Stereo plug coverters 6.3mm to 3.5mm
I happen to have a quite decent pair of Sennheiser HD 25 SP headphones.
Unfortunately they have the larger 6.3mm plug which doesn't fit much these days apart from older component stero systems. Now converters from 3.5mm plugs to 6.3mm plugs work quite well because the smaller plug fits inside the larger plug which fits into a big socket. However converting the other way is not so good, as you have a large plug into a large socket hanging off a small plug into a small socket. I have tried several different converted plugs over the years but never found a realy good one. What would work much better would be a short extension with a 3.5mm plug and a 6.3mm socket. However Google is not being my friend and although I can find a lot of converter plugs I cannot find a converter lead. Before I consider the possibilities of making up one myself has anyone seeen such a beast? URLs welcome :-) Cheers Dave R -- No plan survives contact with the enemy. [Not even bunny] Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") |
Stereo plug coverters 6.3mm to 3.5mm
On 13/09/2010 16:14, David WE Roberts wrote:
What would work much better would be a short extension with a 3.5mm plug and a 6.3mm socket. However Google is not being my friend and although I can find a lot of converter plugs I cannot find a converter lead. Before I consider the possibilities of making up one myself has anyone seeen such a beast? http://www.dv247.com/cables/proel-1-...n-cable--24727 My Sennheisers unplug at the headphone end - do yours? |
Stereo plug coverters 6.3mm to 3.5mm
"Jim" wrote in message ... On 13/09/2010 16:14, David WE Roberts wrote: What would work much better would be a short extension with a 3.5mm plug and a 6.3mm socket. However Google is not being my friend and although I can find a lot of converter plugs I cannot find a converter lead. Before I consider the possibilities of making up one myself has anyone seeen such a beast? http://www.dv247.com/cables/proel-1-...n-cable--24727 My Sennheisers unplug at the headphone end - do yours? Thanks - nothing like posting that you can't find something to aid you in finding it immediately afterwards. I found a Grado extension at as couple of places, including https://www.beststuff.co.uk/. More expensive than the cheapest I found but perhaps it is decent quality. I don't think the cables unplug - I have a red (for right) and black (for left) tag which fit into the body of the phones which could conceivably come out with a sharp tug. However without a very strong assurance that this was part of the design I will not be attempting it ;-) I bought these in a sale and I suspected that they were cheap because they were the old model with the 6.3mm jack instead of the newer model with the 3.5mm jack. However I have just checked and the SP and the SP II both seem to have 6.3mm jacks. So at under £30 they were something of a bargain! Cheers Dave R -- No plan survives contact with the enemy. [Not even bunny] Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") |
Stereo plug coverters 6.3mm to 3.5mm
"Jim" wrote in message ... On 13/09/2010 16:55, David WE Roberts wrote: My Sennheisers unplug at the headphone end - do yours? Thanks - nothing like posting that you can't find something to aid you in finding it immediately afterwards. I found a Grado extension at as couple of places, including https://www.beststuff.co.uk/. More expensive than the cheapest I found but perhaps it is decent quality. I don't think the cables unplug - I have a red (for right) and black (for left) tag which fit into the body of the phones which could conceivably come out with a sharp tug. However without a very strong assurance that this was part of the design I will not be attempting it ;-) Heh. I did find this: http://www.hifiheadphones.co.uk/senn...odid-1146.html But it seems to be more expensive than the price you paid for the headphones... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=140451271162 Getting more tempting at £29.99... -- No plan survives contact with the enemy. [Not even bunny] Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") |
Stereo plug coverters 6.3mm to 3.5mm
On Sep 13, 4:14*pm, "David WE Roberts"
wrote: I happen to have a quite decent pair of Sennheiser HD 25 SP headphones. Unfortunately they have the larger 6.3mm plug which doesn't fit much these days apart from older component stero systems. Now converters from 3.5mm plugs to 6.3mm plugs work quite well because the smaller plug fits inside the larger plug which fits into a big socket. However converting the other way is not so good, as you have a large plug into a large socket hanging off a small plug into a small socket. I have tried several different converted plugs over the years but never found a realy good one. What would work much better would be a short extension with a 3.5mm plug and a 6.3mm socket. However Google is not being my friend and although I can find a lot of converter plugs I cannot find a converter lead. Before I consider the possibilities of making up one myself has anyone seeen such a beast? URLs welcome :-) Cheers Dave R A 1/4" plug doesnt work well with a rigid 1/8" adaptor It doesnt work well with a plug-flex-socket adaptor either, as the adaptor gets misplaced. Replacing 1/4" with 1/8" plug also doesnt work well because the contact integrity of 1/8" jacks is dreadful. So what does work? Adding a 2nd plug to the headphones. It can be wired in to the 1/4" jack plug. Now you dont use an adaptor, cant lose anything, no weight issues, and will never have contact issues when using the bigger plug. NT |
Stereo plug coverters 6.3mm to 3.5mm
David WE Roberts wrote:
"Jim" wrote in message ... On 13/09/2010 16:55, David WE Roberts wrote: My Sennheisers unplug at the headphone end - do yours? Thanks - nothing like posting that you can't find something to aid you in finding it immediately afterwards. I found a Grado extension at as couple of places, including https://www.beststuff.co.uk/. More expensive than the cheapest I found but perhaps it is decent quality. I don't think the cables unplug - I have a red (for right) and black (for left) tag which fit into the body of the phones which could conceivably come out with a sharp tug. However without a very strong assurance that this was part of the design I will not be attempting it ;-) Heh. I did find this: http://www.hifiheadphones.co.uk/senn...odid-1146.html But it seems to be more expensive than the price you paid for the headphones... Thanks for the link anyway. If I hadn't found an adapter cable I might have considered this. If the solution doesn't work i might still consider this. The picture does show the small connectors very nicely - a design feature which could benefit other headphones, I think. I WILL NOT take the connectors out.....I WILL NOT take the connectors out...... Why not just solder on one of these? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/High-Quality-G...item3f0095400d |
Stereo plug coverters 6.3mm to 3.5mm
"David WE Roberts" wrote in message ... "Jim" wrote in message ... On 13/09/2010 16:14, David WE Roberts wrote: What would work much better would be a short extension with a 3.5mm plug and a 6.3mm socket. However Google is not being my friend and although I can find a lot of converter plugs I cannot find a converter lead. Before I consider the possibilities of making up one myself has anyone seeen such a beast? http://www.dv247.com/cables/proel-1-...n-cable--24727 My Sennheisers unplug at the headphone end - do yours? Thanks - nothing like posting that you can't find something to aid you in finding it immediately afterwards. I found a Grado extension at as couple of places, including https://www.beststuff.co.uk/. More expensive than the cheapest I found but perhaps it is decent quality. snip Cable turned up packaged in a very fancy heat sealed black plastic envelope. All very smart, with 'Grado Prestige Mini Adapter Cable' written on it. I am very pleased with it so far - good sound quality and no obvious problems, so much better than the plug adapters. A replacement cable would be smarter and neater but I can't justify the extra cost at the moment :-) Cheers Dave R -- No plan survives contact with the enemy. [Not even bunny] Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") |
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