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From: marvinm@ttidcb.UUCP (Marvin Moskowitz)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: wiring house for speakers (a shortsighted idea?)
Message-ID: <647@ttidcb.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 23-Jan-86 21:25:38 EST
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In article <11400@watnot.UUCP> dbrichards@watnot.UUCP (the vegit man) writes:
>>     in the future, your grandkids will ask "mommy, daddy, what were wires?"
>>     the future (in powerelectrooptics, or in consumer audio, at any rate)
>>is closer than most people think.
>>	james a. woods (ames!jaw)
>
>I had heard of a product which was shown at the 1985 Winter CES in Las
>Vegas which was an infrared (?) headphone connection. You simply plugged the
>main box into the PHONES jack, then put on the pair of wireless headphones,
>and you could move anywhere in the room and listen without making any
>noise.
>
>	Has anybody heard anything more about this product?
>
>- Dennis

The Shubert Theater in Los Angeles (actually Century City) has such
notoriously LOUSY acoustics, that they rent infra-red headphones
made by Sennheiser. Sounded worse than without, but I couldn't tell
if it was a problem with the 'phones (all 4 we rented SUCKED) or the
source transmission.