Stock headphone mod

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I couldn't stand the stock headphones as they just would not stay in my ear, and I can't use them at work because they don't do noise isolation. I really liked idea of the inline remote and wanted to be able to use it with any set of headphones I want. So I chopped the earbuds off and added a jack in their place. Worked like a charm.

Good idea, I might do the same with my old etymotics!

How did you reconnect the wires though? Weaving them, or soldering?

Great Idea! tutorials woutld be even better for he less knowledgeable ones! lulz n.n

I'm trying to do the same thing and thought I knew what I was doing. Here's where I am... Any pointers?

more images and a few tips at http://irregular-expression.com

sorry for the site, it's pretty raw right now.

Originally Posted by Flandro

I'm trying to do the same thing and thought I knew what I was doing. Here's where I am... Any pointers?

Soldering the headphone wire to the same stuff is going to be a royal PITA, this guys blog post goes a little bit more into that. I would recommend getting a jack that has solder points. Would probably be a little easier.

i guess my real question is wich wires go to which wires? color of wire to which corresponding color.

The copper wires are ground, the green is left and the red is right on the n1 headphones. I'm not sure what the colors correspond to on your jack, but I imagine they are the same. You'll need to connect both the left and right ground wires to the ground wire on the headphone jack.

So basically cut open the 2 ends and splice/soder the corresponding colors together and thats it?

Does anyone know if the G1 adapter (it is a mini usb that ends in a 3.5 female jack) would work?

Originally Posted by Ssantos6981

So basically cut open the 2 ends and splice/soder the corresponding colors together and thats it?

Does anyone know if the G1 adapter (it is a mini usb that ends in a 3.5 female jack) would work?

As long as it's stereo, there'll be 3 wires. 1 L, 1 R, and a common ground. So yes, it should work in theory, however, I don't know if there are any additional wires in there for the USB portion (I doubt it, but there are stranger things out there).

Personally, I'd go to RadioShack and buy the female end that you can solder on. It'll look more professional. I just put one of their male ones on a set of Senheisser headphones that I busted the plug on.