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[sinkblot]

not to turn this into the ask-paul-technical-questions, but I wasn't clear on your last comment... meaning, you didn't answer my question at all. Should I buy a million cheap splitters, or try to solder some kind of crazy hub

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[chomps]

Me = Not internet, lately. But I am still just as easy to get ahold of as I always am.

Anyway, to semi-answer your question, don't buy splitters. At least, I'd try first making the connections myself, but not with a single crazy hub. Too many things can go wrong with that. I would suggest having some sort of long "master" wire that you can connect to each earphone along the line. However, before you do any of this, it may be necessary to do a little research, i.e. figuring out resistance and standard voltage limits of earbuds, as compared to a regular speaker. Also, this research should include the creation of what I would like to call the "sound helmet". More details to come, but you can call me at home if you want more ideas. I know how much you like my answering machine.

[sinkblot]

as long as your answering machine doesn't involve a part of a song... don't know where to begin to say what's wrong with those. A friend suggested getting a heavy duty speaker wire, and stripping off individual strands - one to an earbud... thoughts on that?

[chomps]

I don't really see the point in stripping the wire to pieces. All you really need is to make a connection, and I figure it makes more sense to keep the stripping on the earbud side of things. With the number you're planning on using, you'd need a lot of speaker wire otherwise.

But I figure the details would essentially involve a stereo of some kind (hopefully a cheap one), some kind of long speaker-wire strand that would extend all around the room, and earbuds connecting to the strand all along the line. Another possibility involves stringing them like christmas lights, but that would only be useful for the purpose of increasing resistance in the wire, assuming that's necessary. It would obviously have the same problem that christmas lights have, i.e. if one connection is bad, they all go out.

Of course, all of this ignores the most pressing question (in my mind) which is, would this sound like crap? Or, I guess, what would it sound like? The answer will require that further testing be done, i.e. the sound helmet.