the same kinds of problems with Microsoft Teams. In my case the audio is often garbled and unintelligible, lots of dropouts due to multiple people speaki

I have the same kinds of problems with Microsoft Teams. In my case the audio is often garbled and unintelligible, lots of dropouts due to multiple people speaking at the same time, and even on a good day it sounds like everyone is meeting in the bottom of a garbage bin. I've tried various conferencing pucks (EMEET Luna 360 and M0, Jabra 410 and 510, both hard-wired and Bluetooth) and none of them seem to work well with any of my systems (various late model Dell Latitude and Inspiron laptops, mini- and micro-towers) running Windows 7 / 10 / 11. I've also tried various models of iPads and iPhones, and the audio is just as bad. Pretty sure it isn't a connection issue either (FiOS with constant 1Gb up and down). Would an external DAC help? Headphones or earbuds with a good microphone? A dedicated portable system I can use for video conferencing?

solardev 2y ago
Teams just sucks. But yes, isolating other participants from your own voice (ie using a dedicated microphone and wearing headphones) will help a lot. That way, it won't have to try to do noise cancelation. Also, it will sound a lot better if they are two separate devices (vs one Bluetooth headset with an integrated mic) because of the protocols involved. Bluetooth full duplex has really low bit rates and sounds like crap. A wired headset doesn't have that issue, nor would separating out the headphones from the mic into two devices (like USB mic and Bluetooth headphones). Just make sure to configure the software to actually use the separate mic as its input. An external DAC is almost certainly a waste of money for this use case. The built in one is fine.