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If you want a wired, plug-and-play one-ear headset that keeps your other ear open to the room, choose Joso USB Unilateral Headset; if you need deep active noise cancelling so you can disappear into your own audio, choose EOKIO Active Noise Cancelling. These two solve completely different problems, and the office-noise-cancelling angle is exactly where they split.
• Joso USB Unilateral Headset — biggest strength: a single-ear wired design with a 330° rotatable boom mic, inline volume and a one-press mic mute, so you stay present in the room while you talk.
• Joso USB Unilateral Headset — biggest trade-off: it is USB-wired, so you are tethered to your desk or console, and it does not actively cancel the noise around you.
• EOKIO Active Noise Cancelling — biggest strength: 45dB active noise cancelling with 40mm dynamic drivers and up to 78 hours of wireless playtime, so it can genuinely quiet office chatter and travel noise.
• EOKIO Active Noise Cancelling — biggest trade-off: it is a full over-ear wireless headset, which is bulkier, more isolating, and less suited to quick hot-desking or shared-desk setups.
• Who each pick is for: the Joso for call-centre, softphone and single-ear office users; the EOKIO for anyone who wants to block the room out and focus.
The Joso USB Unilateral Headset is built around one idea: keep one ear free and the conversation clear. It's a wired USB headset with a single earcup, a memory-foam cushion, and an adjustable headband, and the whole thing weighs about 170g. That combination is what makes it a sensible all-day wear for someone who lives on softphone calls, UC/Lync, Skype, video conferences or call-centre shifts. You're not sealing yourself off from the office — you're working in it.
The feature set is deliberately practical rather than flashy. The microphone rotates up to 330°, so you can swing the boom out of the way when you're not talking, and there's a one-press mute button right on the mic so you can kill your voice instantly mid-call. Inline volume controls sit on the cable, which is roughly 2m long — enough slack to lean back or stand at a desk without yanking the plug. It connects over USB and is plug-and-play across Windows XP through 10, Mac OS 10.4 and later, plus iOS and Android, and it's pitched at gaming on PS4 and PS5 as well as office use. The noise-cancelling mic is rated at a noise level of ≤ -78dBA, which is the spec behind the "clearer voice" claim — that's about rejecting background sound at the mic so the person on the other end hears you, not the office.
EOKIO Active Noise Cancelling: Who It's For
The EOKIO Active Noise Cancelling headphones attack the problem from the opposite direction. These are over-ear wireless headphones built around 45dB deep ANC, which the spec sheet says is designed to block ambient noise like traffic, office chatter and airplane hum. If the Joso is about staying connected to your surroundings, the EOKIO is about switching them off. The 40mm dynamic drivers handle the audio side, and the tuning is described as clear treble, rich bass and balanced midrange — a music-first signature rather than a speech-first one.
The connectivity story is modern. Bluetooth 6.0 with dual-device support means you can be paired to a phone and a laptop at once and switch between them without re-pairing every time — handy if you take a call on your phone while a video plays on your computer, though the sheet is clear that audio only plays on one device at a time. Battery life is the headline number: up to 78 hours of wireless playback. There's also a 3.5mm audio cable in the box, so you can go wired when the battery runs down or when you want zero latency. A built-in microphone handles calls and voice-assistant activation, and the multi-function buttons cover play/pause, volume, answer/hang-up and ANC mode switching.
Comfort and portability are clearly part of the design brief. The ear cushions are soft and breathable, the headband adjusts, and the whole thing folds down for a backpack or handbag. The box includes the headphones, a USB-C charging cable, the 3.5mm cable and a manual, and there's a 12-month warranty.
Who should buy it: commuters, travellers, remote workers in noisy homes, and anyone who wants one pair of headphones for music, calls and focus time. Who should skip it: if you need a single-ear headset so you can still hear the room, or you want a simple always-ready USB desk headset that never needs charging, this isn't that product.
• Best for blocking office noise → EOKIO Active Noise Cancelling. 45dB ANC is the whole point of the design.
• Best for staying aware of your surroundings → Joso USB Unilateral Headset. The single earcup leaves one ear open by design.
• Best for all-day desk and softphone work → Joso USB Unilateral Headset. 170g, memory foam, inline controls, no battery to manage.
• Best for battery life → EOKIO Active Noise Cancelling. Up to 78 hours wireless, plus a 3.5mm wired fallback.
• Best for call clarity at the mic → Joso USB Unilateral Headset. A rotatable boom mic rated to ≤ -78dBA noise level, with one-press mute.
• Best for travel and commuting → EOKIO Active Noise Cancelling. Foldable, over-ear, ANC tuned for traffic and airplane hum.
• Best for multi-device switching → EOKIO Active Noise Cancelling. Bluetooth 6.0 with dual connection.
• Best for plug-and-play simplicity → Joso USB Unilateral Headset. USB, no pairing, no charging, works across Windows, Mac, iOS and Android.
If I were buying for a desk job — support calls, softphone, conference calls, and I still needed to hear the room — I'd take the Joso USB Unilateral Headset. The single-ear design, the rotatable mic, the inline mute and the fact that it never needs charging make it the more honest tool for that job. I'd pick the EOKIO Active Noise Cancelling instead if my priority was shutting out a noisy office, commuting with music, or wanting one pair of headphones for everything. In my opinion, the deciding question is simple: do you want to hear the office, or not hear it?
A noise cancelling headset is one designed to reduce unwanted sound. In these two products it works in different ways: the EOKIO uses active noise cancelling (45dB ANC) to block ambient noise like chatter and traffic, while the Joso uses a noise-cancelling microphone rated at ≤ -78dBA to keep background sound out of your voice on calls rather than out of your ears.
For pure concentration and blocking out colleagues, the EOKIO Active Noise Cancelling is the better fit because of its 45dB ANC and over-ear seal. For taking calls while still being reachable and aware of the room, the Joso USB Unilateral Headset is the better fit — that's exactly what its one-ear design is for.
That depends on how you work. The Joso is wired USB only, which means zero charging and instant plug-and-play across Windows, Mac, iOS and Android. The EOKIO is primarily wireless over Bluetooth 6.0 with dual-device connection, and it also ships with a 3.5mm audio cable for wired use.
Both are built for long wear, in different ways. The Joso is a lightweight 170g single-ear headset with a memory-foam cushion and adjustable headband, so it doesn't clamp both ears. The EOKIO uses soft, breathable over-ear cushions and an adjustable headband for hours of listening. Neither design is inherently better — it comes down to whether you want one ear open or full over-ear isolation.
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