[committee] Headphones for club machines

[James Andrewartha]

On Mon, 20 Nov 2006, Bernard Blackham wrote:

> On Mon, 2006-11-20 at 13:16 +0800, Matthias Liffers wrote:
>> Loan headphones have hygiene implications.  They aren't expensive -
>> why not sell them to members?
>
> Didn't we used to have little cheap packets of earphones in the vending
> machine? Or was I dreaming that? It's the kinda thing you'd find at a $2
> shop for, well, $2.

And they had all the quality you'd expect from a $2 set of earphones. Chas 
and I talked about this tonight, and we came up with the idea of selling 
one headphone/microphones - see 
http://www.anyware.com.au/Browse/a4551ee5f25a4f5fba551fad5deb4d4f001ItemDetail.aspx

These have the benefit of small size, a mic which can be used for voice 
chat, and still allowing people to hear other people in the room. Both-ear 
headphones cause people to shout in order to be heard by other people. If 
someone really wants stereo sound they can provide their own headphones.

So UCC would buy some quantity of these (I can get them wholesale for $14) 
partially based on preorders with a few spare, and provide labelling and a 
place to store them when not in use.

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