Re: potpourri (Re: Clearwire May Block VoIP Competitors )

[Dan Hollis <goemon () anime net>]

On Fri, 1 Apr 2005, Randy Bush wrote:
> > (speaking of amazon, i found that usb headsets are down to ~$34.94
> > now. yay!)
> if you mean the logitech 980130-0403, $32 at newegg
> why is usb better than the headset/mic jacks?

because integrated or pci audio are often plagued by internal electrical 
noise.

USB largely avoids this by doing all the conversion externally and largely 
isolated.

-Dan