Re: [ubuntu-uk] Skype Headset
On Sun, 2011-01-23 at 10:41 +, Alan Pope wrote: On 23 January 2011 05:23, Nick Callaghan nicholas.callag...@gmail.com wrote: I'm looking to get a headset for using skype. Does anyone have any recommendations of one that will work nicely in ubuntu with reasonably sound quality but not too pricey. Plantronics do some good USB ones. I have the 995 model. Cheers, Al. I like Plantronics too. I prefer the mini headphone/mic jack though, they pick up keyboard noise but they're simple and work with anything. Paula -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Skype Headset
Nick, Wired or wireless (i.e. bluetooth)? Not that I can recommend any but it's an important requirement to specify. Bruno On 23 January 2011 05:23, Nick Callaghan nicholas.callag...@gmail.com wrote: Hey All, I'm looking to get a headset for using skype. Does anyone have any recommendations of one that will work nicely in ubuntu with reasonably sound quality but not too pricey. Thanks, Nick -- Nicholas Callaghan twitter.com/nickcallaghan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Bruno Visit my weblog: http://brunogirin.blogspot.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Skype Headset
On 23 January 2011 05:23, Nick Callaghan nicholas.callag...@gmail.com wrote: I'm looking to get a headset for using skype. Does anyone have any recommendations of one that will work nicely in ubuntu with reasonably sound quality but not too pricey. Plantronics do some good USB ones. I have the 995 model. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Skype Headset
+1 for Plantronics. I have a Plantronics DSP headset which is wired, comes with a USB dongle thingy that the headset plugs in to. Ironically Ubuntu notices it right away where as Windows asks for drivers. :D On 23/01/11 10:41, Alan Pope wrote: On 23 January 2011 05:23, Nick Callaghannicholas.callag...@gmail.com wrote: I'm looking to get a headset for using skype. Does anyone have any recommendations of one that will work nicely in ubuntu with reasonably sound quality but not too pricey. Plantronics do some good USB ones. I have the 995 model. Cheers, Al. -- *Ronnie Tucker* Ronnie Tucker *Web:* RonnieTucker.co.uk http://ronnietucker.co.uk email Ronnie Tucker *Email:* ron...@ronnietucker.co.uk mailto:ron...@ronnietucker.co.uk Twitter *Twitter:* twitter.com/ronnietucker http://twitter.com/ronnietucker Facebook *Facebook:* facebook.com/artistronnietucker http://www.facebook.com/artistronnietucker Facebook *Facebook:* facebook.com/pet.wildlife.and.people.portraits http://www.facebook.com/pet.wildlife.and.people.portraits MSN *MSN:* ronnietuc...@hotmail.com mailto:ronnietuc...@hotmail.com Ubuntu *Official Ubuntu Member* Registered Ubuntu user: Ubuntu Counter # 18227 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Skype Headset
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 23/01/11 15:38, Ronnie Tucker wrote: +1 for Plantronics. ... On 23/01/11 10:41, Alan Pope wrote: Plantronics do some good USB ones. I have the 995 model. Another +1 for Plantronics. I tried a cheap one from Tesco at first, and the sound quality was poor both ways. I switched it for a Plantronics USB one (USBAdapter-02 it says underneath) which appears to be a generic CMedia sound card which the headset plugs into using standard 3.5mm jacks, but the sound quality is much better. It was about 20 quid from PC-World, IIRC. My one complaint, and it is a bit of a nitpick actually, is that recently I've been using it a lot (8 hours a day, 5 days a week for about the last two months) and because I wear glasses, the bar that goes around my left ear and around the back of my head pinches my ear a bit. Cheers, JT - -- - ---+ James Tait, BSc|xmpp:jayte...@wyrddreams.org Programmer and Free Software advocate |Tel: +44 (0)870 490 2407 - ---+ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk08nB4ACgkQyDo4xMNTLiah+gCfZfatZtMsIEbKnBnAoRrNz1iB BMAAn1ruItlj9GbrIsGPmcc+puS7xgNF =1sb5 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Skype Headset
Hey All, I'm looking to get a headset for using skype. Does anyone have any recommendations of one that will work nicely in ubuntu with reasonably sound quality but not too pricey. Thanks, Nick -- Nicholas Callaghan twitter.com/nickcallaghan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
