DIY Headphones Are Brady Bunch-Y and Cool
June 18th, 2008
These DIY headphones look fantastic! I can only (probably erroneously) assume the sound quality matches the look.
Flickr user j.rusten furniture studio shared the story behind these headphones he made for himself. He says, “I adapted a pair of normal safety earphones for speakers, and added a vintage look. I cut the outside portion of the cups off, replaced with a curved flat sheet of plastic -over which I mounted the grill (from an old record player) and the cork which I sanded to shape. Then I painted the rest of the shell green, and installed some $50 drivers.”
I really like the funky 70s aesthetic of this particular pair, but I especially love the idea that folks could make them to suit their own personal style and color scheme. Although, the likelihood of me successfully sanding down curved cork so I can sport these is basically nil. I’m just impatient like that. Plus, where does one find old record player parts to pillage?
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Those certainly blow my Bose QC2s out of the water. Noise cancellation be damned!
Hi, Karen. Nice headphone. This design looks like a yummy fish filled burger too me.
I used those exact same ear protectors.
What paint did you use?
Also, did you have a lot of trouble decoupling and then recoupling the headband?