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Article #618552Re: Landline telephone service Disappearing in 20 States
From: Scott Lurndal
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 14:08
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 14:08
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hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com writes: >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 > I'm still using two 500 sets in my home (both date from the mid to late 60's). The manufacturing date is stamped on the speaker in the handset (unscrew the ear-end and look at the back of the speaker for the date).
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