Hi all,   I designed a electrostatic headphone amplifier with a couple goals in mind: cheap parts, no specialty items, all available from Digi-Key (in stock!), including transformers good sound no matter the component tolerances   The end result was a high-gain voltage amp (around...

Homemade Headphones They sound really good for the cheap parts and simplistic design -- maybe a little bit boomy on the low end, but not horribly so. The gift-amp sounds okay itself. While I'm sure it doesn't stand up to any of the professionally sold amps from HeadRoom or anybody else...

Just finished my latest hacking endeavor and ended up with a pair of homemade headphones for relatively cheap (about the cost of two speaker drivers: $7). They sound really good for the price I paid; they're also comfortable due to the foam that I used. I scavenged the band from an old...