[setmenu]

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Originally Posted by Usagi Nice headphones; is the headband from a Peltor firearm hearing protector?

Yep.

They were in fact from a low cost item I obtained from RS.
Much easier than making them oneself.




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[setmenu]

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Originally Posted by Otaku11 No its not from a hearing protector, its from a pair of headset walkie- talkies, I also used the enclosures! Oh and setmunu , I actually have seen you're phones in another thread, I have some questions: where did you get the dampening foam, Did you cout the carbon fibre yourself, or did you pay someone, if you did cut the CF, how did you do it? and finally, what drivers are you using, and where can they be purchased?

Hi Otaku11
All the parts [except the headband and foam pads] were drawn up on relevant
cad software and produced for me by specialist companies.
The drivers ARE the headphones and these were my reason for doing the project in the first place.
They are designed by Myself and not outsourced parts.
The drivers work on the 'ribbon transducer' principle.

 

[bubruelz]

Well, they probably don't sound as good as setmenu's 'phones, but I made a pair for myself a little while back. They are fairly simple, but sound good and keep out noise almost as good as iems. Not to mention it has 4 drivers! I took two pairs of cheaper koss headphones and took the speakers out. I stuck two speakers in each earcup. I then secured them and put a layer of foam over them. I twisted the cables together and wrapped them tightly in string. This increases durability and keeps everything neat and looking good, but it was a pain to do. I finished it off by buying an Y adapter from Radio Shack (only the best in this project) that allowed me to plug both plugs into one source. They are as comfy as clamping earmuffs can be, but I'm not complaining. I really enjoy listening to them out of my ipod while mowing lawns (Yes lawns. I mow four at the moment). It makes my work faster, but I'm afraid it will soon be replaced by a pair of UM2s as soon as my budget allows. And, no amp required! If you've got a big lawn but no iems, then definitely make a similiar headphone. It's not that hard.

 

[philodox]

Wow, everyone here is really laying into otaku. I guess that is what you get for coming on here and showing off your project with some genuine enthusiasm... and I always thought that the folks on here were nice and polite.

Anyways, to answer the original question, there are Setmenu's ribbon driver headphones [which look great btw] and there was another set of DIY electrostats that were featured at a recent head-fi meet... the name of the designer escapes me though. You might want to also check out the articles at headwize.com as there are a few DIY designs that are detailed on there.

Congrats on your headphones. They don't look all that bad. Might be cool to source out some drivers next time and maybe doing some custom enclosures... raise the bar a little bit, give Larry at headphile a run for his money.

 

[kramer5150]

Doesn't interest me.... I'd rather mod/fine tune/tweek an existing can than "Monster Garage" one from scratch.

Although... it does seem interesting, the acoustics and physics involved. So Im not going to knock anyone who so desires.

Nice job with the carbon fiber-work there setmenu. I know from my RC car hobbies that stuff is a real pain to work with. The airborne fibers are cancer-ous... hazardous stuff when airborne.

**edited** for spelling errors.... I guess this is a tough gramar crowd

Garrett

 

[Voodoochile]

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Originally Posted by kramer5150 **edited** for spelling errors.... I guess this is a tough gramar crowd

Apparently. Please play nicely with each other.

I'll take poor grammar and typos over leetspeak anyday, so thanks for that.

 

[cyanoacry]

I know for one that my friend Kaori's made a pair of his own -- look at the top of this page.

As for the sound quality, I haven't had the money or the time to go out and find a place that demos them, much less buy a pair. I'd rather spend the money on CDs to listen to.

For my ears though, they sound rather nice, despite the simplistic construction.

What my friend and I have done isn't really all that impressive, one could say, in comparison to homemade electrostatics with a tuned homemade stator driver.

As for me, yes, it was only because I wanted to do it, because I'm curious as to how these things work -- yes, Sennheiser and Grado took decades to perfect their designs, materials, and construction, but they started somewhere. That's where I come in.

I consider myself an experimenter who could possibly come up with something radical, good-sounding, and cheap that the other companies missed.

Jerb: Yeah, I've experimented with the different enclosures around the ear -- foam, none at all (AKG-K1000 style), paper, and different types and densities of foam. I also experimented a bit with foam acoustic dampening, but found that the driver didn't need them -- it just sent the bass down into the "unhearable" range, but half sealing the drivers did have a noticable affect on improving the bass response. I've been trying to add a tweeter to improve higher frequency response, as the driver that's currently in my pair's only rated to 10kHz, which isn't all that great.

I say, though, otaku11 -- keep up the good work. I wish I was experimenting at your age. (I'm 14.)