Hi John, On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 10:44:33AM -0600, John Heim wrote: > > I have 2 questions: > 1. Is my experience with the doubletalk LT typical? How long do they usually > last? For $350, I'd expect to get more than a year and a half out of it. No, not typical at all. I have been using this external doubletalk for about ten years with no problems. The volume control is a little scratchy, but if I leave it alone and use the speakup volume commands, it is never noticed. Chuck -- The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (60% of Full) Only 10 kinds of people: those who do binary, and those who do not. But you can get a few downloads from http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh