USB Stupidity -> 3.5mm stereo jack convertor

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Spotted at Expansys for an outrageous £9.95:

http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?...7&sbadd=138247

Add postage on and it's almost £15. It's a whole lot of money for something so small. I'm debating on whether to buy this or whether to spend £20 on a soldering iron, Helping hands, 4m silver solder and female 3.5" adapter to customise the included 'phones.

I've already done a quick (and somewhat untidy) job with an old soldering iron and some stone age solder last used in the 70's... Sounds Ok. Although the Vario 2's sound chip isn't exactly up to much through my Sennheiser's (using PocketMusic's EQ). It's certainly no match for my iRiver iHP120 which produces a lovely deep bass.

Perhaps I should try a different piece of EQing software?

Is it possible to make a converter which allows charging and audio out?

Originally Posted by 8Ball

Is it possible to make a converter which allows charging and audio out?

This one perhaps? http://www.mobileplanet.com/product.asp?code=140425

Originally Posted by TheBrit

This one perhaps? http://www.mobileplanet.com/product.asp?code=140425

now they just need to incorperate it into a car holder.

I want one of those FM transmitters, so i can make calls and hear them via my car-radio, and charge at the same time.

i bought one of these and it's not worth the money to be honest.

it's quite loose fitting so that anything touching the adaptor can cause the headphones to cut out / switch to a single side, etc.

still, i suppose it's better than nothing until something better comes along.

Originally Posted by frustin

now they just need to incorperate it into a car holder.

I want one of those FM transmitters, so i can make calls and hear them via my car-radio, and charge at the same time.

That'd also be nice for streaming audio over the net.

Originally Posted by g00nerz

Add postage on and it's almost £15. It's a whole lot of money for something so small. I'm debating on whether to buy this or whether to spend £20 on a soldering iron, Helping hands, 4m silver solder and female 3.5" adapter to customise the included 'phones.

I've already done a quick (and somewhat untidy) job with an old soldering iron and some stone age solder last used in the 70's... Sounds Ok. Although the Vario 2's sound chip isn't exactly up to much through my Sennheiser's (using PocketMusic's EQ). It's certainly no match for my iRiver iHP120 which produces a lovely deep bass.

Perhaps I should try a different piece of EQing software?

I've spent around £17 on getting a soldering kit, Helping Hands, solder, plug etc and now have a nicely finished handsfree/headphone cable with a 3.5mm female plug. Well worth it actually, because apart from being able to use my superb Sennheiser noise cancelling 'phones with my Vario II, I've actually learnt a great new skill... Soldering!

Link to the method I used from 4winmobile.
Link to the other short cable method at tracy&matt

Not as hard or as intimidating as I first imagined. I'm probably the clumsiest bloke in the world with huge hands, so if I can do it anyone can!

P.S. If you're gonna do this, you simply MUST buy a Helping Hands... £3.99 at toolspot.co.uk. Bargain!

Probably not needed, but I must second the complaint about the Expansys adapter. It's much larger (longer) than it needs to be, and it is very loose in the socket, any slight pull in any direction will cause it to cut-out. Better than nothing, but only just. I hope someone improves upon this very soon. I like the "do it yourself" adapter, but am not yet fully prepared to destroy my wired headset. I guess no one knows a place to buy these weird connectors for making your own cable without destroying your wired headset?

There is any way to ship it to Brazil? I've been looking in the Ebay and find nothing about that converter. Also looked in the stores and none of them ships to Brazil. I really don't wanna cut the original Headset. If anyone knows a way to do that, i'll appreciate that...