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Old 27-10-2008, 12:13 PM   #1
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Headphones with controls

Hi All

I'm after a decent mid range set of headphones (£80 or so) but am being hampered by a specific requirement I have: namely, I need some form of controller on the cord. To explain, I use my Iphone for my music, with the stock (rubbish) headphones including a single button on the cord which allows you to control the songs. One click pauses, two skips forward, three skips back. It's not rocket science but its bloody useful when its such a faff to dig the phone out of your pocket, unlock it and then fiddle with it to change the song.

In sort, any new set of headphones needs a similar feature. I've been looking at Shure SE102's and Phillips SHE9850's, but none of them appear to have such a feature.

Can anybody think of another product which might fit the bill. It's such a simple thing but its an essential to me and without it I might be stuck with the dreaded stock earphones for life. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
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Re: Headphones with controls

Well there's no sophisticated way to say this, so I'll just come right out with it...... BUMP

Come on guys. There is the prize of being my best friend and/or getting to come to my birthday party on the table here. Who could possibly resist?
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Re: Headphones with controls

I don't think you'll find any standard headphones with this, you'll need to look for some designed with the Iphone in mind or an inline device to do it that will accept a standard headphone jack plug.

Sorry!
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Old 05-11-2008, 7:22 PM   #4
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Re: Headphones with controls

Dang. Thanks for the response
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