iPod & Headset?

Anybody know of a "box", which I could you use to hook my iPod to my
Headset? Earbuds plus Headset is too much cable hanging around... ;-)

Cheers,
jens

PS: I've checked out those cellphone adapters, but they are just too
expensive...

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PS Engineering sells a little gizmo called "the muse" which should work just
fine - a little in-line box you plug in your headset and your external music
source into.


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"Jens Krueger" wrote in message
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Anybody know of a "box", which I could you use to hook my iPod to my
Headset? Earbuds plus Headset is too much cable hanging around... ;-)

Cheers,
jens

PS: I've checked out those cellphone adapters, but they are just too
expensive...

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$200 !!!!! I think I will just have to sing to myself !!!

Rob



"David Herman" wrote in message
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PS Engineering sells a little gizmo called "the muse" which should work
just
fine - a little in-line box you plug in your headset and your external
music
source into.


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"Jens Krueger" wrote in message
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Anybody know of a "box", which I could you use to hook my iPod to my
Headset? Earbuds plus Headset is too much cable hanging around... ;-)

Cheers,
jens

PS: I've checked out those cellphone adapters, but they are just too
expensive...

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Jens,

well, one solution might be to buy a headset that has a music interface
- and the ANR you always wanted. You'll need a stereo headset with
decent sound quality anyway. Strikes me as more cost efficient than the
200-$-add-on-boxes as they come from PSE. Lightspeeds would be my first
recommendation.

Another solution would be to wire the music input of the panel-mount
intercom or get a portable intercom with a music input. This needs to
be stereo, of course.

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(Jens Krueger) wrote in message ...
Anybody know of a "box", which I could you use to hook my iPod to my
Headset? Earbuds plus Headset is too much cable hanging around... ;-)

Cheers,
jens

PS: I've checked out those cellphone adapters, but they are just too
expensive...


I'd also recommend a Lightspeed ANR headset. I just bought a 20 3G
and am stunned by how well it works. Comes ready to go for cell
phones, MP3 player, etc. Has a nice feature to cut off the music
whenever ATC calls (this can be disabled as well).

Sam

My Lightspeed 30G ANR headset has an input plug in the battery box for
an audio device. It automatically mutes the music when a radio
transmission (in or out) occurs, and the stereo sound is fabulous.

Thomas Borchert wrote in message ...

Another solution would be to wire the music input of the panel-mount
intercom or get a portable intercom with a music input. This needs to
be stereo, of course.

I haven't had great luck with this method. The portable players
(iPod, Walkman) designed to drive a set of earbuds don't seem to have
enough output power to provide a strong signal to the intercom. When
I plug one of these into the input jack of the intercomm, I have to
crank the volume on the player up to maximum and it's barely audible
over the background noise in flight.

When I'm flying by myself, I use the small earbuds under the
headset.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

David Herman wrote:

PS Engineering sells a little gizmo called "the muse" which should work just
fine - a little in-line box you plug in your headset and your external music
source into.

Thanks for that recommendation but $200 is a little over my budget...

Plus I don't really need any automatic muting, music sensing or other
fancy stuff. Just a simple box to plug the iPod in... Is that really
that difficult (read expensive) to fabricate?

Cheers,
Jens

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Thomas Borchert wrote:

Jens,

well, one solution might be to buy a headset that has a music interface
- and the ANR you always wanted.

I'm very happy with my Bose X, so on that end I'm covered. Best Headset
ever, and I've tried a lot (IMO of course).

You'll need a stereo headset with
decent sound quality anyway. Strikes me as more cost efficient than the
200-$-add-on-boxes as they come from PSE. Lightspeeds would be my first
recommendation.

Personally I don't like the Lightspeeds, and I've tried them almost all,
via former students and friends. My Bose have now "logged" over 2000 hrs
and are quite scratched and all but still work flawlessly. In my
experience they are on par qualitywise with the DCs I had before.

Even with the Koss In-Ear buds I'm using right now, the sound quality
coming from the iPod is excellent. It has very thin wires so the Bose
seals very well, I almost don't hear the engines over the music and the
volume isn't set very high.

It's just that I want to get rid of the extra cables. I don't need
auto-muting or intercom, since I'm listening to music only if I'm not
talking to ATC anyways. And since I'm flying single-pilot I don't need
(or even have) an Intercom in the plane.

There must be something plane jane out there.... :-\

Cheers,
Jens

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John,

When
I plug one of these into the input jack of the intercomm, I have to
crank the volume on the player up to maximum and it's barely audible
over the background noise in flight.


Are we talking about the Garmin 340 audio panel? That's a known problem
- and there's a work-around and a fic by Garmin. If you're interested
in the details, I'll provide them.

Also, yes, this can be a problem.

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