Wanted: bluetooth portable audio receiver/transmitter w/headset jack sockets

[Walker25]

[note: I use the term headset to mean with microphone, headphone to mean without. However I've seen headphone defined to mean complete ear coverage, headset to be sitting outside the ear.]

I would prefer to carry the batteries and electronics for bluetooth audio receiving/transmitting in my pocket or on my belt rather than mounted on my head or hanging from my ear.

But more importantly: I want FREEDOM OF CHOICE.
The proper headset for the job... sometimes, over-the-head full-ear-coverage... while other times a monaural ear dangler would be more suitable. I'd like to able to choose between a variety of headsets, or even to use a separate microphone and headphone combo, rather than being stuck with a single design for all occasions.
(Wearing wires is not a problem.)

And it would be nice for this device to be: Class 1 Bluetooth ver 2.
Why be tethered within 10 meters (33 feet) of your computer when you can wander a football field away receiving megabits per second?

One headphone type that i really like is over-the-head with thick, soft cushions completely enclosing the ear. I've owned or used many of these. They're quite comfortable, and they eliminate all environmental noise... no-nag hardware, sort of.

Have you seen what's available out there? Over-the-head bluetooth headsets are but a small segment of the total bluetooth headset market. And I've seen only a few that approximate the thick, soft cushions spec. And not only do most of these devices get mediocre reviews (sound quality inferior to wired headsets), but they were 33-footers! and, worst of all, they cost $100! or more! for a fourth-rate solution!

Am I asking for so much?
Please, I beg of you, don't tell me that no such bluetooth portable audio receiver/transmitter w/headset jack sockets device exists...
I have asked Google in every way I could think of. I have searched dozens of Bluetooth accessories pages. There must be some name... some description... that i've not thought of. Just post the relevant URL (dare I say URLs) or let me in on the secret code word or words that locate this elusive (illusive?) device and I'll be your friend forever.

Surely I'm not the only person who would treasure such a device. There must be 10's of us.

soundlessly yours... Walker

[glc]

Is this what you want?

http://www.cableclub.com/bluetooth-s...er-p-1219.html

[Walker25]

Thanks, glc

It's very close.

It has two parts- a transmitter that plugs into any audio jack
and a portable receiver (10 meters) that will take any headphone.
But the portable receiver only receives - doesn't transmit back to the computer or mobile phone.
btw price is $100.

still hoping -Walker25

[Lespaul20]

I highly doubt there is something like you want for under $100 right now.

[Walker25]

The price is not the important part.
$100 is fine. $200 would be OK.
The shortcoming of the device from cableclub.com
is that the portable part only receives
... it cannot transmit back to the computer or mobile phone.

- walker25

[Lespaul20]

http://www.headsetexperts.com/

I would think this place would be your best bet.

P.S. Regular sized font would work just as well.

[Walker25]

Thanks for your posts.
I have discontinued my search, due to further research.

Present bluetooth technology is insufficiently developed for my purposes:
distance is too short (effective range, according to users, is 20 feet, less if furniture or walls obstruct), sound quality is poor, PC connections are problematical, and various other difficulties are cited.

And it is doubtful that the type of device I seek exists.

In a year or two perhaps.