I got the adapter for the new headphones. They sound good, and are fairly comfortable. I can now listen with both hands free, instead of holding one broken ear piece in place until my left hand goes numb. And now I can catch up on all the listening I haven't done over the last few months. Sunni is happy, too, because she knows that when I put the headphones on, I'm going to be in that one spot for quite a while, so she gets lots of lap time. She's going to be a very contented kitty for the next few days, as I have several CDs I've never listened to because of the inconvenience of the bad headphones. Good times for me and the cat. Well worth the thirty five bucks.