[79300] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: potpourri (Re: Clearwire May Block VoIP Competitors )
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan Hollis)
Fri Apr 1 17:14:39 2005
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 14:11:57 -0800 (PST)
From: Dan Hollis <goemon@anime.net>
To: "'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <16973.50328.855293.127873@roam.psg.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Fri, 1 Apr 2005, Randy Bush wrote:
> > (speaking of amazon, i found that usb headsets are down to ~$34.94
> > now. yay!)
> if you mean the logitech 980130-0403, $32 at newegg
> why is usb better than the headset/mic jacks?
because integrated or pci audio are often plagued by internal electrical
noise.
USB largely avoids this by doing all the conversion externally and largely
isolated.
-Dan
