| | |  | Accessories | Home » » » Shure PTH Push To Hear Control for Sound Isolating Earphones | | | | | | | Description: | | Ideal for brief conversations without removing your earphones, the Push-to-Hear switch allows you to quickly and conveniently alternate between your music and your connection to the outside world. This optional accessory works with all Shure Sound IsolatingTM Earphones. The Push-To-Hear control is sold as a bundle with the Shure SE530 Sound IsolatingTM Earphones (SE530PTH.) When bought separately, other compatible models include SE210, SE310 and SE420 Sound IsolatingTM Earphones. | | | Features: | |
• Detachable Push-To-Hear Control lets you switch between your music and the outside world without removing your earphones, e.g. for brief conversations
• Prevents the need to constantly insert/remove earphones for interaction while traveling
• Package includes PTH control switch and VoicePort microphone, 9 in. cable, and 3 ft. cable
• Compatible with all Shure SE and E series earphones and many others
• Quality microphone lets you hear clearly what's going on
| | | Product Details: | | | Package Length:
| 9.2 inches | | Package Width:
| 4.5 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.7 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.3 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 7 reviews |
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 Baffling design decisionsAug 29, 2008
This thing gets 2 stars only because it does what it claims and allows me to talk to people without pulling my SE530s out (Anyone that owns a pair can tell you what a hassle this is, especially once you get accustomed to wearing them properly).
Beyond serving its intended function, I find it very hard to reccommend this item bacuse of several truly baffling design decisions.
A) It is HUGE. I cannot see any reason why this device needs to be the size and shape of some sort of bizzare egg case. There is no technology inside the thing that calls for it to be much larger than the average hands-free device you might use with your cell phone. Their decision to power it with an alkaline battery seems to be the culprit here.
B) The clip on back stinks and is not reversable. It is pretty clear that the intent was that this thing be worn on your belt. Well, I use mine at the office and turn it on when I get up to get copies or something, or when someone comes in to bother me at my desk. Unless someone is going to bend over and talk into my belt, having it down there is pretty counter-productive. Since I work in an office where I have to wear ID around my neck all the time, I like to hang it on the lanyard that holds my ID. WHOOPS! The clip is BACKWARDS for that! I ended up pulling the pins off of one of those cubicle wall clips and supergluing that to the back of my PTH. That works, but really looks ghetto when added to the already clunky dimentions of this thing. Why not just give it a clip that has grip? Dunno. Baffling.
C) Battery door latch stinks. It falls open ALL THE TIME and mine couldn't be any more gently used.
D) U-shaped cable orientation is just dumb. Why not make it an inline sort of thing? Why not put the 3.5mm jack in the device itself? It is truly baffling.
This thing does what it is supposed to, but there MUST be a better option. Whoever made this thing really could have used a few more industrial design courses. The horrible design of this is made even more baffling by the contrast to the superb, and very attractive SE 530s. I just don't get it.
 Decent, with a few problemsJul 16, 2008
This product works great for its purpose. Those who say they can still hear their music when the mic is on don't have the volume dial turned up enough for the mic.
The problems I have with it are minor. For one, the cable going to the headphones from the control needs to be longer than the cable going from the control to the stereo. You cannot put the controller in your pocket when connecting to the really short cable on the 530's without putting in an extension cable. Otherwise it pulls too much. Problem #2 is the clip on the back SUCKS. it's removeable which is nice, however it does not clip - it just slides off of everything. There is no pressure on the clip. It should've been a plastic spring loaded clip with teeth, so you could actually keep it in place.
So, other than some minor issues it works like a charm. I can hear perfectly and talk normally with a flip of a switch.
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 Nice product, easy to use.Jan 12, 2008
Works great with my Iphone & Shure ear buds. My only complaint is that it is a little heavy.
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 A must have item , Especially at homeJan 07, 2008
Great product , and great quality , Help a lot when your wife keeps bugging you every 5 minutes on weekends for household stuff and you can't enjoy a single music track without interruption .
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Finally!!! No need to remove my IPod earhones anymore...Nov 03, 2007
This "PTH,Push To Hear Control for Shure Sound Isolating Earphones is great!! No longer do I have to say "What" when somebody addresses me while walking or conversation on an airplane. My background is radio and television broadcasting and I'm well acquainted with good sound and when I click on my PTH control I'm amazed at the clarity and sensitivity of the the response...Highly recommended!!!
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