Industrious DIY'er creates Bluetooth headphones from spare parts

We've witnessed quite a few DIY journeys involving wireless speakers / headphones, but there's no better way to make lemonade from lemons than to take Sarah Lemarié's advice when your favorite Bluetooth 'phones snap in half. Apparently, the DIY'er figured there was still life left in her Logitech headphones even after the headband broke, so she gathered up a cheap pair of comfortable cans along with a set from Sony (for the drivers) and got to work. As you may imagine, she transplanted the speakers from the Sony pair and the Bluetooth module from the now-defunct Logitech set into the large, comfy Tesco cans, and after a bit of tinkering, the music was flowing (sans wires) once more. If you're looking to do something similar, head on down to the read link to hear how it's done.

[Via MAKE]

[Daniel H @ Oct 3rd 2007 8:03PM]

I'd do this, but I could also go out and buy a set of BlueTooth headphones.

But then again, I don't have any BT headphones to begin with, so I could do this when they break..

Anyways, nice find!

[sinenomen @ Oct 3rd 2007 8:17PM]

"Sucks for rap music, but that’s not a hardware problem."

Made it worth reading

[Fernando @ Oct 3rd 2007 8:50PM]

Hah!

[Lazerface @ Oct 3rd 2007 11:45PM]

Rap is really just an acronym:

Retards
Attempting
Poetry

[az1324 @ Oct 3rd 2007 8:23PM]

Hmm... if only I had Sarah's cheap pair of comfortable cans.

[Dean @ Oct 3rd 2007 8:29PM]

nice...

[dj-kenpo @ Oct 3rd 2007 8:50PM]

I'm in the middle of the exact same process using the same pair of logitech headphones. got them on sale, they were shit and almost everyone who bought the logitech bluetooth headphones has had them snap. but the circuit is easy to transplant, as she and others have made clear.

[AndrewNeo @ Oct 3rd 2007 8:59PM]

I just took apart a cheap bluetooth headset and stuck a headset jack on 'em. Even better.

[Tom @ Oct 3rd 2007 11:12PM]

I did this a year and a half ago... Turned a pair of Jensen BT headphones into Bluetooth Grado SR-60's. Sounded great, looked ugly as sin.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v706/tommasta/_MG_0255.jpg

[Paul Chan @ Oct 4th 2007 5:38AM]

where did they get the idea that it was a girl who did this? read his blog and you'll find that its a guy!! and where did they get the name SARAH from??

but a good mod never the less although i would have transplanted the logitech circuit into the sony heaphones, wearing tesco looking headphones just doesn;t cut it for me!

[J. Evans Turner @ Oct 4th 2007 3:23PM]

I have been considering this with the same exact headphones. I bought 2 pair and after 2 uses, the bands were cracking even though I was extremely aware of the problem. They are uncomfortable anyway, so I'll transplant them if it's ever practical.