Hi, The police museum in Stockholm, Sweden, has neat single earpieces (mono) on a chord, at their oral history exhibits. Sleek, robust (rubber, metal) and easy to clean. See attached pic.
Best wishes, Paul Henningsson musedia ------------------------------------------------ musedia box 12139 402 42 gothenburg sweden tel . +46 (0)735-52 23 36 e-mail . info at musedia.net www.musedia.net http://museiteknik.blogsome.com ------------------------------------------------ 2009/3/31, Proctor, Nancy <proctorn at si.edu>: > Beyond most museums' budgets, but these directional speakers are pretty > cool: > http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/woody_norris_invents_amazing_things.html > > Think Kate Bush, Experiment IV > > > On 3/31/09 4:00 PM, "mcn-l-request at mcn.edu" <mcn-l-request at mcn.edu> > wrote: > >> Send mcn-l mailing list submissions to >> mcn-l at mcn.edu >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> mcn-l-request at mcn.edu >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> mcn-l-owner at mcn.edu >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of mcn-l digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. If not a big set of headphones than what? A little help >> please.... (Holly Witchey) >> 2. Re: If not a big set of headphones than what? A little >> helpplease.... (Jay Hoffman) >> 3. Re: If not a big set of headphones than what? A little help >> please.... (Christina DePaolo) >> 4. Re: If not a big set of headphones than what? A little >> helpplease.... (Johnson, Peter) >> 5. Re: If not a big set of headphones than what? A little help >> please.... (Bruce Wyman) >> 6. Re: If not a big set of headphones than what? A little help >> please.... (Bruce Wyman) >> 7. IP SIG, et al.: AU Panel: 'Scholarly Communication in the >> Digital Age' (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet at imj.org.il]) >> 8. Early booking discount finishes today for ISKO UK Conference, >> London, 22-23 June 2009 (Leonard Will) >> 9. Re: If not a big set of headphones than what? A little help >> please.... (Leonard Steinbach) >> 10. Re: If not a big set of headphones than what? A little help >> please.... (doug melven) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:22:21 -0400 >> From: Holly Witchey <hwitchey at clevelandart.org> >> Subject: [MCN-L] If not a big set of headphones than what? A little >> help please.... >> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l at mcn.edu> >> Cc: Tom Hood <thood at clevelandart.org> >> Message-ID: >> <5CF048364B79B24694B5430B00F92C1C01F4CA655D at MAIL02.clevelandart.org> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> Dear List-Servers: >> >> Our head of exhibitions would like to install a few (3 count 'em) >> listening >> stations in a special exhibition this summer. Our head of design doesn't >> like >> the look of big old headphones hanging from the wall--and our customers >> often >> suffer from a fear of germs associated with equiment to be used by many. >> Anyone got any cunning ideas as a delivery mechanism that will satisfy the >> needs of both parties. Did I mention there's a recession and we aren't >> looking to mortgage the farm for this one? >> >> Holly M. Witchey, Ph.D. >> Director of New Media Initiatives >> The Cleveland Museum of Art >> 11150 East Blvd. >> Cleveland, Ohio 44106 >> Telephone: 216-707-2653 >> Email: hwitchey at clevelandart.org >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:53:24 -0400 >> From: "Jay Hoffman" <Jay at GallerySystems.com> >> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] If not a big set of headphones than what? A >> little helpplease.... >> To: "Museum Computer Network Listserv" <mcn-l at mcn.edu> >> Cc: Tom Hood <thood at clevelandart.org> >> Message-ID: >> <81314D11B3449840906FA6E34A6D08C8C6BAC6 at gsml.gallerysystems.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" >> >> Holly/Tom - How would this work?: provide the 2 standard headphone jacks >> (IPod and Mobile Phone, 3.5mm and 2.5mm) at each station and let people >> use their own headphones. For those who don't have their own, let them >> purchase the cheap airline type in the museum shop. >> >> Jay >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of >> Holly Witchey >> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 7:22 PM >> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv >> Cc: Tom Hood >> Subject: [MCN-L] If not a big set of headphones than what? A little >> helpplease.... >> >> Dear List-Servers: >> >> Our head of exhibitions would like to install a few (3 count 'em) >> listening stations in a special exhibition this summer. Our head of >> design doesn't like the look of big old headphones hanging from the >> wall--and our customers often suffer from a fear of germs associated >> with equiment to be used by many. Anyone got any cunning ideas as a >> delivery mechanism that will satisfy the needs of both parties. Did I >> mention there's a recession and we aren't looking to mortgage the farm >> for this one? >> >> Holly M. Witchey, Ph.D. >> Director of New Media Initiatives >> The Cleveland Museum of Art >> 11150 East Blvd. >> Cleveland, Ohio 44106 >> Telephone: 216-707-2653 >> Email: hwitchey at clevelandart.org >> _______________________________________________ >> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum >> Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >> >> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >> >> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >> >> The MCN-L archives can be found at: >> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 3 >> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:58:06 -0700 >> From: Christina DePaolo <Christinad at SeattleArtMuseum.org> >> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] If not a big set of headphones than what? A >> little help please.... >> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l at mcn.edu> >> Cc: Tom Hood <thood