Jackhammer Headphones

Step 2 Cut off the head loop

clip, cut, or chew off the plastic loop that connects the earpieces.

Comments

[ladyada]

Here's an extra step to make your headphones more durable. When you remove the earpieces, carefully desolder thel wires, pass them thru a hole in the plastic casing, tie a knot and them resolder them. this strain-relief will keep you from accidentally tearing the wires out.

[theatre_tech_guru]

or you could just add a stereo jack on the case itself so if you pull the wire the plug comes out of the headset instead of the wires ripping off the drivers

[Mastermode]

I thought about the same thing....

[X86-1138]

I did this exact same thing more than 20 years ago. As a kid, after I saw E.T., I thought the one kid with the Headset F.M. radio was the coolest. So I grabbed my walkman headset, ripped of the speakers, grabbed the ear protectors my dad had layin' around and duct-taped the speakers inside the ear cups. They didn't hear peep out of me for months. And, I didn't hear them yelling at me to cut the grass. Later.

[irritant#9]

....where time becomes a loop.... Ooops

[irritant#9]

....where time becomes a loop.... Ooops

[irritant#9]

....where time becomes a loop.... Ooops

[irritant#9]

Spending a lot of time soldering those crappy little wires defeats the whole thing. I did exactly the samething five years ago and they still work

[irritant#9]

Spending a lot of time soldering those crappy little wires defeats the whole thing. I did exactly the samething five years ago and they still work

[irritant#9]

Spending a lot of time soldering those crappy little wires defeats the whole thing. I did exactly the samething five years ago and they still work

[irritant#9]

Spending a lot of time soldering those crappy little wires defeats the whole thing. I did exactly the samething five years ago and they still work

[TimAnderson]

That's a good method, in fact the headphones I started with were made that way at the factory. Some people like to drill holes in the earmuffs, pass the wire through the hole, and fill the hole with hot glue. I like being able to pop the speakers out easily so I don't do it this way. It's good to decide what the weak link will be, since eventually you'll snag the wire on a tree branch, passing car, your spinning lathe chuck etc.