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Summary: The little adapter that could
Review: I have a B&W tower that's been upgraded with a G4 zif processor. Naive as I was, I went to the store and bought some headphones to use with Skype. Thought they should work fine with my Mac - said right on the package that it was "Mac compatible." Wrong. Like many Macs, mine has a Plaintalk audio input. The only known microphone that works with Plaintalk is Apple's own microphone. Sure, it's powerful, but it gives you 360 degree sound (not good for Internet phoning) and it's fairly difficult to use with a headphone.
I'm not aware of any other solution other than the Ne-mic. (The same company makes a USB adapter, but it's double to triple in price.) You plug it in the Plaintalk input, plug your regular headphone mic cord into the adapter, and voila, you can use any headphones intended for Windows on your Mac.
Although the manufacturer doesn't promote this feature, it's a biggie: This adapter allows you to input audio from other sources such as a stereo or tape recorder. You could even use it with a VCR with some additional cheap cables. Along with appropriate software (e.g. Ambrosia's AudioX) this means you can cheaply digitize audio and put it on your web site or send it as an attachment to your email. This will allow you to convert old tapes to MP3s or create your own interview shows on tape and then post them to the net. Sure, you can buy audio equipment (e.g. the Olympus DM-10) to record digital audio. But it will cost you. This little adapter allows you to use inexpensive equipment you likely already own - like a tape recorder.
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