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From: Wicked Uncle Nigel on 11 Feb 2010 16:54 Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Pip <gingerbloke(a)gmail.com> typed >Cab wrote: > >> Do you work in Sales? > ><boggle> > >I'd imagine it to be quite dark in there. And sort of ... moist. <G> -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" "Environmentally, it is our duty to re-use our plastic bags. To suffocate our children" - Frankie Boyle.
From: 'Hog on 12 Feb 2010 08:04 DozynSleepy wrote: > Multimedia Boundary Microphone HW74R > http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=24704 > Claims to work without a battery so definitely worth a shot, > especially at �3.99. Heh I got one of those first with a bunch of other toys from Maplin. It was so pathetic I stamped on it and threw it in the bin. > Supposedly Electret work best with PC sound cards so the Electret > Boundary microphone BE90X you mentioned previously looks like it might > be worth a look too. > > Can you let us know which one works the best please ? The internal (digital) Mic on my 2nd desk PC, the Asus touch screen, is so good I discovered last night I may let it go at that. -- Hog
From: 'Hog on 12 Feb 2010 08:05 Simon Wilson wrote: > DozynSleepy wrote: > >>> >> >> You could try a Skype ATA adapter with a proper Polycomm >> Soundstation 2 conference phone. >> >> Zoom 5900 USB Phone Adaptor for Skype >> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Zoom-5900-Phone-Adaptor-Skype/dp/B001AIK8XK >> >> Dlink DPH-50U Skype USB Phone Adapter with PSTN Line Port. >> http://www.amazon.co.uk/D-Link-DPH-50U-Skype-Phone-Adapter/dp/B000EW4XRA >> >> RapidBox (maybe US only) >> http://www.rapidvoip.com/products.html >> >> >> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Polycom-Soundstation-2-Conference-Phone/dp/B0007M69QU >> >> >> I've not tried it with Skype but I've got one connected to our >> Trixbox PBX through a Linksys PAPT2 SIP adapter which works well. >> > > ICBW, but I think if you use those type of boxes you don't get any of > the quality (super wideband) benefits when making a Skype-Skype call. > If you are calling out to people on pstn lines etc. they're probably > fine. Have you any idea how bad it makes me feel being responsible for starting a thread that turned into a Linux discussion. -- Hog
From: Simon Wilson on 12 Feb 2010 08:21 'Hog wrote: > > The internal (digital) Mic on my 2nd desk PC, the Asus touch screen, is so > good I discovered last night I may let it go at that. > /me doubts it's really that good. I used the Chat 60 on a call this morning, admittedly just me, but it was pretty darn good. -- /Simon
From: Simon Wilson on 12 Feb 2010 08:22
'Hog wrote: > > Have you any idea how bad it makes me feel being responsible for starting a > thread that turned into a Linux discussion. > Heh, I think that may have moved to another thread now... -- /Simon |