/diy/ - Do It Yourself

Retro Headphones
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1) started with old headphones and Fatal1ty gaming headset
2) gutted both very carefully; preserving the casing and useful bits of the retro set, carefully dissected Fatal1ty headset and took out all the wires, boards, and speakers and such
3)Spliced the mic jack from the Fatal1ty headset to an extension so I could have the mic jack in the opposite ear cup. Ran the wires through the over-the-head padding through the hollow passage where the metal frame runs through. Carefully super glued the original potentiometer to the top of the volume potentiometer in the in-line volume control case thing. Mounted the volume control knob through the ear cup where the original vol knob was. Awesome cuz can use original vol knob (pic 4: knob actually says level but there was a knob on both sides, the other said "VOL" which is the one I used).
4) used a couple 90 degree female-male 3.5mm adapter in the right ear cup and (with some sanding to widen the original knob hole [no that is not a hilarious euphemism]) stuck the adapter through to make a mic jack port so it still has the detachable mic ability and original Fatal1ty mic boom.
5) Viola! Retro epic headset! I did, with a lot of trial and error, stuff it with a well adjusted amount of foam because such large hollow ear cups were a bit... reverby so. But still, comfy and win.

also, unrelated, the music hardware place I got the small 3.5mm 90 degree adapters sent free candy with the product which was... strange but friendly.