Comments on: External CD-ROM turned Class A headphone amp

By: PlasmaFire

PlasmaFire — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:31:50 +0000

I see Grado headphones…man, those cans sound great!

Very cool hack…although, it’d look a little odd since many don’t use the headphone jack on those units, and external drives aren’t as popular as they used to be.

By: atrain

atrain — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:27:36 +0000

36chambers:
The problem is that some high-end headphones need more power than any of these devices can supply. You will either end up with loud distorted music, or having the music still too quiet. A computer plugged in to the wall can’t power these things, why would a tape player off batteries be able to do it reasonably?

By: f00 f00

f00 f00 — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:29:39 +0000

Thats one of the neatest headphone amps Ive seen. Low part count too. Is it just me or have we only had one hack today? Could this be a return to the old format?

By: diy audio projects

diy audio projects — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:17:09 +0000

@4 I love the walkman enclosure idea. I keep looking at the yellow sports walkman I have and wondering why I am keeping it since I have no more tapes!

Gio

By: 36chambers

36chambers — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:32:45 +0000

Nice Stealth Factor,

This can be done for virtually FREE using trash.

Step 1. Get your old Walkman tape player
Step 2. Locate and remove the Magnetic tape head
Step 3. Wire the 3 wires up to a stereo jack of your choice for input.
Step4. Plug your headphone into the walkman and turn it on/press play etc

Optionally you can remove the mechanics that deal with the tape.

-If you dont feel like ruining your walkmen, you can do the same thing with a cassette Tape->1/8" stereo adapter. Put the tape in the walkmen, press play, and plug the 1/8" stereo male end into any sound source you wish to amplify.

PRESTO

By: andrew

andrew — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:43:46 +0000

now *this* is a hack! bravo

By: Marcin

Marcin — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:41:10 +0000

I will do it for myself.

By: Liam

Liam — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:12:23 +0000

What a great idea for a project enclosure. I’ll remember this in future.