<div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks, Ron, for volunteering before I had a chance.. Paul, I would recommend powered USB ports if you're dealing with audio devices (ideally I'd use powered for any devices, if possible). </div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 18 Aug 2026 at 14:44, Ron Singh <<a href="mailto:ronsingh149@gmail.com">ronsingh149@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Paul,
thanks for doing all the troubleshooting on top of all the KWLUG work
you and Andrew have been doing for so many years. </div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Re: USB 2.0 hub, pretty sure I have some unpowered 2-porters, and some
powered 4-porters at my local shop. I will check to day.</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Let
me know soonest which type would suit you best -- though I think, best
to give you both types as a just-in-case I have both as no one will ever need such
things anymore at the shop.</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">I will know what I have around 2PM after meets.<br>Also, let me know days and blocks of time when I can meet you for the handover assuming I have bits.</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">I
will email you right after 2PM re: stock/no stock. If no stock, I will
grab something from CC or Amazon to donate to KWLUG, no worries there.</div></div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><i><font size="4"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif"></span></font></i></div><div><i><font size="4"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif">Ron S.</span></font></i></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 18, 2026 at 12:59\u202fAM Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc <<a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org" target="_blank">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Thanks to a generous benefactor we may have a solution that improves<br>
our sound quality. The tradeoffs are that the setup is more complicated,<br>
and we have to be more mindful of speaking into microphones, as<br>
opposed to getting a microphone to pick up our audience Q&A. <br>
<br>
After the test session I realized that we may also benefit from a USB2<br>
hub. We had a setup where we were getting input from the generous<br>
benefactor's microphones and piping output to the in-room speakers,<br>
but that probably won't work when a presenter is hooked up to HDMI. If<br>
you have a hub that you could donate to the cause, then you can be a<br>
generous benefactor too.<br>
<br>
Also, thanks to the people who helped with the testing this evening.<br>
Having some extra ears on hand really helped.<br>
<br>
- Paul<br>
<br>
<br>
On Mon, Aug 17, 2026 at 06:11:59PM -0400, Paul Nijjar wrote:<br>
> <br>
> I am online now if anybody wants to join.<br>
> <a href="https://webconference.kwlug.org/room/kwlug" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://webconference.kwlug.org/room/kwlug</a><br>
> <br>
> - Paul<br>
> <br>
> On Thu, Aug 13, 2026 at 12:36:28PM -0400, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote:<br>
> > As some of you may have noticed, the sound quality has gotten bad with<br>
> > our conference microphone. This may be the new room or it may be<br>
> > something else.<br>
> > <br>
> > I am planning to experiment with some sound setups Monday, Aug 17,<br>
> > starting at 6pm. It would be helpful if a few people could help by<br>
> > joining me online, at the usual room<br>
> > <a href="https://webconference.kwlug.org/room/kwlug" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://webconference.kwlug.org/room/kwlug</a> . If you are available to<br>
> > help with this then let me know.<br>
> > <br>
> > If people want to help in the room then that might be useful? I am<br>
> > thinking that is less necessary. But if you are interested in that let<br>
> > me know that too. <br>
> > <br>
> > - Paul<br>
> > <br>
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