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Semi-Homemade Headphones!!

post #1 of 20
3/14/11 at 2:05pm
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well the title says it all i have recently built a pair of headphones i thought id share with u guys

homemade headphones 001.jpg

i basicaly just used a tennis ball(i got the idea from a pic on google) the headband wire is what we use to fence in our cows and the top is some foam and some steel roofing flashing and the drivers i got from an old pair of sony headphones that came with a cd player.  u can also adjust it by moving the tennis ball up and down.

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the drivers are not glued but they fit in there snugly so i think they are fine

homemade headphones 005.jpg

 

 

this was fun but i want to get into it a little more and build a pair from the ground up so i was thinking of buying a set of sfi drivers to mess with  any one know any other cheap drivers that are good to play with?

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post #2 of 20
3/16/11 at 1:39am

Haha these are awesome, I love the ingenuity, keep it up.

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post #3 of 20
3/16/11 at 4:04am

Very creative, I like it. Do they sound much better than stock?

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post #4 of 20
3/16/11 at 4:30am

Hah, that's so cool! And concerning the SFI's, I don't think they'd sound good in a tennis ball, but I have no idea about the acoustic properties of it, so who knows?

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post #5 of 20
3/16/11 at 4:43am

The Koss KSC75 come with some amazing drivers for $15. You need to remove as much of the grill and pad as possible, just check in the Kramer mod thread. I love my pair that I put a parts-express headband and recabled. They sound like $40 at least. Amazing clarity, soundstage, imaging, and bass even.

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post #6 of 20
3/16/11 at 11:14am
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they sound imo i bit better than stock not a huge difference but they are certainly more durable

 

i wasent planning on putting the SFIs in tennis balls, i was thinking of building wooden cases,home made headband with foam... i got it all figured outbiggrin.gif

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post #7 of 20
3/16/11 at 12:55pm
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Originally Posted by GeorgeGoodman View Post

The Koss KSC75 come with some amazing drivers for $15. You need to remove as much of the grill and pad as possible, just check in the Kramer mod thread. I love my pair that I put a parts-express headband and recabled. They sound like $40 at least. Amazing clarity, soundstage, imaging, and bass even.


I forgot to add that the KSC75 drivers need to be in an open enclosure, otherwise they don't sound good at all. I tried putting them in a Senn HD201 enclosure, and it did not sound good at all. BTW, the HD201 driver is decent. It is not quite on the level of the KSC75's, but it does perform in a closed headphone. Just stuff to keep in mind. If I think of any more cheap headphones to mod, I will post again.

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post #8 of 20
3/16/11 at 1:36pm

Stand out and be the the envy of the crowd at Wimbledon this year. I like them. Do they give the music more bounce.

It would be nice the get a clean cut on the ball then they would look awesome.

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post #9 of 20
3/16/11 at 2:05pm
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Yes a clean cut would look better i just used a  utility knife but a dremel might work better...

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post #10 of 20
3/16/11 at 3:35pm
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they sound imo i bit better than stock not a huge difference but they are certainly more durable

 

i wasent planning on putting the SFIs in tennis balls, i was thinking of building wooden cases,home made headband with foam... i got it all figured outbiggrin.gif


Ah in that case, yes they'll sound great. Smeggipucks sound marvelous.
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post #11 of 20
3/17/11 at 6:36am
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smeggipucks???

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post #12 of 20
3/17/11 at 3:52pm
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smeggipucks???



SFI tweeters in wood cups. Their dimensions are in the ortho thread somewhere

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post #13 of 20
3/18/11 at 6:20am
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oh ok i doubt ill be able to find it though lol  but i'll try!

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post #14 of 20
3/18/11 at 7:22am
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nvm i found it with the help of the aswome search functions!  100x better than most fourms

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post #15 of 20
3/21/11 at 11:20am
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Originally Posted by jjfranky123 View Post

nvm i found it with the help of the aswome search functions!  100x better than most fourms



http://cgi.ebay.com/SFI-BIPOLE-RIBBON-TWEETER-S-4PC-SETS-EMIT-R-TYPE-32ohm-/370486794280#ht_2610wt_1139

 

those things are very picky on the damping, or else they just sound like crap.

 

and its 40mm


Edited by JamesMcProgger - 3/21/11 at 11:21am
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