Last iPhone Post, I Promise

I think everyone knows about the problem with the iPhone's headphone jack. With it being countersunk in so deep, most headphones other than the horrid ones the phone comes with won't fit. I lready had some pretty great headphones of various types. I just knew at least one of them would fit. I was quite irritated to discover that none of them would, even ones specifically designed for portable players. That almost kept me from buying the phone since I take headphone listening a bit too seriously.

Fortunately Shure, the makers of my favorite in ear monitors (earphones), came out with a great adapter. My earphones are a bit too good for the iPhone since like all iPods the sound is rather bleh, but it's not my primary mobile music source so I am trying to let it go.

One additional issue I ran into with the Shure earphones and adapter is having to (or think I had to) take the plug out of the adapter to use them with anything else like a PSP or a portable amplifier. It has taken me all these months to finally get a look at the adapter;s plug and compare it to a headphone's 3.5mm plug. They are the same legnth! iPhone compatible headsets just have an extra section on the plug for voice chat. The adapter's plug fits in any other device that has a jack for a 3.5mm plug. While waiting in line (a long, long line) at the store tonight buying Christmas gifts I tried the adapter with one of my PSPs. It worked fine.

I'm so happy. . "sniff".