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
