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Hello,
Can anyone recommend a good pair of industrial headphones? I typically have
been ordering from T-Scan, but it seems like they might be out of business.
This is a shame, since their headphones had easy-to-clean surfaces, armored
cable, and were a cinch to disassemble for repair.
As a side note, after trying for months to figure out a way to prevent kids
from snapping the armored cable from our payphone handsets and headphones in
half, I've found a great solution using a breakaway guitar cable called
SnapJack from ZZYZX. It has a magnetic tip that breaks loose if kids try to
pull too hard. Quite an ingenious invention!
http://www.zzyzxsnapjack.com/
You have to convert the headphones to mono (since they haven't invented a
stereo version of the cable yet). I just cut the guitar cable in half,
which uses a thick rubber shielding that flexes easier than steel armored
cable. The plug fits into a 1/4" jack, specifically a "thick panel" jack
from Switchcraft (#151) that mounts in a beefy 1.5" thick wood panel so kids
can't yank it around.
http://www.switchcraft.com/products/jack-100.html
I'm posting this in both the ASTC and ACM list serves in case this tip is
helpful. Any headphone results, I'll share with both lists.
Best,
Eric
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Eric Yuan
Exhibit Developer
Children's Museum of New Hampshire
6 Washington St
Dover, NH 03820
(603) 742-2002
www.childrens-museum.org
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