[COLUG] (slightly off topc): Audio hardware mixers for multiple computers

[William Yang]

This is not strictly speaking a Linux issue, but it occurs to me that there 
may be others who have run into this problem and have have ideas, thoughts, 
or suggestions.

Right now, I have four machines that are used for audio in my office -- a 
Mac, a Windows workstation, my Linux workstation, and my docked laptop. 
Generally speaking, I want to be able to hear all of these devices at once 
(I use audio cues from systems for all manner of tasks) but want to reduce 
the number of speakers and potentially the power draw associated with them. 
  Note that KVM with audio is not a great solution, in that it (1) requires 
me to replace my relatively large KVM investment and (2) doesn't satisfy 
the multiple sources at once desire/need/requirement.

Does anyone have any ideas on inexpensive mixers for this kind of 
application?  I'm not looking for much (I don't think!) -- simple, low 
power draw, up to 4 inputs, possibly with a small amplifier?  Preferably AC 
powered, or AC/DC converter powered.  I started doing research, but 
realized other people may have already solved this problem....

	-Bill
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William Yang
wyang at gcfn.net