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| What headset do you use to listen to music with your HTC-based smartphone? |
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| Bluetooth Mono |
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| Bluetooth Stereo |
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| Bluetooth Stereo |
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| Shure i-t series with Treo Connector |
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| Shure i-t series with Treo Connector |
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| Other aftermarket 4-conductor stereo |
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10% |
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| Other aftermarket 4-conductor stereo |
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| Standard 3.5mm stereo with 2.5-to-3.5 adapter |
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| Standard 3.5mm stereo with adapter |
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0% |
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| I don't listen to music with my smartphone |
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30% |
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| I don't listen to music with my smartphone |
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bubbahump
Smartphone Neophyte
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
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 Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 1:05 pm Post subject: Wired Headset Holy Grail -- Shure iXc-t Series |
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After unsuccessfully trying several adapters to make my "normal" 3.5mm headsets work with my 2.5mm 4-conductor US T-Mobile SDA (while maintaining microphone and stereo audio), I found a surprisingly poorly marketed solution from Shure...
I just received the Shure i4c-t headset that I ordered on ebay, and it works wonderfully and sounds great! I was worried that the "Treo" connector wouldn't be wired properly for my HTC-based phone, but it has the same 4-conductor connector that the "stock" headset has. Interestingly, the picture of the connector on the outside of the i4c-t box shows a 3-conductor plug, but open up the box and you'll find a 4-conductor version.
There are 2 models of this headset, the standard i4c, and the i4c-t with the "Treo" connector. The standard version is rather bulky and would require a complicated adapter to connect to the SDA; It is really designed to be connected to both a standard cell phone and a second music device simultaneously. Buy the "-t" version for the SDA.
http://www.shurestore.com/iseries/index.html
edit1: Corrected misspelling. edit2: Previous edit deleted the poll...
Last edited by bubbahump on Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:47 am; edited 2 times in total
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sven
Smartphone Sage
Joined: 22 Jun 2004
Posts: 736
Location: Colorado, USA
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| Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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$329.00 MSRP  I didn't pay much more for the unlocked, no contract phone.
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eliteramen
Smartphone Pupil
Joined: 30 Mar 2006
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Mike Temporale
Managing Editor
Joined: 07 Jul 2003
Posts: 9740
Location: Toronto, Canada
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| Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 7:54 am Post subject: |
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For a headset? I don't think so! Wow, that's just nuts. 
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bubbahump
Smartphone Neophyte
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
Posts: 3
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| Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 11:05 am Post subject: |
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| Mike Temporale wrote: |
| For a headset? I don't think so! Wow, that's just nuts. |
Yes... and I am a certified crackerjack. After $200 in rebates I paid only $50 for my SDA, so these i4's cost 150% more than the phone at roughly $200.
However, they sound better than anything else I tried, and I did try a lot: Koss spark plug, UE-3, Shure e2c and e3c (all with a 2.5-3.5 adapter). All of the previous headphones I tried required a bulky adapter set up to connect to the SDA, and provided no microphone for phone calls.
The i4's connect directly to the SDA, and have an in-line volume control, mute and microphone. They are also very comfortable, allowing me to sleep with my ear on a pillow in an airplane without feeling them in my ear, all while blocking the airplane noise.
You could try the i2c-t or i3c-t if you want to save some cash. The i2 is much larger and thus not very comfortable, the i3 doesn't have the same high-end detail of the i4.
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Jerry Raia
Contributing Editor
Joined: 07 Jul 2003
Posts: 5140
Location: Los Angeles
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| Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 12:22 pm Post subject: |
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I see I am not the only one that doesn't listen to music on their phone! HA! 
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bubbahump
Smartphone Neophyte
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:52 am Post subject: |
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I corrected a spelling mistake and accidentally deleted the poll... Then I re-created the poll and there are two of everything... can someone tell me how to fix this?
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