Putting it all together

Assembling your headphones might sound very difficult to do, but it’s quite easy. The most difficult/stressful part is soldering the drivers to your cable, and even that is easy.

We’ll start by looking at the fit of the drivers in the cups. This is only to see whether the cups will need to be sanded down a bit or whether electrical tape should be applied on the side of the drivers to get a tight fit. Do not force the drivers into the cups at this stage. Once you have the sizing sorted out, get your cable ready and push the left- and right hand strands each through the hole in the cups they will be set in. Now we need a install a cable tie to each cable that will stop the cable from accidentally breaking off the contact pads in the event of a sharp tug on the headphones. Measure about 45mm (this is a ballpark figure, as it might be different depending on the chamber length and placement of the cable hole) from the tip of the cable and install the cable tie there. Repeat this on the other cable and ensure that the length is the same, or the cable will be unbalanced. Time to solder the drivers to the cable and let them cool. Now install the drivers into the cups and ensure that a tight fit is achieved. You will now have two cups with installed drivers. Attach the cups to your headband, put on some earpads and you are done!