Description
The Orosound Tilde Pro is a Bluetooth office headset built around two ideas that are unusual in the category: a modular design with parts you can swap yourself, and noise cancellation whose level you choose rather than switch on or off. Orosound lists Bluetooth 5.0 and USB-C connectivity, a detachable boom microphone, interchangeable on-ear and over-ear pads, up to 30 dB of noise reduction, and a battery life of 28 hours. This is the Pro-S Plus configuration, listed since September 2021, weighing 1.1 pounds.
The Modular Design
Orosound describes four configurations from the same headset: on-ear or over-ear pads, with or without the boom microphone. That is a genuinely different proposition from a headset with one fixed form, and the reasons are practical rather than cosmetic.
On-ear pads rest against the ear and generally run cooler over a long day, which matters in a warm office. Over-ear pads surround the ear and provide better passive isolation, which matters in a loud one. Most people have a strong preference and cannot know it in advance; being able to change is worth more than a specification. The detachable boom likewise turns the headset from an obviously work focused device into ordinary headphones for the commute, and back again.
The second argument Orosound makes for modularity is longevity. Ear cushions are the part of a headset that fails first: the foam compresses, the covering cracks, and a headset that still works becomes unpleasant to wear. If the pads are replaceable, that is a repairable failure rather than a reason to buy a new headset. Orosound frames this explicitly as a sustainability and long term cost argument, and on a business purchase it is a legitimate one. Most competing office headsets, including the Jabra Evolve2 65 and the Logitech Zone 900, do not offer configuration changes on this scale.
Noise Control
Selective, adjustable cancellation
Orosound describes patented selective noise cancelling technology with an adjustable level, quoting reduction of up to 30 dB. The adjustable part is the interesting bit. Most headsets offer noise cancellation on, off, and sometimes a transparency mode. A continuously variable level lets you take out enough of an open plan office to concentrate while still hearing someone approach, which is closer to how people actually want to work.
There is also a visible signal: Orosound describes a concentration light on the headphones that indicates when you are in a focused, noise reduced state. In an open plan office this is a social feature rather than an audio one, and it addresses a real problem, which is colleagues not knowing whether you can be interrupted.
Voice separation and conversation mode
Orosound names TILDE VOICE FIRST as its signal processing approach, describing an algorithm that separates voice from noise. Paired with that is a mode where a single press turns down ambient noise and lets you hold a face to face conversation without removing the headset. That is the opposite of a transparency mode: rather than letting everything in, it isolates the voice in front of you. For a desk worker who is interrupted often, it is a well judged feature.
The microphone side is described as an HD detachable noise canceling boom. The listing does not give a frequency response, a pickup pattern or a noise reduction figure for the microphone specifically, so no claim is made about it here beyond what Orosound states.
Connectivity and Battery
The headset connects over Bluetooth 5.0 or over USB-C, and Orosound describes it as connecting to work equipment across both. USB-C is a useful choice for an office headset because it covers current laptops directly without a dongle, though it is worth confirming that your particular machine passes audio over its USB-C ports. The specification block lists battery life at 28 hours and a lithium ion battery.
Note that the listing does not state whether a USB dongle is included for computers that expect one, does not name a supported softphone platform, and does not mention certification for Microsoft Teams or Zoom. Office headsets are frequently bought on the strength of such certifications, and their absence from the listing is worth checking with Orosound if your organization requires them. The included components field names ear cushions, the detachable boom microphone and a cable.
Highlights
- Four configurations: on-ear or over-ear pads, with or without the boom microphone.
- Replaceable pads and boom, so wear parts can be renewed rather than replacing the headset.
- Adjustable active noise cancellation, quoted at up to 30 dB of reduction.
- Concentration light indicating focus mode to people around you.
- TILDE VOICE FIRST processing and a one press face to face conversation mode.
- Bluetooth 5.0 and USB-C connectivity with a listed 28 hour battery life.
- Frequency range listed at 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz, weight 1.1 pounds.
- Designed and manufactured in France.
Things To Consider
Several fields in the specification block contradict each other and should be treated with caution. The cable feature field reads “Detachable, Retractable, Without Cable” all at once, which cannot all be true of one product. The control method and controller type fields both read “Touch” while a separate control type field reads “Media Control”, so the actual control mechanism is unclear from this page. The headphones jack field reads simply “usb”. Material is listed as “Plastic” with no further detail.
The more substantive considerations are these. First, at 1.1 pounds this is a heavier headset than many office models, and weight on the head over an eight hour day is felt. The modular pads mitigate that to a degree by letting you choose the more comfortable option, but it is worth knowing.
Second, the modular approach only delivers on its promise if replacement parts remain available and affordable. That is a question about the manufacturer’s supply chain rather than about the headset, and it is worth asking before committing to a fleet purchase on sustainability grounds. Confirm current parts availability and pricing.
Third, this is a specialist product from a smaller manufacturer rather than one of the volume brands. That has advantages, including features the volume brands do not offer, and it means support, firmware updates and integration testing with corporate telephony systems are worth verifying before a large deployment.
Fourth, the 30 dB reduction figure is a manufacturer measurement without a stated frequency band or test method. Noise cancellation is far more effective against steady low frequency sound than against speech, and no headset removes conversation entirely.
Who Should Buy It, and Who Should Not
Buy the Tilde Pro if you work in an open plan office, you want to control how much of the room you hear rather than choosing between all and nothing, and the ability to swap pads and remove the boom suits how you actually use a headset across a day. The repairability argument is real, and for an organization buying at volume it changes the total cost calculation.
Do not buy it if you need a specific softphone certification the listing does not mention, if headset weight is a known problem for you, or if you want a simple headset from a volume brand with wide corporate support. Alternatives worth comparing include the Plantronics Voyager Focus B825 and the EPOS Impact 1061T. If your problem is meeting audio for a room rather than for one person, a speakerphone such as the Jabra Speak2 55 solves it differently. Our computer headsets category covers the office range.
