Introduction: Homemade Hi-Fi Headphones
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About: Tim Anderson is the author of the "Heirloom Technology" column in Make Magazine. He is co-founder of www.zcorp.com, manufacturers of "3D Printer" output devices. His detailed drawings of traditional Pacific I…
These home-made hi-fi headphones work as well or better than Sony or Bose noise-canceling headphones.
Unlike the commercial products, these block outside noise instead of canceling it. Listen to music or books on tape without hearing traffic noise, screaming babies, etc. I've been making these for more than a decade. People sometimes ask "isn't it dangerous not being able to hear?" No. Talking on a cellphone shuts off most of the brain whereas listening to headphones is no more dangerous than say, being deaf. Lots of my friends use these units and no harm has come to anyone.
Step-by-step Instructable is here.
- Cost: $20
- Time to make: one minute
- Difficulty: none
Unlike the commercial products, these block outside noise instead of canceling it. Listen to music or books on tape without hearing traffic noise, screaming babies, etc. I've been making these for more than a decade. People sometimes ask "isn't it dangerous not being able to hear?" No. Talking on a cellphone shuts off most of the brain whereas listening to headphones is no more dangerous than say, being deaf. Lots of my friends use these units and no harm has come to anyone.
Step-by-step Instructable is here.
