Two USB headsets on the same mac?

My wife needs to listen in while my son is taking an online class. Is is possible to use a second USB headset on the mac and have the audio be directed to both?

One big problem with multiple USB headsets on OSX. If you are using identical USB headsets *with the same name*, only one will show up in the sound panel. I believe this is a bug, because past OSX versions allowed me to see multiple USB headsets with the same name. However in 10.5.8 and in Snow Leopard, multiple headsets with the same device name no longer appear. It's a real pain for me, because I can only use one of my favorite headset on my Mac.
I hope Apple will fix this bug, but otherwise you will need USB headsets that are different models.

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Thanks, Matt

Hello Mattynsavvy, welcome to the HP Forums.
It appears that you're trying to use two headphones from your notebook to do an online course.
The way that you're trying to do this probably won't work. The notebook itself only has one sound card. This card can only output audio to one device at a time. So if you have both USB headsets into ports. Only one will have sound. Just like how the headset cuts off the speakers. You would need a second sound card, or to be using speakers or another computer.
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I was able to find a few YouTube videos with various ways to achieve what you're trying to do, but as they run with 3rd party software attempting those suggestions would be completely up to you.
I hope this helps.
Thank you for posting on the HP Forums.
I worked on behalf of HP.

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