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http://www.instructables.com/id/Cheap-Acoustic-Simulator-Crossfeed-for-Headphone/
http://www.instructables.com/id/Cheap-Acoustic-Simulator-Crossfeed-for-Headphone/
http://www.instructables.com/id/Cheap-Acoustic-Simulator-Crossfeed-for-Headphone/
http://www.instructables.com/id/Cheap-Acoustic-Simulator-Crossfeed-for-Headphone/
Image Notes 1. First try. Decided it wasn't good enough and did another.
Step 4: Build
There are a few ways you can go about soldering the components to each other on the cardboard. I went ahead and placed all the components on the board and bent the leads, to prevent them from falling off of the board. Make sure to bend the leads, that are to be soldered to each other, in the same direction and group them where applicable. You can do one entire channel first, and then the other. Depending on your soldering skill, you may or may not want to solder one component at a time. Soldering groups of leads seems to be much easier. *Be careful when soldering R5, as the leads may touch. They are arguably the most important resistors, as they are the ones where the signals are being crossed into each other. Forgive my drawings, they are not to scale. The layout follows the modified schematic in the last image. Original can be found here .
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Image Notes 1. Use your scissors or wire cutters to trim the lengths of the component leads before soldering.
Image Notes 1. Left and right channels cross. Check that R5 leads do not touch each other. 2. Jumper wire. 3. Jumper wire. 4. Jumper wire may not be needed if you stretch the R4 lead towards C1.
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Step 5: Testing
Here comes the best part of DIY. Testing! To test the crossfeed, all you need is some music to listen to. If you want to see how much audio is bleeding into each channel, connect the crossfeed to your computer using a 3.5mm male-to-male extension cable and open up your favorite media player. Switch all output to either the left or right and see how it is. If all sound on one side seems louder than all sound on the other, you may have done something wrong. Check your connections! Be aware that there will be a total volume drop due to the crossfeed. This is normal.
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Image Notes 1. Hard left. You should still be able to hear something on the right channel.
Image Notes 1. Hard right. You should still be able to hear something on the left channel.
Step 6: Enclosure
Once done, you need to put it in something. I happened to have an extra enclosure laying around and decided to use that. You can use anything you want. Much like the popular cmoy headphone amp, you can try putting it inside an altoids tin. To match the "protoboard", why not put it inside a small cardboard box? Use your imagination. I really like these hammond cases. I tried putting a headphone amp in this particular model, but it came out very, very cramped. It seems fairly roomy for the crossfeed, and matches my amp perfectly.
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Image Notes 1. Some of the plastic had to be cut for audio jacks to fit properly.
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onlinemastering says:
Mar 14, 2011. 1:50 AM REPLY This is an excellent project, one of the best on instructables (still I am an audio geek i woudl say that). Perfect and highly useful prooject for beginning electronics. Thanks for sharing this, really enjoyed the read. SafeandSound mastering services
7wist says:
Thanks a ton man, I just soldered this up my my dads Christmas present :)
faxwork says:
What a great gift idea! I hadn't thought of that. Tell me if he likes it. :]
killerjackalope says:
Nov 15, 2010. 6:37 AM REPLY Great build, I wonder it it's easier to have a physical crossfeed or not, with digital music being to ubiquitous. Though I suppose a couple of hours building this would be way faster than fiddling with every song...
faxwork says:
Nov 15, 2010. 11:31 AM REPLY I've noticed that many software crossfeeds can be invasive and can color the sound a bit. I built mine in about an hour, not including time spent designing the layout. :D If you want more options, consider looking in to switching between different R1 resistors. This will enable you to adjust the soundstage to your choosing on the fly. Thanks for the comment. :)
killerjackalope says:
Nov 15, 2010. 12:36 PM REPLY Good to know, I may well build one depending on my ever changing sound setup, really taken to using my little bluetooth speaker about the house and just bringing it with me but this would be great for the bus etc, using big cans seems to make the issue more apparent than leaky earbuds...
faxwork says:
Nov 15, 2010. 12:48 PM REPLY It's really great to have on the go, but the only problem I have now is finding a short 3.5mm cable to use it with. Having a cable from my sound source, between the crossfeed and amp, and my headphones is a bit much. :/
killerjackalope says:
Might be better with a small cable soldered direct to the board rather than a jack.
You get short cables in audio shops, also handsfree kits etc often have odd length cables with them if it's any help...
faxwork says:
I'll consider the idea. I just hate that it feels so "permanent". :p Maybe I'll replace my input with RCA jacks instead. I see RCA to 3.5mm adapters everyhere.
killerjackalope says:
Nov 15, 2010. 3:29 PM REPLY How about wiring on a little cable but keeping the input too? Just a couple of inches of cable you could slide away when you're using the input...
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faxwork says:
Sounds good, but I would still need to find a cable to tear apart. :|
killerjackalope says:
Eh there's always a rub, old headphone cord? Though the wires are a little fragile...
Lexx217 says:
thanks you :)
faxwork says:
Welcome. :p
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