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Need help with typical pc audio solution for school.

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bupkus

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We have 12 computers in the same area. We can't use the speakers so we need to go to headphones. Sound cards have plug-in jacks of a size I don't know, but they're too frail to go directly to. So... we put a little box on the desk that the kids plug their headphone jacks into. That box has a larger durable plug (just like the headphones) wired to the computer sound card/plug.
You want a laugh? I called Radio Shack. You know the slogan, "you got questions, we got answers." Anyway, if you know how to name the various components I just described please let *me* know. Also, if you know of a place that has durable, over-the-head headphones and the other components that I need, please let me know that, too.

Thanks.
 
Ok, googled it an found 1/4" audio plugs is the size I want and 1/8" is the size computers use.
Headphone with 1/4" plug goes to box with 1/4" jack. Wires connect to jack and run back to computer and plugs into 1/8" sound card jack.

Now I need the headphones.
 
Soundcards generally have 3.5mm audio jacks, while larger headphones/microphones often use 6.5mm plugs. These are generally the two standard sizes. Adaptors between these sizes can be bought/made for only a few dollars.

There are also 2.5mm plugs, often used in small things such as mobile phones and MP3 players.

Hope that's helped.
RoD
 
Originally posted by: rod
Soundcards generally have 3.5mm audio jacks, while larger headphones/microphones often use 6.5mm plugs. These are generally the two standard sizes. Adaptors between these sizes can be bought/made for only a few dollars.
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Or more commonly known as 1/8 inch and 1/4 inch
Professional headphones usually come with the 1/4 inch jacks
 
Yes the mm sizes for audio plugs/jacks are approximations. They are standard english sizes that were around long before metricification reared its ugly head. So it's 1/8" and 1/4" if you want to be accurate.
Even the small size you call 2.5mm may have been around long enough to be English original too - 1/10" maybe?

.bh.
 
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