Headphones - using ones other than supplied

[Guest cbcox]

Anybody know where/if I can get an adapter to use my discman headphones (which are very good quality) instead of the ones supplied with the SPV which are not? I'm not bothered about needing the mic or volume control on the lead.

Thanks.

Chris

[Guest AsherUK]

There is a post somewhere here that relates to using different headphones.

I think it say's you can get an adaptor from Maplin.

[Guest Deemon]

http://www.modaco.com/viewtopic.php?t=533

[Guest The Futures Bright]

I can confirm the Maplins adaptor works well. Make sure you get a stereo one as they also do a mono one. Excellent value for 79p. It sticks out quite a bit but I can live with that. ;)

[Guest AsherUK]

:idea: It is also possible to open the small silver button housing on the original SPV headphones and remove the two leads connected to the earpieces, then get a pair of Koss (ear bud type) headphones and solder them in their place.

You then end up with a set of high quality headphones (which won't fall out of your ears !) and still have all the functionality of the original headphones (volume control, button to answer calls etc) and the small original connector (instead of a big adaptor which could cause physical damage to the socket inside the SPV).

:!: Before attempting this modification, make sure you know how to solder and use a small soldering iron !, otherwise you'll end up with f#cked headphones and some blobs of melted plastic. :!:

[Guest Gorskar]

Thats a good I Idea, I was wondering if something like that was possible.

May have a go at some point myself.

[Guest Monolithix [MVP]]

I like the look of those Koss bud earphones. Still trying to work out how to remove the silver back though heh

[Guest Monolithix [MVP]]

Ok, as soon as i get the money, i'll get some koss buds and swtich them with the Orange ones.

Also, imagine them with intergrated bluetooth ;) Shame the SPV doesnt have it built in.

[Guest spacemonkey]

solder?????????? what ever happened to twisting wires together and then winding a metre of insulation tape around it? If you solder them you're not gonna get the desired level of static to "soften" the sound ;)

[Guest Monolithix [MVP]]

That can already be achieved simply by the fact that i have my mp3's encoded at 32kbps ;)

[Guest spacemonkey]

Digitally low quality... ewww... That's just not gonna sound good through the valve amp I'm building for my SPV

[Guest Monolithix [MVP]]

The sub i built into mine does me nicely...

[Guest awarner [MVP]]

solder?????????? what ever happened to twisting wires together and then winding a metre of insulation tape around it?  If you solder them you're not gonna get the desired level of static to "soften" the sound  ;)

SM

Are you related to the idiot who lived in my house before me??

Half the house was wired up like that and if the length was too short he would just add another bit onto the

end with a few good twists :shock:

[Guest MECX]

the twisting/insulation tape thing is a standard engineering tool---called 'bodgeing' in technical terms i think. ;)

Then again this really is better than soldering bare connections together as solder and no insulation= bad audio quality and noise-lots of noise. :roll:

[Guest awarner [MVP]]

the twisting/insulation tape thing is a standard engineering tool---called 'bodgeing' in technical terms i think. ;)  

Then again this really is better than soldering bare connections together as solder and no insulation= bad audio quality and noise-lots of noise.  :roll:

I am an electromechanical engineer and do not belive in bodging :wink:

Solder's fine if you only expose minimum cable plus decent solder,

then use decent heat shrink to insulate properly :lol:

Much safer

[Guest bamboo]

I just read a news about logitech has launch a few headphones for mobiles, including the 2.5mm one. I think we can try that, it is in the China market now.

[Guest Monolithix [MVP]]

Not stereo though are they :/

[Guest MECX]

I am an electromechanical engineer and do not belive in bodging :wink:  

Solder's fine if you only expose minimum cable plus decent solder,

then use decent heat shrink to insulate properly ;)  

Much safer

yeh really dont matter how you put the cable together for this low power---anything with a bit of umph tho and solder is a bad idea--it melts rather easily. :wink:

electronic engineer myself----my phone is here tomorrow----let the bodgeing begin :roll:

[Guest HelloDave]

Bodge the cable I say! And i'm half way through an electrical engineering degree; should I be worried?! It is at our own risk though - not as if we're selling bodged headphones!

Whoever invented the glue gun rocks ;)

[Guest cseilern]

soldering sounds good to me too, but how do you remove the insulating sleeve from the copper threads? inside the main black sleeve for the left and right ear bud are two threads, each further insulated. These threads, though, are insulated strand by strand with what looks like a super thin translucent non conductive coating. How do you get rid of that to expose the bare copper thread?

[Guest Shuflie]

Well, if you're using the soldering iron already why not just melt it off? ;)

The proper way to do it would be to use proper wire strippers (you can get the ones used for stripping wire warp wire), or you could just use a very sharp knife and scrape the coating off.

[Guest cseilern]

I cannot use any *mechanical* stripping because each copper *strand* (-ther are dozens of them for each wire) is *indvidually* insulated with a very fine coat of plastic.

I can burn them off quite easily and quickly but that tends to make the copper strands glow orange. The high temperature even destroys/melts some of them, leaving the remaining ones heavily oxydised and covered in black soot! I think (but I am not sure) that this is VERY bad for sound... (most sound cables use pure oxygen free copper).

Any clues?

[Guest Monolithix [MVP]]

Copper oxide isnt particulary conductinve if i remember my chemistry lessons correctly ;) I think its probably a case of being as quick as you can with the iron, short of running a new set of cables all the way from the mic unit.

[Guest cseilern]

I hear you! copper oxide is about as conductive as brick... but is till cannto figure out how to strip the sleeve off each individual strand. If i just cut the wire, i have almost no exposed copper to solder.

[Guest neilg]

Forget all that - i want full duplex stereo bluetooth headsets ;)