[stormuk]

OK o learned ones.
Does any one know of a headphone -NOT IN EAR or Clip on that is reasonable quality that comes with a 2.5mm plug as std.
The reason is I have been given a MP3 player without any phones at all. It is the same thickness as an IPOD nano but has a 2.5mm socket and the only adaptors to 3.5mm that I have seen are horrendously bulky.
I don't want to change the plug on an existing set because I dislike soldering that small a plug, plus I would then need an adaptor to use them elsewhere.
Other option would be a small patch lead like my Cardas HPI so it could be used to the head unit in the car.

 

[StealthR6]

Sennheiser MM30's, I bought a pair for my Sanyo MM9000 cell phone. They sound great, not PX100 great but close. Plus it was the only good ones I could find. I think they also make the MM40's? but I cant find them online anywhere.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16826106022

 

[timmins]

http://www.proporta.com/F03/i/Headphone_adatpor01.jpg

this doesn't seem to bulky

 

[stewtheking]

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Originally Posted by timmins http://www.proporta.com/F03/i/Headphone_adatpor01.jpg this doesn't seem to bulky

Out of something like a nano, that is going to look the size of a house, and be just as cumbersome as one in your pocket.

You could always recable something up yourself, however I haven't seen DIYable 2.5mm plugs anywhere, maybe somebody else has a link...

 

[Febs]

This adaptor might work. I have one for my Treo, and it is definitely less bulky than the one linked to above:

http://www.seidioonline.com/index.as...PROD&ProdID=94

 

[stormuk]

Thanks guys ,
Have since found an adaptor from a UK source will get it at the end of the month.

 

[mattigol]

how about those smartphones that have mic contacts implemented in their 2.5 mm plugs like my imate k-jam? Are there any cheap adapters that let me use a standard stereo phone (like my KSC 35) with my cell phone, bypassing the mic? I have asked this before elsewhere, and been told to order at verizon or other cell phone shops, but I am hopful to source such an adapter for less than 20 US$ .Any ideas?

 

[tmann]

Quote:

Originally Posted by mattigol how about those smartphones that have mic contacts implemented in their 2.5 mm plugs like my imate k-jam? Are there any cheap adapters that let me use a standard stereo phone (like my KSC 35) with my cell phone, bypassing the mic? I have asked this before elsewhere, and been told to order at verizon or other cell phone shops, but I am hopful to source such an adapter for less than 20 US$ .Any ideas?

call cingular stores in your area - some have them for $5. depending on your phone, most use a 4 pin 2.5mm connection, which means the adapter would have 3 black stripes on that end (the Radio Shack ones won't work, and that 2 in inch straight plug IS unwieldy, especially if the socket is on the side of the phone).

there are a lot of them cheap on ebay also. search - 2.5 3.5mm adapter, and make sure the one you get has 3 stripes on the male end. these and the cingular ones are not bulky at all, just a 4 in (or so) extension to the headphone cable.

 

[tmann]

Quote:

Originally Posted by mattigol how about those smartphones that have mic contacts implemented in their 2.5 mm plugs like my imate k-jam? Are there any cheap adapters that let me use a standard stereo phone (like my KSC 35) with my cell phone, bypassing the mic? I have asked this before elsewhere, and been told to order at verizon or other cell phone shops, but I am hopful to source such an adapter for less than 20 US$ .Any ideas?

call cingular stores in your area - some have them for $5. depending on your phone, most use a 4 pin 2.5mm connection, which means the adapter would have 3 black stripes on that end (the Radio Shack ones won't work, and that 2 in inch straight plug IS unwieldy, especially if the socket is on the side of the phone).

there are a lot of them cheap on ebay also. search - 2.5 3.5mm adapter, and make sure the one you get has 3 stripes on the male end. these and the cingular ones are not bulky at all, just a 4 in (or so) extension to the headphone cable.

I found one at a cingular store and now i'm listening to KSC-35s on my phone (until I get the CK7s).