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Shure’s Music Phone Adapter MPA-3C is the only adapter of the bunch to take a bigger-picture approach to iPhone headphone port modification.

Rather than just connecting your old earphones to the iPhone, MPA-3C adds to them an in-line microphone and control button box, which is found at one end of its cable. In so doing, it converts your earphones into a complete alternative to the iPhone Stereo Headset included by Apple in every iPhone box, capable of interrupting audio immediately to handle phone calls. Because the microphone needs to be near your mouth, Shure’s extension cable is nearly three feet long—six or seven times longer than the ones in other adapters—and includes a lapel clip to keep the microphone at neck level. It’s best suited to earphones, such as Shure’s, that split off at around your neck level into two separate cables.

Shure also includes a silver button on back to let you do the same things the iPhone Stereo Headset’s button can do, namely take or end calls, play or pause music, and skip forward one track at a time with a double button press. The button works exactly as expected: single clicks start or finish calls, and switch between paused and playing modes for audio. Quick double-clicks skip forward a track in the current collection of playing songs. The bulbous button box on MPA-3C is easier to click than the neat but small version on Apple’s Headset.

Low-profile VoicePort™ Microphone

• Tuned to enhance intelligibility regardless of background noise, this professional-grade Shure microphone uses VoicePort technology to provide superior sound quality and ensure that callers hear you clearly even in noisy environments.

Control Button:

• Offers enhanced functionality and convenience by enabling you to easily send and end calls—without touching your phone. Additionally, with many phones, the control button activates call waiting, last number redial, voice dialing and mute.

Detachable, Modular Design:

• Provides greater flexibility by allowing you to remove the MPA in situations it isn’t needed—like the gym or on a flight.
• All in all, the best gadget to allow you to be able to listen to the iPhone using your own headphones!