<OT> Headphone for public use

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Why not get the cheapist ones you can find with foam, and just remove the 
foam?

On Tue, 27 Mar 2007, Stuart Biggerstaff wrote:

> If anyone's actually interested, I haven't found the preferred hard
> "real" headphones, and in looking on the web and at Walmart, I have
> found only one headphone that would be reliably cleanable.  Oddly, it's
> an earbud sort sold at Walmart for just $0.97--not on their web site, as
> far as I can tell.  So ironically, the most cleanable one I've found is
> also the most disposable.  Unfortunately, an earbud is probably the
> least appropriate type otherwise.
>
> Then there's one available from Tiger Direct for $3.00, and from a
> Canadian company for only $2.00.  It's got foam pads (which are
> presumably replaceable if we found a source).  I knew something like
> this had to exist, as Walmart sells a cassette player with a similar
> (but all-plastic) headphone included for $5.00.
>
> http://www.mostlydigital.ca/detail.php?recordID=H44782
> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?Edp
> No=2181226&CatId=390
>
> I had forgotten that the airlines give them out, but then at the price
> of even discounted airfare, the economics are somewhat different than at
> a free library.
>
>
> Stuart Biggerstaff
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> Linda Hall Library of Science Engineering & Technology
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>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-users-bounces at linux-sxs.org
> [mailto:linux-users-bounces at linux-sxs.org] On Behalf Of James McDonald
> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 5:48 PM
> To: Linux tips and tricks
> Subject: Re: <OT> Headphone for public use
>
> Stuart Biggerstaff wrote:
>> I just thought someone else might have run into this...
>>
>> I need to find a headphone suitable for use on a public workstation.
>> To me, that suggests a relatively lightweight "hard" one, or
>> less-ideally a "soft" one with nonporous vinyl padding rather than
>> plain foam.  That is, I need something that can be properly cleaned
> between uses.
>>
>> On the other hand, if someone knows where to get cheap foam ones (the
>> kind that sit on the ear and have a wire frame over your head) for a
>> dollar or less a piece, that we could buy in bulk and give out like
>> mints, that would sort of do the same thing.
>>
>>
> Airlines have those don't they? So find a friendly air hostess and she
> might be able to tell you the supplier details.
>
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