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I have had the Treo 700p for nearly a year and I am very pleased with it. I have nearly eliminated my need for a mp3 player because of its capabilities in music playback. The only problem is the stock headset was pretty mediocre and uncomfortable while no one seems to make a good enough quality headset that works well in both music playback and phone calls.

I first purchased the Seidio headset from EverythingTreo.com expecting a lot. After all, the price tag for these gobs of wires and some plastic was shock inducing $55 plus shipping.

Seeing that they were the in-ear style at this price range I wanted them to be great. My expectations were soon shattered as the music playback quality was lacking both high and low range at any volume. Apparently these guys at Seidio had decided to go cheap on the ear pieces. Using the headset for phone calls was very good. But again at this price range, it’d better be.

Just last week I was using my Treo during a workout and one of the ears just went out on me. That was a bit of a problem so I promptly contacted EverythingTreo.com but I was referred to the manufacturer instead since I was apparently out of the store’s return policy. A couple of emails and a trip to the post office I am left here with no headset while waiting for a replacement.

While on a little shopping trip to Target today I saw this ‘Just Wireless Headset Adapter’ for 15 bucks. It allows me to plug in my stereo headset of choice and at 35 bucks cheaper than the Seidio I was sold.

Just as I was thinkng that it could not be my lucky day. I was right. Although it works for the Treo for both music playback, allows the use of my own headset and even decent phone conversations, it does NOT play the audio back in stereo as it claimed. Sound comes out of both ears but it is the same track for both. I’m not sure if it just picks the left or the right of if it actually mixes the 2 into 1 but I am again disappointed at my new Treo accessory. I guess it will have to do for now while I wait and see how the replacement programs works at Seidio. If anyone knows a good set of wired stereo headphones for the Treo I’d appreciated your recommendations.