[dubsm177]

I just did this today and the marshmallow headsets were incredibly difficult to take apart. I broke one of the caps. But after doing the soldering i just wrapped them with some electrical tape and everything sounds great. Mic and all work perfectly and the sound is really good. Thanks for posting the video.

[IBVFR]

Originally Posted by GreggSymington

These were easily modified. They sound 10 times better than the stock headset, bass is great as well. OH, and they stay in your ear!!! Just remove the gray covers to get to the connections. Be careful with the small round cover as the only have 2 small posts that secure them to the earbuds and break easily.




http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1051826204625

awesome advice on which phones to use. i borked the pins in the gray covers, but just kinda melded the plastics together around the circumference with my soldering iron of justice afterwards. AWESOME mod.


first post, by the way.

[ranova]

anyone know if these are moddable:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1155848368219

[blu3scr33n]

Originally Posted by smlaux

Don't try to mod your shures. You need to find a set of headphones similar to the ones shown in the video that have a removable cover that allows access to the back of the speaker without damaging the earpiece, and that isn't possible with any of the shure models... nor the bose or bang & olufsens, or pretty much any high end headphones with molded ear canal inserts.

The JVCs in the video are good because the plastic cover lifts off cleanly, if you are careful, and can be glued back on once the soldering is done.

Shures E2C wasnt that hard to open. Much easier than sony earbuds.

[jumpy]

i just want to dye the white wires BLACK before i reattach the new earbuds. any ideas of something that WONT come off?

[joshysquashy]

Originally Posted by jumpy

i just want to dye the white wires BLACK before i reattach the new earbuds. any ideas of something that WONT come off?

perhaps a vinyl die, they are a spray paint, but the paint penetrates into plastic and changes the colour.

can be hard to find them though. im not sure it would cope with the flexing of the cord, but its your best bet. perhaps sample it on something else first.

[dash8brj]

Originally Posted by GreenCountry

Long story short: why can't you twist the two ends of the matching wire? Is it something to do with the tolerances for the current, resistance, etc in the wires being very narrow and when you just twist the wires together, the balance is off?

Thanks for any help!
GC

Hi Green Country

My first post here in the forums.

The reason why you cant get any signal from the cut and spliced side is because the wires are coated with enamel. This makes the wires thin as they dont need a seperate sheath over each wire inside the main sheath.

Try heating the very ends of the wires on both the earpiece plug and the iphone wires, and you'll get a connection. Use a cigarette lighter and hold the wire high above the flames tip - about 2 inches until you notice the enamel burning off. Make sure the area you want to twist together is free of enamel then try twisting them together.

The other option is to leave the ends of the wires dipped in rubbing alcohol overnight. It will eat off the enamel and then you can twist the wires together.

Buy some solder tape and use a match to solder them if you dont want to buy an iron. Makes a solid connection that shouldnt come apart.

Before soldering find some suitable insulation to slip over each seperate wire, as now there is an exposed ciruit waiting to short.

[pmas]

careful. I ruined my bose earphones. Anyone who wants to try this on bose, don't bother. There is a thin plastic covering over the soldered points that you need to carefully remove. But after you do, it's gone and (you have to break it away) there is no way to reattach the screen covering it. I glued the covering back on but it's on the outside area that is visible and it looks bad.

[rodeeze]

isint there a converter you can put on the bose to fit the iphone?

[pmas]

Yes there is but it won't have the microphone thing on it then.

[bharned3]

Ouch. I would not have tried this on 100 bose headphones. I did the same as the video and all works well. However it is really hard to get the earphone apart. He must have already did it before he shot the video. I used a little knife to get it started..

[aziatiklover]

wow that is so bad azz

[rxmxsh]

While I thought of modding my earbuds as well, why not get these:

http://www.rivetnow.com/home/file/pr...e_Headset.html

They are only 30 bucks and have the built in clicker/mic that functions. I haven't bought them yet, but I think for the $$$ it's the best deal...

[jwcrash]

I did this mod the day the video hit the net and love my JVCs. I especially like how using the Apple cord gives me FULL functionality with the phone and iPod. All I lose is the earache the stock earbuds offered after 90 seconds of use!

If you're too squeamish to do it yourself, these guys are modding up Etys or just offering to do the soldering for you.

[schneiderman]

Originally Posted by poetic_folly

Thanks, edit, thats a good find. Now do I really want to pull apart my Bose headphones... hmm.

yeah same with me, $100