Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!pacbell!ames!killer!vector!nobody From: dhsu@Sun.COM (David Hsu) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: "auditory" microphones & is this going to the correct address? Message-ID: Date: 30 Sep 88 01:20:56 GMT Sender: chip@vector.UUCP Lines: 19 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp (USENET Telecom Moderator) X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 8, issue 148, message 6 X-Submissions-To: telecom@xx.lcs.mit.edu (Mailing List Coordinator) X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp (USENET Telecom Moderator) >In V8 #146, Phil Lapsley (phil@ucbvax.berkeley.edu) asks about "auditory" >microphones. Well, Phil, there ain't no such thing. > >Hugh. I beg to differ. Earmikes are gaining popularity again in applications where a boom would be inconvenient, and in noisy environments. If Phil is reduced to cannibalizing something like the Radio Shack unit he mentions, I would suggest contacting a motorcycle discussion like rec.motorcycles; they periodically discuss helmet communicators (like the Maxon), places to shop, and prices, some of which I'm certain are less than $80. -dave -- David Hsu dhsu@sun.com "Rock rock, rock'n roll high school"