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I hardly ever use my WS4 backphones. Actually I used them on two hunts with the Deus, the first hunt I ever used the Deus and then last Thurs I gave them one more shot. Both times after a couple hours my ears were killing me where they hook over my ears. So, I've been using the puck adapter I made (http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/deus/481002-my-deus-ws4-universal-puck-adapter.html) for all my hunts. After last Thurs I had it with the backphones... they have great audio, but they are the most uncomfortable things on my ears ever.
So I googled around and I found a solution that I wanted to try. It involved removing the electronics from the backphones and putting them in a more comfortable ear phone casing.... then I keep the nice backphone audio, and have something comfortable to wear. The backphones only cost $20 so I could always replace them and they were just sitting in a drawer anyway.
The idea came from a post in another forum. I'm not allowed to post the link here, but if you google "DIY XP Deus Wireless Headphones", it is the 3rd link down in a UK forum.
I did some other research and found the housing for the very popular Deus headphones used these ear muffs. They were reviewed very highly on Amazon with 4.5 stars and at $22 with prime shipping, they arrived in 2 days. Amazon.com : Howard Leight by Honeywell Leightning L0F Ultraslim Folding Earmuff (R-01523) : Hunting Earmuffs : Home Improvement
I wont go into all the details since they are in the UK forum post "DIY XP Deus Wireless Headphones" but its pretty self explanatory. Take apart the WS4 backphones, desolder the existing connections and mount them into the Howard Leight ear muffs! If you have some drill bits, a hot glue gun and basic soldering experience, then this is a very simple project.
Here is my finished product and it took me about an hour to make.
The Howard Leight Ear Muffs from Amazon
First I took a heavier gauge wire and fished it through the headband.
I took a piece of thin gauge spare wire I had off a old phone charger cord and taped it to the end of the wire to pull it through the headband.
I put the wire through the hole I drilled and punched a hole in the foam in the Howard Leight muffs and pushed it through. I put a dab of hot glue on the other side where the wire went through the hole I drilled to keep rain out.
I stripped and tinned (with my soldering iron) the new wire. I desoldered the existing wires and soldered the new one on. **Make sure you keep track of the colors of the wire. One is a darker color and the new phone charger cord had a white stripe on one of the wires. So I designated the white stripe wire to go where the darker wire went on the Deus speaker. That ensures that the polarity will remain the same**
I put a dab of hot glue to hold the wire on the back of the speaker. I put the original backphone foam back onto the speaker and it fit PERFECTLY under the lip of the plastic Howard Leight frame.
After putting the pads back on the Howard Leight muffs, it looked great!
The side with the puck adapter was a little more involved. But again, just keep the polarity correct and its simple... for me, I just had to solder the new wire with the while line to the darker Deus wire.
*This is the puck side before I desoldered the old Deus connections.*
This side had two wires and two holes. One wire came from the other speaker and the other wire went out to the puck adapter. They were just soldered onto the speaker just as the other side was.
To attach the puck adapter to the outside I first drilled a hole and used a screw before realizing I could plastic weld it on with my soldering iron
The backphone puck adapter has three feet on it. All I did was use my soldering iron to melt those feet and the Howard Leight phones and basically plastic welded it on there. It seems very strong and I already have two hunts with them and even dropped them on the puck adapter and my plastic welds held strong!
These things are super comfortable! It cost me $22 to make them (since I already owned the backphones). The Howard Leights are noise canceling so I could turn the volume down two notches on the WS4. I can hear the tones so great with them and I get the great quality of the ws4 backphone sound, but in a comfortable noise canceling housing.
I fully owe this idea to the UK Forum link from googling "DIY XP Deus Wireless Headphones". It was a cheap and simple solution and I didnt have to shell out a ton of $$ for one of the other Deus Headphones, and I get the backphone sound quality.
Hope this helps and someone decides to make a set. The only reason I would buy another set of WS4 Backphones for $20, would be to make another set of these things.
So I googled around and I found a solution that I wanted to try. It involved removing the electronics from the backphones and putting them in a more comfortable ear phone casing.... then I keep the nice backphone audio, and have something comfortable to wear. The backphones only cost $20 so I could always replace them and they were just sitting in a drawer anyway.
The idea came from a post in another forum. I'm not allowed to post the link here, but if you google "DIY XP Deus Wireless Headphones", it is the 3rd link down in a UK forum.
I did some other research and found the housing for the very popular Deus headphones used these ear muffs. They were reviewed very highly on Amazon with 4.5 stars and at $22 with prime shipping, they arrived in 2 days. Amazon.com : Howard Leight by Honeywell Leightning L0F Ultraslim Folding Earmuff (R-01523) : Hunting Earmuffs : Home Improvement
I wont go into all the details since they are in the UK forum post "DIY XP Deus Wireless Headphones" but its pretty self explanatory. Take apart the WS4 backphones, desolder the existing connections and mount them into the Howard Leight ear muffs! If you have some drill bits, a hot glue gun and basic soldering experience, then this is a very simple project.
Here is my finished product and it took me about an hour to make.
The Howard Leight Ear Muffs from Amazon
First I took a heavier gauge wire and fished it through the headband.
I took a piece of thin gauge spare wire I had off a old phone charger cord and taped it to the end of the wire to pull it through the headband.
I put the wire through the hole I drilled and punched a hole in the foam in the Howard Leight muffs and pushed it through. I put a dab of hot glue on the other side where the wire went through the hole I drilled to keep rain out.
I stripped and tinned (with my soldering iron) the new wire. I desoldered the existing wires and soldered the new one on. **Make sure you keep track of the colors of the wire. One is a darker color and the new phone charger cord had a white stripe on one of the wires. So I designated the white stripe wire to go where the darker wire went on the Deus speaker. That ensures that the polarity will remain the same**
I put a dab of hot glue to hold the wire on the back of the speaker. I put the original backphone foam back onto the speaker and it fit PERFECTLY under the lip of the plastic Howard Leight frame.
After putting the pads back on the Howard Leight muffs, it looked great!
The side with the puck adapter was a little more involved. But again, just keep the polarity correct and its simple... for me, I just had to solder the new wire with the while line to the darker Deus wire.
*This is the puck side before I desoldered the old Deus connections.*
This side had two wires and two holes. One wire came from the other speaker and the other wire went out to the puck adapter. They were just soldered onto the speaker just as the other side was.
To attach the puck adapter to the outside I first drilled a hole and used a screw before realizing I could plastic weld it on with my soldering iron
The backphone puck adapter has three feet on it. All I did was use my soldering iron to melt those feet and the Howard Leight phones and basically plastic welded it on there. It seems very strong and I already have two hunts with them and even dropped them on the puck adapter and my plastic welds held strong!
These things are super comfortable! It cost me $22 to make them (since I already owned the backphones). The Howard Leights are noise canceling so I could turn the volume down two notches on the WS4. I can hear the tones so great with them and I get the great quality of the ws4 backphone sound, but in a comfortable noise canceling housing.
I fully owe this idea to the UK Forum link from googling "DIY XP Deus Wireless Headphones". It was a cheap and simple solution and I didnt have to shell out a ton of $$ for one of the other Deus Headphones, and I get the backphone sound quality.
Hope this helps and someone decides to make a set. The only reason I would buy another set of WS4 Backphones for $20, would be to make another set of these things.
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