Patent ID: 8538058

Claim:
A headset comprising: a first connector, said first connector being one of a male plug and a female receptacle; a second connector, said second connector being a male plug if said first connector is a male plug and said second connector being a female receptacle if said first connector is a female receptacle; a first earphone having a first earphone speaker; a second earphone having a second earphone speaker; a first electrical pathway extending from a first contact point of said first connector to a first contact point of said second connector; a second electrical pathway extending from a second contact point of said first connector to a second contact point of said second connector; a third electrical pathway extending from a third contact point of said first connector to a third contact point of said second connector; at least one of said first earphone speaker and said second earphone speaker electrically connected between said first pathway and said third pathway and neither said first earphone speaker nor said second earphone speaker electrically connected between said first pathway and said second pathway.