Description
The EPOS Impact 1061T is a wireless on ear headset built for open plan offices, with active noise cancellation on both earcups and a boom microphone. EPOS positions it around what it calls the New Open Office, and the marketing leans on two in house names: BrainAdapt, which EPOS describes as technology to reduce brain fatigue, and EPOS AI, which it credits for voice pickup. Neither term is a measurable specification, so both should be read as branding rather than as a number a buyer can compare.
What is concrete is the connectivity and the package. Bluetooth 5.0 handles up to three simultaneous device connections, and the box includes a contactless charging stand. That places it against the Jabra Evolve2 65 and the Logitech Zone 900 at the premium wireless end of the office headset market, while the Jabra Evolve2 30 SE covers the same use case with a cable.
Audio Specification And What EPOS Actually States
The frequency range is listed as 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz, which is the full audible band and wider than many dedicated call headsets quote. EPOS also lists Super Wideband audio and stereo sound, and describes the goal as natural listening rather than a music tuning. The driver is a dynamic driver, and the earpiece shape is on ear rather than over ear, which is a meaningful difference: on ear pads rest on the outer ear rather than surrounding it, so passive isolation is generally lower and pressure is concentrated on a smaller area.
EPOS ships two sets of ear pads, listed as IMPACT 1000 ANC ear pads and IMPACT 1000 ear pads. The listing does not explain how the two differ, but the naming implies one set is optimized for the noise cancellation and one is not. That is a genuinely useful inclusion if the wearer finds one type uncomfortable, though buyers should not assume they are interchangeable without loss of performance.
Microphone, Busylight And Call Handling
The microphone story is the reason a headset like this exists. EPOS describes adaptive microphone technology and repeatedly claims industry leading voice pickup, which is a marketing assertion the listing does not support with any figure. What the listing does confirm is more useful: calls can be started, ended and muted by moving the boom arm, or by putting the headset on and taking it off. That kind of physical control is faster and less error prone than hunting for a button.
A busylight on the headset signals to colleagues that the wearer is on a call. EPOS also mentions the ability to talk to in office colleagues without removing the headset, which points to a talk through or transparency mode, and the Special features field does list Talk-Through explicitly alongside Ambient Noise, Mute Light Indicator and Noise Cancellation.
Charging, Portability And Included Items
The included components list is the clearest part of the listing: a battery, the CH 40 contactless charging stand, both sets of ear pads, the 1061T headset itself and a USB-C cable. A contactless stand means the headset charges by being set down rather than plugged in, which in practice is the difference between a headset that is always charged and one that is often not.
The headset weighs 6 ounces by the listing figure, and the packaged dimensions are given as 9.5 by 9.25 by 4.5 inches, which reflects the stand rather than the headset alone. EPOS mentions carrying the headset between work and home office as a use case, and the battery is a lithium ion cell included with the product. No battery life figure appears anywhere in the listing data, which is a notable omission for a wireless headset and something buyers should confirm before purchase.
Highlights
- Double sided active noise cancellation on an on ear frame.
- 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz quoted frequency range with Super Wideband audio.
- Bluetooth 5.0 with up to three simultaneous device connections.
- Contactless CH 40 charging stand included, plus a USB-C cable.
- Two sets of ear pads supplied, ANC and standard.
- Busylight, talk through mode, and boom arm call control.
Things To Consider
The listing data is thin in the places that matter most. There is no battery life figure, no noise cancellation depth figure, no wireless range figure and no weight breakdown between headset and stand. Two specification fields read Information Not Available outright, for Age Range Description and Material, so the build materials are undocumented. Control Method is listed as Voice, which does not match a product whose described controls are a boom arm and on headset buttons, and Other display features reads simply Wireless. This is a premium product with a poorly populated data sheet.
Customer feedback is close to nonexistent: 3.5 stars from 11 ratings, on a product EPOS first listed in June 2023. Eleven ratings cannot support any conclusion, and a 3.5 average is below what buyers usually expect at this level. Anyone relying on peer feedback should read every one of those reviews rather than the average.
The on ear design is the honest ergonomic caveat. On ear pads suit some people well and cause discomfort for others over a full day, and the fact that EPOS supplies two pad types suggests the company knows fit varies. There is also no wired fallback mentioned anywhere in the listing, and the Cable Feature field reads Without Cable, so a flat battery may mean an unusable headset until it is back on the stand. Buyers who want a guaranteed always on option should consider a wired model from the computer headsets category, such as the Poly Blackwire 3210, or compare the wider headsets category for other options.
Who It Suits
The Impact 1061T fits someone in a genuinely noisy open plan office who takes calls across a laptop, a desk phone and a mobile, values a visible busylight, and wants a headset that charges by being set down at the end of the day. The talk through mode and boom arm controls are aimed squarely at that daily pattern.
Skip it if a full day of comfort from on ear pads is uncertain, if a documented battery figure is required before purchase, if a wired fallback is important, or if the buyer wants a well reviewed product with a large sample of customer feedback behind it. Better documented alternatives exist at similar positioning.