at clevelandart.org> >> Message-ID: >> <6440C474B3F6FE4EB44B34421B3E501E1645631ADA at dtes01.SAM.Home> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> We have had a lot of good results with sound cones. Is that a possibility >> for >> your installation? They are affordable and easy to install/manage. We use >> them >> in our African and Native American Galleries and special exhibits. >> >> Christina >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of >> Holly >> Witchey >> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 4:22 PM >> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv >> Cc: Tom Hood >> Subject: [MCN-L] If not a big set of headphones than what? A little help >> please.... >> >> Dear List-Servers: >> >> Our head of exhibitions would like to install a few (3 count 'em) >> listening >> stations in a special exhibition this summer. Our head of design doesn't >> like >> the look of big old headphones hanging from the wall--and our customers >> often >> suffer from a fear of germs associated with equiment to be used by many. >> Anyone got any cunning ideas as a delivery mechanism that will satisfy the >> needs of both parties. Did I mention there's a recession and we aren't >> looking to mortgage the farm for this one? >> >> Holly M. Witchey, Ph.D. >> Director of New Media Initiatives >> The Cleveland Museum of Art >> 11150 East Blvd. >> Cleveland, Ohio 44106 >> Telephone: 216-707-2653 >> Email: hwitchey at clevelandart.org >> _______________________________________________ >> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer >> Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >> >> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >> >> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >> >> The MCN-L archives can be found at: >> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 4 >> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:02:37 -0700 >> From: "Johnson, Peter" <pjohnson at skirball.org> >> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] If not a big set of headphones than what? A >> little helpplease.... >> To: "Museum Computer Network Listserv" <mcn-l at mcn.edu> >> Message-ID: >> <2A6CDDE8F1CB5D428E7CA6014794A58201EA4D90 at scc-mail.skirball.org> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> We also make use of sound cones. There tends to be a little bleed-off of >> the sound as you near them, but it's not disruptive, and you can't >> really hear much until you are directly underneath the cone. >> >> Peter Johnson >> Project Manager for Records, Documents & Images >> Skirball Cultural Center >> 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd. >> Los Angeles, CA 90049 >> 310-440-4707 >> pjohnson at skirball.org >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of >> Holly Witchey >> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 4:22 PM >> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv >> Cc: Tom Hood >> Subject: [MCN-L] If not a big set of headphones than what? A little >> helpplease.... >> >> Dear List-Servers: >> >> Our head of exhibitions would like to install a few (3 count 'em) >> listening stations in a special exhibition this summer. Our head of >> design doesn't like the look of big old headphones hanging from the >> wall--and our customers often suffer from a fear of germs associated >> with equiment to be used by many. Anyone got any cunning ideas as a >> delivery mechanism that will satisfy the needs of both parties. Did I >> mention there's a recession and we aren't looking to mortgage the farm >> for this one? >> >> Holly M. Witchey, Ph.D. >> Director of New Media Initiatives >> The Cleveland Museum of Art >> 11150 East Blvd. >> Cleveland, Ohio 44106 >> Telephone: 216-707-2653 >> Email: hwitchey at clevelandart.org >> _______________________________________________ >> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum >> Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >> >> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >> >> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >> >> The MCN-L archives can be found at: >> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 5 >> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:42:39 -0600 >> From: Bruce Wyman <bwyman at denverartmuseum.org> >> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] If not a big set of headphones than what? A >> little help please.... >> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l at mcn.edu> >> Message-ID: <p06240879c5f7338e0178@[192.168.0.6]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >>> We have had a lot of good results with sound cones. Is that a >>> possibility for your installation? They are affordable and easy to >>> install/manage. We use them in our African and Native American >>> Galleries and special exhibits. >> >> The Tech Museum in San Jose did an exhibition about four years ago in >> which they built their own sound domes -- sound tubes, really -- >> in-house. They worked just as well as the commercially available >> sound domes for a fraction of the cost (I'd guess around $200 vs $2k). >> >> Attached is an image (assuming that the MCN listserv doesn't get all >> fussy about image attachments) in which you can see three of the >> sound tubes hanging form the ceiling (I've overexposed the image so >> you can actually see them). The trick there was to have enough >> vertical space to make the tube long enough to work. I'd imagine if >> you were working with a drop ceiling you could hide part of it in the >> ceiling to reduce the overall visual impact. >> >> -bw. > > -- > Nancy Proctor > Head of New Media Initiatives > > Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) > MRC 970 PO Box 37012 > Washington DC 20013-7012 > USA > > o: +1-202-633-8439 > f: +1-202-633-8455 > c: +1-301-642-6257 > > proctorn at si.edu > > http://www.americanart.si.edu > http://eyelevel.si.edu/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ >
