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The mophie case has a long narrow hole for the headphones. They supply a short
extender. I think it's hokey.

I have Seinhowser headphone with mic that fit, but I want to run to the gym and plug them in and the plugs with the mic won't plug in at the gym.

I'm looking for headphones that will work and plug into the gym tv. Without having to use the Mophie Extender.

I'm a professional musician and sound is very important to me.
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#1. If a smart phone accessory(a case, screen protector) interferes with one or more of the phone's BASIC functions, like plugging headphones or an Aux jack, it should be recalled from market and not sold until a redesign.


#2. Return your Mophie brand case for a full refund and find another case!


With that out of the way, your 5s should amply drive the Bowers & Wilkins now storming the market, the Grado SR60 thru 125, a Sennheiser HD-280, as well as any TRRS(mic equiped) cans or buds.
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Why not use an extension cable or an adaptor that is thin enough to fit?
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On Friday, October 24, 2014 3:41:21 PM UTC-4, Scott Dorsey wrote:
Why not use an extension cable or an adaptor that is thin enough to fit?
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Shouldn't have to force consumers to buy adapters for a function as basic as plugging in headphones/buds.

Shop for a different case!
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On 10/22/14, 11:16 AM, Low Hertz wrote:
The mophie case has a long narrow hole for the headphones. They
supply a short extender. I think it's hokey.

I have Seinhowser headphone with mic that fit, but I want to run to
the gym and plug them in and the plugs with the mic won't plug in at
the gym.

I'm looking for headphones that will work and plug into the gym tv.
Without having to use the Mophie Extender.

I'm a professional musician and sound is very important to me.


I ran into this problem for an iSkin case I bought for my iPod. In this
case the hole provided was circular but with a diameter too small for my
Etymotic 6s. So I took a drill bit that was a little bigger than the
hole, I turned the bit by hand so to shave through a bigger diameter. I
turned the bit by hand because I was afraid I'd crack the plastic if I
turned it with the motor. It worked great, didn't take long, and it
looks good too. I suppose this could be done through a slot, but you
might have a hard time keeping the bit centered.
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On 10/24/2014 4:49 PM, wrote:
Shouldn't have to force consumers to buy adapters for a function as basic as plugging in headphones/buds.


I once wrote an editorial entitled "Let George Do It" (that's an old
saying probably from before your time) that was about this very thing -
I was seeing a lot of audio products that were incomplete in themselves
and you needed to buy something that you weren't likely to have on hand
in order to use it. The point was that the product manufacturer didn't
give you the whole package, you ("George") had to do the research and
find what you needed to make it work in your system.

One example is a CD player with a coax digital output and a receiver
with a Toslink digital input for a CD player. Sure, you could buy a
different CD player with a Toslink output if you already had the
receiver, but maybe you like everything else about that particular CD
player.

Adapters are usually cheap. If I want a new laptop computer that will
let me use my Firewire audio interfaces, I'm going to either have to buy
a Mac and a Thunderbolt adapter, wait for PCs with Thunderbolt ports to
become common enough so I have a wider choice than just a couple, or buy
an old new laptop computer.

Life goes on, as long as you have money or patience.


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On 10/24/2014 5:07 PM, Matt Faunce wrote:
I ran into this problem for an iSkin case I bought for my iPod. In this
case the hole provided was circular but with a diameter too small for my
Etymotic 6s. So I took a drill bit that was a little bigger than the hole,


My Nomad Jukebox had a bezel around the mini jack for the line input the
prevented any of the mini plug cables from fully engaging with the jack.
I took a couple and whittled down the edge of the plug shell so it would
go all the way in. Intermittent problem solved!

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On 10/24/14, 5:43 PM, Mike Rivers wrote:
On 10/24/2014 5:07 PM, Matt Faunce wrote:
I ran into this problem for an iSkin case I bought for my iPod. In this
case the hole provided was circular but with a diameter too small for my
Etymotic 6s. So I took a drill bit that was a little bigger than the
hole,


My Nomad Jukebox had a bezel around the mini jack for the line input the
prevented any of the mini plug cables from fully engaging with the jack.
I took a couple and whittled down the edge of the plug shell so it would
go all the way in. Intermittent problem solved!


Yup. But what's a couple?

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On 10/24/2014 5:52 PM, Matt Faunce wrote:
Yup. But what's a couple?


A tool for whittling cable connectors. Look it up on Google, dummy!

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On 10/24/14, 6:03 PM, Mike Rivers wrote:
On 10/24/2014 5:52 PM, Matt Faunce wrote:
Yup. But what's a couple?


A tool for whittling cable connectors. Look it up on Google, dummy!


Hey man, I was googling. I found some good advise for relationships.

And couplers:
http://www.lowes.com/pd_235477-47120...ple&facetInfo=

So I asked. But that's cool. I didn't know about that tool.

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Mike Rivers:

Oooooh yeah - we "Let George Do It" and that section of the world ain't been right since.

LOLOLOL

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On 10/24/2014 6:07 PM, Matt Faunce wrote:
Hey man, I was googling. I found some good advise for relationships.


Hey, man, I was only kidding about the tool. I meant (and I assume you
could figure this out) a couple of cables, like two, or maybe three if I
couldn't find one of the first two I cut down.

I actually used my pocket knife.

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On 10/24/14, 9:02 PM, Mike Rivers wrote:
On 10/24/2014 6:07 PM, Matt Faunce wrote:
Hey man, I was googling. I found some good advise for relationships.


Hey, man, I was only kidding about the tool. I meant (and I assume you
could figure this out) a couple of cables, like two, or maybe three if I
couldn't find one of the first two I cut down.

I actually used my pocket knife.


OMG. shaking head at myself I make these reading mistakes all the time.

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Shouldn't have to force consumers to buy adapters for
a function as basic as plugging in headphones/buds.


The problem is that 3.5mm plugs are rarely long and narrow. And for a good
reason. The plug wouldn't be as sturdy, and the torque on the jack would be
greater, increasing the chance of damage.

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Matt Faunce wrote:
On 10/24/14, 5:43 PM, Mike Rivers wrote:
On 10/24/2014 5:07 PM, Matt Faunce wrote:
I ran into this problem for an iSkin case I bought for my iPod. In this
case the hole provided was circular but with a diameter too small for my
Etymotic 6s. So I took a drill bit that was a little bigger than the
hole,


My Nomad Jukebox had a bezel around the mini jack for the line input the
prevented any of the mini plug cables from fully engaging with the jack.
I took a couple and whittled down the edge of the plug shell so it would
go all the way in. Intermittent problem solved!


Yup. But what's a couple?



Something most of us are half of.

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On Friday, October 24, 2014 9:54:10 PM UTC-4, William Sommerwerck wrote:
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The problem is that 3.5mm plugs are rarely long and narrow. And for a good
reason. The plug wouldn't be as sturdy, and the torque on the jack would be
greater, increasing the chance of damage.


The plugs aren't what need changing. The designer of accessories need to work around them, as well as other features on the device they are designing it for(cameras, microphones, etc.).

Of course, I get flamed for stating simple common sense...
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The problem is that 3.5mm plugs are rarely long and narrow.
And for a good reason. The plug wouldn't be as sturdy, and
the torque on the jack would be greater, increasing the chance of damage.


The plugs aren't what need changing. The designers of accessories need
to work around them, as well as other features on the device they are
designing it for(cameras, microphones, etc.).
Of course, I get flamed for stating simple common sense...


Being an anti-business socialist, I normally take the consumer's side. But in
this case (pun intended)...

The problem with making a hole wide enough for "any" plug is that it might
weaken the case. My iRiver H120 came with a real leather carrying case and a
short adapter to allow headphone with "fat" plugs to be fitted (as the Brits
would say).



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On Friday, October 24, 2014 2:07:17 PM UTC-7, Matt Faunce wrote:
On 10/22/14, 11:16 AM, Low Hertz wrote:
The mophie case has a long narrow hole for the headphones. They
supply a short extender. I think it's hokey.

I have Seinhowser headphone with mic that fit, but I want to run to
the gym and plug them in and the plugs with the mic won't plug in at
the gym.

I'm looking for headphones that will work and plug into the gym tv.
Without having to use the Mophie Extender.

I'm a professional musician and sound is very important to me.


I ran into this problem for an iSkin case I bought for my iPod. In this
case the hole provided was circular but with a diameter too small for my
Etymotic 6s. So I took a drill bit that was a little bigger than the
hole, I turned the bit by hand so to shave through a bigger diameter. I
turned the bit by hand because I was afraid I'd crack the plastic if I
turned it with the motor. It worked great, didn't take long, and it
looks good too. I suppose this could be done through a slot, but you
might have a hard time keeping the bit centered.
--
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That's a very creative answer. It would still need a straight and not an angled plug.
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On Friday, October 24, 2014 3:41:21 PM UTC-4, Scott Dorsey wrote:
Why not use an extension cable or an adaptor that is thin enough to fit?
--scott
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Shouldn't have to force consumers to buy adapters for a function as basic as plugging in headphones/buds.

Shop for a different case!


Other than having to use the short headphone adapter, I love the Mophie case.
I've used them for IPHONE 3 for years. I chronically drop my IPHONE and the Mophies protected them.

The only time I broke my glass was when I dropped it on the ground, glass side down and there were pebbles there.

And, I love the battery on the Mophie. I need the battery on the Mophie.
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"Low Hertz" skrev i en meddelelse
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A Seinhowser Headset fits without an adaptor, but won't plug into
the TV at the gym.


That IS an important concern, yes, it is not possible to do serious audio
production work without being plugged into the tv at the gym.

And the Seinhowser, sounds pretty good, but when you listen to
Tchaikovsky's
1812 overture it breaks up


It is not always the transducer that distorts when distortion occurs.
Additional options to consider are the ears and the playback device and most
certainly pre-existing distortion in the track you play back.


Kind regards

Peter Larsen



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On 10/25/2014 9:48 AM, Low Hertz wrote:
A Seinhowser Headset fits without an adaptor, but won't plug into the TV at the gym.


I'm unaware of this brand. Could you be talking about Sennheiser?


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William Sommerwerck wrote:

The problem with making a hole wide enough for "any" plug is that it might
weaken the case. My iRiver H120 came with a real leather carrying case and a
short adapter to allow headphone with "fat" plugs to be fitted (as the Brits
would say).


Consumer product designers make products that are intended to be as cheap
as possible and appeal to as many people as possible.

If they don't do what you want, if they don't work the way you want them
to, change them.

Humans are tool-using animals, it is what sets us apart from most lower
animals. Do not be afraid to void warranties, do not take some lawyer's
claim that there are no user serviceable parts inside. Change it until
it does what you want.
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Jeff Henig writes:

Mike Rivers wrote:
On 10/25/2014 9:48 AM, Low Hertz wrote:
A Seinhowser Headset fits without an adaptor, but won't plug into the TV at the gym.


I'm unaware of this brand. Could you be talking about Sennheiser?



Seinhowser. Made by Doogie.


Just to be clear, Jeff, I believe you're referring to the German language version of
that show.

Frank
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