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Thread: Headsets (Fluff non-Ranger question)
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Vorpaks
Mon Aug 09, 2004 8:13 am
#1
Frustrated wookiee.
After much carnage in my household we decided the second headset we purchased so I could get onto teamspeak is just not going to work out.
Can anyone suggest a good headset that has the ability to add an extension? My PC is in a rack, in a closet, diagonally across a 12 foot room from me. Add two mischevious cats who decided the stretched out cord was a dire threat, and you have one very dead headset. So I need to be able to route the cord around the room along with our other PC wires.
The first headset? Well, it is in my car, awaiting the day I may actually buy a cell phone. Aparently I need to learn to read the packaging more closely.
After much carnage in my household we decided the second headset we purchased so I could get onto teamspeak is just not going to work out.
Can anyone suggest a good headset that has the ability to add an extension? My PC is in a rack, in a closet, diagonally across a 12 foot room from me. Add two mischevious cats who decided the stretched out cord was a dire threat, and you have one very dead headset. So I need to be able to route the cord around the room along with our other PC wires.
The first headset? Well, it is in my car, awaiting the day I may actually buy a cell phone. Aparently I need to learn to read the packaging more closely.
murphy7
Mon Aug 09, 2004 8:21 am
#2
I can't recommend a particular headset, but I would recommend getting some extension wires at your local Radio Shack. I had to do some creative wiring based on using a roll-top computer desk to protect my (at the time) toddler daughter from the computer and vice versa. I was able to purchase some 12' extensions that made a world of difference in the wiring presentation, but does offer more background noise on the line.
Calculus_Entropy
Mon Aug 09, 2004 9:51 am
#3
You ever tried moving your computer? That is what normal people do! 
/waits for the hundreds of abnormal people to post how they have thier CPU in their shower, or on their roof...
Oreet
Mon Aug 09, 2004 10:01 am
#4
Calculus_Entropy wrote:
You ever tried moving your computer? That is what normal people do!
/waits for the hundreds of abnormal people to post how they have thier CPU in their shower, or on their roof...
/closes shower curtain so no one sees my water-cooled computer
Seiryuu
Mon Aug 09, 2004 11:07 am
#5
Water cooling is so 2003.
*Goes to the AC to check her computer and its re-routed freon line*
*Goes to the AC to check her computer and its re-routed freon line*
Vorpaks
Mon Aug 09, 2004 11:11 am
#6
Calculus_Entropy wrote:You ever tried moving your computer? That is what normal people do!/waits for the hundreds of abnormal people to post how they have thier CPU in their shower, or on their roof...
Okay so that is a sore subject.
My husband works in telecomm and I came home one day to find 5 10 foot tall network racks made out of solid steel sitting IN MY LIVINGROOM! "Look what I got honey, aren't they great?"
/snakeeyes
My friends tease me because the large bedroom in our two bedroom apartment is devoted to the computers and we sleep in the "office" bedroom. So believe me, moving that large ungainly rack into the closet was a win for my side (and for my toes - yowch!).
However it does cause me whiplash when my new headset flings itself off my head and across the room.
Hmmmm... so I have to splice the wires onto an extension? I will try that. Even though I'll have to hide the credit cards before we enter Radio Shack. Last time we came out with mini solar panels. What the heck do we need mini solar panels for I ask you???
Okay, so I was the one who bought the solar panels. /shrug They looked cool, what can I say? Still, it proves that store is dangerous. I swear everytime we come out of there we have a different size of screw. You would THINK we owned every size screw known to man, but NO, whenever we go there they have another size that we need "just in case."
And yes, our apartment looks like several unibombers got together and went on a week-long bender. Electrical Engineers are scary people. Things you should never think about when you are married to an EE:
- Why are the lights flickering?
- What is the cat playig with?
- Why are my fillings humming?
- Why is the cat flickering?
My friends torment me by telling me I will give birth to all boys who are just like their Father. They laugh about it until I promise I will make sure all my boys date their daughters. Ha! Ha ha ha!
Anyway... what the heck was I talking about? I forget. But I have a vauge feeling I better go to Radio Shack and buy wires and screws. Just in case.
murphy7
Mon Aug 09, 2004 11:31 am
#7
Well, you are in luck, at least your husband should be able to procure or arrange it such that the longer line you have is properly shielded to prevent the extra line noise that I experience. But that's my own fault, I am a chemist, and not particularly electronically inclined.
I'm lucky, my wife doesn't mind me heading to the bar to have a few beers. Instead, she gets nervous when I am spotted near or headed inside a Barnes & Noble or other bookstore...
Seiryuu
Mon Aug 09, 2004 2:10 pm
#8
If you think Radio Shack is dangerous you must not have a Fry's nearby. (Count yourself lucky.)
It should be possible to buy extention cables with the proper jacks, so no splicing is necessary. I think I got mine at RS in fact.
It should be possible to buy extention cables with the proper jacks, so no splicing is necessary. I think I got mine at RS in fact.
EbeLightcloud
Mon Aug 09, 2004 2:47 pm
#9
you guys are lucky, I only wish I knew a quarter as much as you all do. I'm still trying to figure out how match my two cans and string to this thing
Nemo0
Mon Aug 09, 2004 4:36 pm
#10
Have you considered a wireless headset? I don't know exactly what sort you would need but there are plenty different models available (although most are designed around phone use).
Calculus_Entropy
Tue Aug 10, 2004 12:17 am
#11
At least you have an understanding spouse Paks...my wife doesn't understand why I need a new laptop (she thinks I 'want' one, the silly lady). All she talks about is....we need to save money....we have ababy on the way...blah, blah. I have a 384meg, 2.0Ghz Celeron laptop...now tell me that I don't NEED one!
Maybe I can tell her it will make labor less painful? (at least for me 
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Fred_Skinner
Tue Aug 10, 2004 12:30 am
#12
The headset and hardware that comes with GameVoice is excellent. Tha software you can pitch, however. There are places that you can get the headset only, but the plug-in console lets you adjust hearing volume and switch in the speakers. The buttons on the panel are understood by Teamspeak as well 
. It's what I use and I would recommend it to anyone.
. It's what I use and I would recommend it to anyone.
MCORipper
Tue Aug 10, 2004 12:36 am
#13
Fred_Skinner wrote:
The headset and hardware that comes with GameVoice is excellent. Tha software you can pitch, however. There are places that you can get the headset only, but the plug-in console lets you adjust hearing volume and switch in the speakers. The buttons on the panel are understood by Teamspeak as well
/agree 100%
I have had my Game Voice since they were first released about 2 years ago I think.
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