[AG-TECH] headset splitter

[Osland, CD (Chris)]

I don't want to be a damp squib on this, and with some hardware
what is being suggested (paralleling all the headphones and all
the mics) might, just, work with multiple (>2) headsets, but at
some stage (depending on the preferred impedance and available
power of the mic and headphone connections on the desktop)
the result is likely to be ghastly quality, especially from the
mics.

The official solution would be an active headphone splitter for the
headphones and an active mic mixer for the mics.  That way the
desktop doesn't see (e.g. for 4 headsets) an impedance a quarter
of what it was expecting, and the mic input doesn't get a jumble
of all the signals.  I don't know of a suitable unit on the market
that price-matches the sort of headset you're using; while there
are some very affordable little mic mixers (try Behringer's range)
headphone splitters are a dreadful price (I haven't seen that
Behringer make one - market opening, someone?!).

Cheers

Chris Osland

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremy Sauer [mailto:jsauer at uswest.net]
> Sent: 27 February 2004 18:58
> To: Ronald Crummett
> Cc: ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov
> Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] headset splitter
> 
> 
> Yes Radio shack is exactly where I found one when I implemented this. 
>  Nice and cheap maybe $5 or so.  I have only found 2 way line 
> splitter/combiners.  So you need one for each direction per headset. 
>  (i.e. it takes to splitter combiners to hook up two 
> headsets).  Maybe 
> your radio shack has 4 way splitter/combiners, I am all the 
> way out in 
> the backwoods of Montana :-)
> 
> Jeremy Sauer
> The University of Montana-Missoula
> 
> Ronald Crummett wrote:
> 
> > Hey everyone -
> >
> > I want to set up a desktop PIG and be able to have up to 
> four people 
> > participate in a session over this small node.  For my own 
> use, I have 
> > bought a PC headset (you know the type - combination headphones and 
> > mic) and it works fine, but (last time I checked, at least) 
> I am only 
> > one person.  Is there some sort of headset splitter 
> available, where I 
> > can use multiple headsets off of the single headphone and 
> microphone 
> > jack?  If so, where might I be able to find one?  I don't think it 
> > would be too hard to make, but I wonder about Radio Shack parts 
> > sometimes.  Thanks.
> >
> > -Ron Crummett
> >
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