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Old 15th Jul 2007, 3:40 pm
jo gobel jo gobel is offline
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Default 2.5mm jack from Radio Shack...

ok, so after reading reply after reply about how the 2.5mm to 3.5mm adapters will cause static or bad sound overall, i decided to do something different...

i was not about to chop up a set of good $45 Sony earbuds, so I went and got a set of $18 Koss KEB/24g earbuds to cut up.

while at radio shack i came across part # 274-298 , it is a right angle 2.5mm stereo jack which requires soldering. this is not an issue for me, as i am decent with a solder iron. however, i do not know which solder points are for the earbud speakers.

obviously i know which one the ground is, but there are 2 other wires, blue and red, and 2 solder locations. so my questions are as follows...

1. do the obvious and solder one to each point?

2. twist the blue and red together and solder to one point, if so, which one (center or middle)? outside is for ground.


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