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Article #618551Re: Landline telephone service Disappearing in 20 States
From: hanc...
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 22:12
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 22:12
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On Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at 9:59:24 PM UTC-5, Dave Garland wrote: > The ambient noise thing is more at the feet of the telephone > manufacturer, where "looking sexy" is likely to be the priority. As > someone else said, having the mic close to the mouth is best. If > you're using it in a location where the air may be moving, having a > windscreen (the foam shields you see on the mics of TV crews) would > help. In the old days phones didn't tend to be in noisy locations > outside a full booth. And the ones designed for noisy locations > sometimes had a mouthpiece guard that cupped around the mouth, to help > block external noise.l Historically, Western Electric took great pains to design the telephone set for maximum comfort and acoustical efficiency. Below is a link to a design paper--the tiny details they considered for every component is incredible. http://www.telephonecollectors.info/index.php/browse/catalogs-manuals-educational-docs-by-company/western-electric-bell-system/publications-and-educational-documents-by-date/418-500-set-design-1949/file
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