[committee] Headphones for club machines

[Davyd Madeley]

On Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 01:08:37PM +0800, Luke Williams wrote:
> So the consensus at the cleanup was that having speakers on each
> machine is more trouble than it is worth. I agree: it's not done
> anywhere else where there are lots of computers and for good reason,
> it's just really annoying.
> 
> Audio is a pretty significant part of computing though, so I suggest
> we get some clubroom headphones for our seven high-use machines
> (cybium, cobbler, pitch, velvet, arctic, chas' machine and my one).
> These would come in very handy come O-Day when we get a lot of
> freshers in. Nothing assimilates freshers like gaming. Altronics have
> headphones for $14 that look okay here:
> http://www.altronics.com.au/index.asp?area=item&id=C9002
> 
> The total cost to the club would be $98, and I'd be willing to put in
> $14 for the first one. Perhaps we could do another fundraiser.
> Thoughts?

I'm against this because headphones are easily broken or "borrowed".

I feel users should provide their own headphones or arrange to
borrow with another member. Many people now carry headphones for
their Personal Entertainment Device, so it's not like we're asking
people to carry around huge cans just to use our computers.

We could probably buy a couple of pairs of $14 headphones to sell
for $15 ea.

Many of our machines have front panel audio, or we could put an
3.5mm jack on the front patched through from the back.

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