quick-disconnect headphone connectors

Possibly / probably proprietary. What make and model ?

Graham

I didn't get to see... I was in the metro (subway) and some guy's headphones got snagged in the turnstiles and I saw the wire fly away. I got a quick look and all I remember is something the size of a Tic Tac at the end of each phone's bit of wire. And I was like "what a great idea"! My Portapros have had a rough life but they still sound great. I gotta keep looking. I guess if I keep Googling I'll eventually hit it. Maybe something like my Nokia's super small 1mm power barrel-connector... Hmmmm....

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Probably Sennheiser SP-25's or similar. They have a small pronged plug that fit directly to a socket on the phones. If you are up for modifications, use a small PCB plug/pin header method. You could attach the end or the wire to a thread as a loop too, such that small tugs can't pull the plug annoyingly, but strong ones snap the thread, pull the plug, and protect the cables and phones. Better to buy the cheapest Sennheisers that use plugs though.

This?

That doesn't exactly sound like the same thing, but it looks like a good idea. The problem with plugs at the sides of a notebook is you have less control over what might push against the plug. This is especially true if you use it anwhere other than a table or desk. I saw one Dell where the USB plug got sideways pressure on it and the 5V supply got shorted, causing a metaldown. Now my understanding was the port is current limited, but I was told some boxes don't limit each port individually. So you think you are getting 0.5A limit, but a 4 port box might put out 2A

Same idea, other end of the cable. Tell you the truth, I want to splice my Nokia's earbud/mic cable to my Portapros. Then I'd get decent sound and take calls too. (Yeah all the ladies calling me natch) I'll dig some more.