Wish Your Headphones Could Keep You Warm? You’re in Luck!
While we aren’t down with the muffling of sound that this winter trick is sure to result in, when we came across this article on CNET we knew we had to share – Turn your headphones into earmuffs. If you’re the type of guy or gal that loves tackling fun and functional projects, this might be something to try your hand at, especially with the temperatures diving into the single digits for many parts of the country.
According to Grissini’s steps on Instructables.com for creating “Muff-Fones,” you can “hack some headphones into a spare pair of earmuffs” in just a few steps. We would never recommend doing this to a sweet set of the high-quality headphones available at Earphone Solutions, but if you have an old, off-brand set you aren’t using anyway, this could make for an interesting Saturday afternoon.
The necessary ingredients for this recipe of snuggly sound are simple enough – earmuffs and headphones. And while we recommend going cheap on the headphones as you’ll be taking them apart a bit, we recommend opting for a decent pair of earmuffs. After all, the point of the project is to keep you warm and toasty while listening to tunes in the shivery days of winter. Go super cheap on the earmuffs themselves and you’re wasting your time! A few tools are necessary as well, and some careful attention to detail and safety, but overall the earmuff mod doesn’t look to be very time intensive at all.
Another upside to keeping your ears cradled in the comfort of Muff-Fones while outdoors is that you might just find yourself appreciating the crisp, clean unfiltered sounds of your everyday Beyerdynamic headphones or Sennheiser headphones even more. The first note you hear once you’re warm indoors will be like the first bite of a premium, Grade A burger after a week of fast food!
