Headphone/mic adapter question

[GEG]

I'm a musician and I have some excellent noise reduction
in-ear headphones. I would like to use these as my
in-cockpit headphones.
Generally - the regular over-the-head, squish-your-ear
things are quite annoying to me.

However - that leaves me with the issue of a mic and adapter
to use these headphones.

Can anyone tell me what I need to look for so I can use my
own noise isolation in-ear headphones (they have the same
connector as a regular walkman type headphones - 1/8" connector)
while flying?
I will still need a mic.

THANKS ALL! You guys have always had great suggestions.
I appreciate your help in advance.

G. Gilbert
6472L @ W29

[Mike W.]

The first issue with the headphones is impedance. Most home audio and music
equipment speakers and headphones are 8 ohm. General aviation electronics
use 600 ohm, I believe. So you will need something to match that. You will
need a 1/4" to 1/8" adapter for the plug.

Hello, my name is Mike, and I am an airplane addict....

<GEG> wrote in message ...
> I'm a musician and I have some excellent noise reduction
> in-ear headphones. I would like to use these as my
> in-cockpit headphones.
> Generally - the regular over-the-head, squish-your-ear
> things are quite annoying to me.
>
> However - that leaves me with the issue of a mic and adapter
> to use these headphones.
>
> Can anyone tell me what I need to look for so I can use my
> own noise isolation in-ear headphones (they have the same
> connector as a regular walkman type headphones - 1/8" connector)
> while flying?
> I will still need a mic.
>
> THANKS ALL! You guys have always had great suggestions.
> I appreciate your help in advance.
>
> G. Gilbert
> 6472L @ W29

[GEG]

Hi Mike -

Actualyl, small headphones generally are not the 8 ohm impedance.
They are higher. But, 600 ohm might not be the spec on these - I'll check.
Possibly 32 ohm is quite common in in-ear phones.
But, a simple transformer can fix that. . .

Thanks for the follow up.

Gary