At my job we are preparing to switch to a soft-phone only. That means no more handsets on our desks. Instead everything will be voice over ip (VOIP) via our computers. I have [a decent pair of headphones](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005N8W214/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&a...) I use for listening to music and I didn't want to give them up in order to wear an uncomfortable headset with mic and I didn't want to have two headsets on my desk.

Fortunately, I found a product called the [Antlion Modmic](http://www.modmic.com/). It basically has a little magnet you stick to the side of your headphones and then, when you want the microphone attached it just clicks in thanks to the magnet.

The first question everyone at the office had was if the little magnet messed with the audio in my headset at all. The short answer to that is no. While it has a great hold on the mic it doesn't seem to be nearly strong enough to affect the speakers.

It's really a clever little thing. The mic can rotate up or down to get out of your way and it feels like it is swiveling on a dial - but in truth the magnet and some nifty little teeth are keeping it in place. The only real negative is that it is another wire running around my desk.

So far everyone I've spoken to over Google Hangouts (our new soft phone system isn't active yet) has had no problem hearing or understanding me. In fact I don't think they even realize I'm using my computer and not my cellphone.

I've just had them for today but so far I feel like I picked a winner.