Cheap (yet functional) DIY Gaming Headset Pt. 2

I am happy to report that my DIY gaming headset project is coming together quite nicely, I have spent the past couple of days collecting materials and doing my research. I have decided two things that could potentially make several goals that I initially wanted to achieve easily doable .

1. I am going to modify a pair of ear muffs, the kind that workers use to protect their hearing to mount everything to. The main problem with this is finding a pair that are comfortable and have enough plastic/metal to mount components to. These generally run like 20$.
2. I have not decided whether or not to just tear down a Logitech headset that has speakers and a mic and modify those or buying both speakers and a mic separately and integrating them in. Logitech headsets of this nature run upwards of about 18 to 25$.

Stay Tuned for part 3 coming soon!

iPod Ear Buds Teardown Update

Unfortunately I learned a dirty little secret that Apple has implemented into their brand of ear buds. Once the diaphragm has been removed from the electronics housing a seal is broken and the headset becomes completely useless! I was surprised after I plugged them in after I opened the housing that the ear bud I opened had grown silent. So it looks like I won't be able to improve on Apple's design, however I am going to post my quick video tutorial on how to get them open if your curious.

Standard ipod Ear bud Teardown Pt. 1

I like, many people have ears that just aren't compatible with Apples standard ear buds. What's a guy to do? I have a simple answer: Fix Them. After wearing those earbuds for more than about 5 minutes my ears become sore and I regret that I even put them in. I am going to do a short tutorial showing how you can easily modify these little headphones to be comfortable (yet functional).

Step 1: Gather your materials

• Apple Standard Ear buds (they come with that shiny new ipod you bought)
• Exacto knife
• Hobby needle nose pliers/clippers

Step 2: Coming Soon!

Cheap (yet functional) DIY Gaming Headset Pt. 1

For my first project I have decided to do a tutorial on building a fully functional and totally bad ass gaming headset from parts that anyone can obtain, with easy instructions that anyone can follow.

Goals:

• Noise Cancellation
  
• Comfort
• Ease Of Use

Features: (I Hope To Be Able To Include)

• Long Cord Length
• Unique Look/Fresh Paint
• Volume/Mute Controls
  
• Flexible Boom Mic
• Light Weight

Stay Tuned For Updates...

Introduction

In this blog i am going to document all the miscellaneous technical projects that i am interested in.