Zen Micro - Storage Ca

I know there have been previous discussions regarding carry cases for the Zen Micro. I've read of using camera bags to <A HREF="http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2032]altoids tins[/url]. These solutions are great for carrying the Zen while listening to it. However, I am after a compact case/box to store the Zen Micro and heapdhones. This case must allow me to keep the headphone connected.
I was thinking down the lines of a longer Altoids tin, which is strong enough to protect the Zen Micro, but also big enough to allow you to fold up and store the headphones.
Any ideas?

See this thread:
http://forums.creative.com/creativel...message.id=897
Please do not start a new thread if there is already an acti've one on the subject at hand. It's pointless to reinvent the wheel and it's a waste of the insight, efforts, and time of people who have contributed to the issue in the past.
Also, it's a bit annoying.
Also, since you *know* there have been previous discussions on the subject (not so previous -- the last post on the thread was yesterday, if I recall correctly), why?
Message Edited by tganani on 05--2005 04:04 PM

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