[MCN-L] Headphones in exhibits

[Adam Carrier]

Hello Jason:
We've found the Audio-Technica ATH-M50 headphones to be pretty rugged.
We use them in our studios, and they're designed for professional
monitoring and mixing. They might be worth trying in your exhibit. They
are a bit expensive.

http://www.audio-technica.com/cms/headphones/0edf909675b1be4d/index.html

There are straight and coiled cable versions.

Adam Carrier
Audiovisual Technician II
Digital Media & Exhibit Technology Department

The Mariners' Museum 
100 Museum Drive 
Newport News, Virginia  23606
Phone (757) 952-0431 
Fax (757) 591-7335
acarrier at MarinersMuseum.org

www.MarinersMuseum.org
America's National Maritime Museum

-----Original Message-----
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
Jason Bondy
Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 4:34 PM
To: 'Museum Computer Network Listserv'
Subject: [MCN-L] Headphones in exhibits

Hello,

 

This is more of an AV question, but since we all multitask anyway.

 

We have a music exhibit that has been up for a year and will be up
another
14 months.  Within the exhibit are five listening locations with
headphones.
With daily use (and abuse) we have gone through approximately 12 sets of
headphones since the exhibit opened.  

 

I was wondering if anyone had some experience with decent quality
headphones
that are designed for heavy use.  Since it is a Rock and Roll exhibit,
we
aren't really looking for "library study carrel" style, although they
would
probably last longer!  They do need to be tough though, as we often have
large (100+) groups of 4th through 12th graders wandering through the
exhibit.

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Jason

 

_______________________________________________________

Jason Bondy

Exhibit AV/IT Systems

Oklahoma History Center

2401 N. Laird Ave.

Oklahoma City, OK  73105

405-522-0783 - Office

405-522-5402 - Fax

www.okhistory.org

 

 

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