A long time ago, I got a pair of *excellent* AKG headphones (K240’s), which were hands-down the best sounding headphones I’d ever had. Problem was, while at EA, I ran over the cord in my chair, and both tore the cord and broke the 1/8″ headphone jack. No matter what I tried, I couldn’t get a good signal in both ears – the right ear would cut out periodically. Turned out, I’d actually run over the cord in two places – one near the jack, and one near the headphones themselves.

To repair the cord, I’d basically need to break the headphones open, and I wasn’t really keen on doing that.

I finally realized that the 2G shuffle that Ei-Nyung had gotten me was really, really light, and given the weight of the headphones, would be basically unnoticeable if I just clipped it to the thing that goes over your head.

So, yesterday, I cut the cord, leaving about 3″, got a new jack from Radio Shack, soldered the new jack on, and now, it’s a perfect fit – the cable runs up to the headband, where the shuffle sits comfortably.

Today, I’m listening to the shuffle, and I’m just still astonished by *how good* these headphones sound. The Shure E40’s I’ve got are great, but these are leagues above them. Yeah, it’s because they’re *enormous*, but still.

Now, I get good use out of the shuffle *and* the headphones. w00t.