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Earpiece upgrade

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I bought this little earpiece a few months ago to listen to audio books on my mobile 'phone when I'm out walking. I don't like wearing a pair of earphones when I'm out at night, situational awareness is important to me! The sounder is in the bulge and there is a rubber air tube up to the Secret Service style earpiece. The earpiece wasn't very successful. The tube was too short and there wasn't much sound. A quick test showed the single sounder was only wired to one side of the stereo output. I took a salvaged 3.5mm stereo cable and soldered it directly to the plug on my earpiece, but with both left and right signals combined. A bit of heatshrink sleeving (greatest invention ever) and all sorted. Now double the sound and a longer run to my 'phone. Listening to 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance' at the minute.