front headphone port add-on?

[wpeng]

I'm looking for one of those drive bay expansions that have audio ports and volume controls. One of my old cases needs a headphone input so that I don't have to reach around the back to plug in headphones. I remember there were some higher-end soundblaster cards that had them, but I don't want to spend that much money on it.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Cheap alternative solution

http://www.monoprice.com/products/produ...1021802&p_id=648&seq=1&format=2&style=

 

[Zepper]

Crap! it looks like Front-X is gone (www.frontx.com). They had a cable that you could use to mount anywhere on the front of your case where you could drill a properly sized hole that would allow you to keep your speakers plugged in and when you plug the headphones in, the speakers are cut off.

I guess you'll have to break down and get a proper set of computer speakers. Mine have a headphone jack (that works like the cable mentioned above) and a Mic jack. They are the Labtec Spin-70 AND they are For Sale! Decent sound quality too.

.bh.

 

[adammthompson]

Why do you say FRONTX is gone? Their website is still up. I ordered a header connector from them not too long ago. It was funny. I bought from them because they didn't burn me on shipping as badly as everyone else wanted to. It took a long time to get it, and when I finally got it I understood why it took so long: it was shipped from Malaysia.

 

[Zepper]

Well I tried to go to Front-X for a while this a.m. with no luck, but it's still there. And here's the link to the cable assembly I mentioned above:
http://www.frontx.com/pro/p090_036.html - a drill and some ingenuity is all else you need except for THIS if you want to buy it and not have to drill out one of your own cover plates.

.bh.