[Avian]’s dad got a new ham radio transceiver with a 3.5 mm jack, and his pile-of-cables got him a headphone cable from Bose headphones. He built a DB9 to 3.5 mm adapter with that one – and it failed ...

Most consumer electronics come with a 3.5mm audio jack (also known as the ⅛ jack) as standard, meaning you can buy a universal headphone audio cable from pretty much any retailer and use it across ...

If you've ever plugged in a wired set of headphones or an audio device using a 3.5-millimeter plug, you may have noticed several plastic rings around the connector. The exact number can vary between ...

Apple's decision to remove the headphone jack from the iPhone 7 brought a sudden and jarring end to this ubiquitous audio connector (though you can still buy some smartphones with a headphone jack).