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>Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 15:59:51 -0600
>From: Derek Roff <[log in to unmask]>
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum
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>Subject: Re: #7490.5 recommendation for headphones (!)
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> I want to second Jack's recommendation.  However, the Califone
> 3066AV does not work with iMacs, according to this website:

This is not a feature of the Califone 3066AV, but rather of the iMac.
Since the iMac has a built-in microphone, there isn't a separate
microphone input jack/port.  This means that no analog microphone
will connect directly to an iMac, which is unfortunate in a lab
situation.  A solution for using an external mic is to get a USB mic
or input device.  I don't know of any headphones integrated with a
USB microphone.

When necessary, we use the $35 Griffin iMic, which will accept any
1/8" microphone or line level input, digitize it, and input it to the
iMac via USB.  It's annoying and expensive to equip a lab with iMics
just to be able to plug in a microphone, but I don't know of a
cheaper, simpler way.  The Califone 3066AV plus iMic should work fine
with an iMac.

Derek

Derek Roff
Language Learning Center, MSC03-2100
Ortega Hall Rm 129, 1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
505/277-7368, fax 505/277-3885
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