The 3.5mm to Lightning issue could be resolved with a $10 or less adapter.

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Wayne 
Merritt
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2021 9:40 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Wired alternative to Apple Lightning earbuds

All,
My original purpose in not buying the 'earbuds from Apple was partly price, but 
it was also their construction. Granted, these aren't as advanced as other 
models out there, not to mention the wireless choices, but I have had quite a 
few gradually or suddenly lose sound in one ear, exhibit a crackling sound 
randomly in 1 ear, or even 1 earbud set physically came apart while I was 
listening to an American football game. Like someone else has said, whenever I 
get a new device I typically buy 1 or 2 extra earbuds, if only to stockpile. My 
sighted wife has had the same issue, though I'm not sure hers has been as 
frequent as mine. Finally, 1 of the recommendations given was for a 3.5mm jack, 
but I would need a Lightning jack or chord for the earbuds. 

Kind regards, 



Wayne Merritt
Sent from my iPhone 11

> On Jun 25, 2021, at 7:15 PM, Simon A Fogarty <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Yah that's true but I also get the sound that I need,
> 
> I could pay $35 for the apple earpods wired, But hey sony do the job.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of 
> Anthony Vece
> Sent: Saturday, 26 June 2021 12:00 pm
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Wired alternative to Apple Lightning earbuds
> 
> Well Simon, you get what you pay for.
> 
> Sent from my Verizon iPhone 12 Pro!!!
> 
>> On Jun 25, 2021, at 7:58 PM, Simon A Fogarty <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Yeah I've kept headphones from the phones and iPods I've purchased 
>> over the years,
>> 
>> And just gone through those as I need them.
>> 
>> I did give a couple of pair away  but the only real issue I have with 
>> them now is that I have a couple of lightening connection versions sitting 
>> in a box, But they don't connect to my notebook when I'm running windows.
>> 
>> So I purchased a couple of sony headphones similar design but crap sound and 
>> they cost me $9 each NZ.
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf 
>> Of Sieghard Weitzel
>> Sent: Saturday, 26 June 2021 5:01 am
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: RE: Wired alternative to Apple Lightning earbuds
>> 
>> I know he said he was looking for alternatives, but for me an alternative 
>> which its inside the ear and blocks off all or most sound is not an 
>> alternative. Despite the fact that the Apple Earbuds break from time to time 
>> I still think they are the best wired ear buds on the market as far as sound 
>> qualiy, functionality and not blocking out external noise are concerned. If 
>> you can find them for $10 or $15 from sources like eBay, Amazon or GroupOn 
>> then that would be pretty acceptable to me, I would just buy 4 or 5 at a 
>> time and use them up. I use mie all the time and I'm pretty hard on them as 
>> well, just yesterday I accidently dropped them and rolled over one of the 
>> ear pieces with my office chair, ell, so much for that, if it had been one 
>> of the Apple Airpods Pro I would have been a lot more upset!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf 
>> Of Joe Orozco
>> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2021 8:57 AM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: Wired alternative to Apple Lightning earbuds
>> 
>> I think the point is Wayne did not want to spend more money on the Apple 
>> EarPods. Giving him ways to spend less on the same product isn’t solving his 
>> issue.
>> 
>> Wayne, try this alternative:
>> 
>> https://amzn.to/3w65LPX
>> 
>> Joe
>> 
>> 
>>>> On 6/24/21, Kelly Pierce <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> I bought refurbished EarPods on eBay for $9. It sounds like the 
>>> issue you have with them is price. I was sent a broken EarPod once, 
>>> and it was replaced without hassle.
>>> 
>>> Kelly
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 6/24/21, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Hi Wayne,
>>>> 
>>>> I have not looked in quite a while, however, Groupon used to have 
>>>> official Apple earbuds for approximately $13 a pair, with a slight 
>>>> discount on purchase of multiple pairs e.g. $11 each for purchasing
>>>> 3 pairs.
>>>> 
>>>> Joe
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf 
>>>> Of Wayne Merritt
>>>> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2021 5:12 PM
>>>> To: viphone <[email protected]>
>>>> Subject: Wired alternative to Apple Lightning earbuds
>>>> 
>>>> Greetings. After nearly 10 years, I'm losing my attraction to the 
>>>> wired Apple earbuds. It seems like I've gone through several pairs 
>>>> over the last year or so; they don't last as long as advertised; 
>>>> and I am tired of paying Apple's prices. Does anyone know of an 
>>>> alternative to these earbuds? I know that wireless earbuds are the 
>>>> current craze, but I prefer wired ones. I would also like to have 
>>>> the same abilities to adjust volume and handle media/phone calls 
>>>> with the in-line buttons. All thoughts welcome.
>>>> 
>>>> Kindly,
>>>> Wayne Merritt
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