Converting My Bose Noise Canceling Headphones into Bose Bluetooth Headphones

Hi,

Following a very long a noisy flight last year I was given a early birthday present of a pair of very comfortable Bose Noise Cancelling headphones.

The Bose Quiet headphones are a joy to wear and the sound quality is really very good.  But like all corded headphones they can be a bit of a pain when your stuck at the end of an aisle on a plane, train or bus and other people want to move around.  I don't know about you, but it also appears that the more time I put into sorting out the cable the more tangled it is makes itself when I try to move.

So I decide that I'd had enough if it and decided to use the 'Bluetooth Charm' against the cable snake and for only few pounds it works, on planes, trains, automobiles and even in bed.  At last no more strangling cable snake and the Bluetooth reception is fantastic loud over 10+ metres away.

The solution to convert my Bose Headphones to Bluetooth turned out to be remarkably cheap and simple and it really works great with hours and hours giving high quality sound from many bluetooth sources.  It works particularly well with my Bluetooth mobile sound players i.e. iPhone or iPad or any other Bluetooth Android Device or phone.

I've put together a really simple video of instructions, showing the bluetooth adapter and the specialist Bose replacement cable I used in this fixed1t fix.

Here is the Amazon UK link to the Bluetooth Adapter:

LAYEN Car Aux Bluetooth Music Receiver / Adapter Jack with 3.5mm Stereo Audio Output for Wireless Steaming from Bluetooth Devices: Apple iPad/ iPhone/ iPod / Smartphone/ MP3 (Black)

and for the Bose cable I used.

Bose QuietComfort 3 QC3 Replacement Audio Cable

Please check make sure you purchase the cable for your particular Bose Headphones and that your Bose headphone cable is detachable.

He are the links to Amazon USA link for the Bluetooth Adapter:

LAYEN® Car Aux Bluetooth Music Receiver / Adapter Jack with 3.5mm Stereo Audio Output for Wireless Steaming from Bluetooth Devices: Apple iPad/ iPhone/ Cell Phones (Black)

and the link to Amazon USA link for the Bose replacement cable:

QuietComfort® 3 audio cable

Again, please check make sure you purchase the cable for your particular Bose Headphones and that your Bose headphone cable is detachable.

With the video and the links above you should have your own Bose 'Bluetooth' Headphones within minutes of the bits arriving.

Here is the link to my youtube video:



If you don't fancy doing it yourself then you could always sell you current Bose headphones on Amazon and purchase the latest Official Bose Bluetooth headphones.

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Many Thanks

fixed1t

Koss Phase 2+2 Quadraphonic Repair Part 3

Hi

I've finished the 3rd video on my repair of the Koss Phase 2+2 Quadraphonic headphones.

The link is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnkALj4GQt0

As I hope you can see the sock based cups look great and work a treat.

I hope you like the video, if you do please rate it and leave a comment.

WARNING:  DO NOT 'ACCIDENTALLY' PURLOIN YOUR WIFES EXPENSIVE ANTI-BLISTER WALKING SOCKS AND CUT THEM UP IN ORDER TO MAKE YOUR HEADPHONE EAR-CUPS.

I wondered why they were so comfortable ;-)

I HONESTLY HAD NO IDEA.......  please be more careful :-)

fixed1t

Koss Phase 2+2 Quadraphonic Ear Pad Sock Fix Part 2

This is the second part of my Koss Phase 2+2 Quadraphonic Headphones fix.  

Youtube Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMxVAbxJwkU

In this fix I figured out how the get the true shape of the original ear pads using diagrams from the Koss original Patent Application.  I then decided to make a plastic template of the pad shape to work with and select an old white plastic CD box.

I glued the paper to the plastic panel I'd cut out then cut out the shape with a fret saw.

I then checked the shape against the Koss Phase 2+2 right headphone.

Once I knew it fitted I cut the bottom off and old military sock and began folding

The result was something that resembled the original pad and worked thanks the the rigid plastic maintaining the large exit hole.

And here is the partner sock still untouched.

And this is the left side view of the headphones.

More work to be done, but the patent picture provided the only true picture of the shape of the phones.

Cheers fixed1t

Koss Phase 2+2 Quadraphonic Controller Headphones Repair Part 1

Hi,

In the 70's the dream system for the music heads 'geeks of the time' was Quadraphonic.  Unfortunately it didn't catch on that well, well not for 20 years, partially because the system diagrams at the time showed huge rooms with 4 speakers strategically placed in each corner and most UK houses had no such thing.

The was a HiFi shop in Aldershot not far from my Dental Corps barracks that was heavily into Quad so I bought a Ferguson Quadraphonic Amp, 4 huge JVC speakers, a JVC CD-4 decoder and I was hooked.

Of course in the billet there was little room to set the system up without the agreement of the guy in the opposite bed.  I loved the system and the sound was amazing.

But on a trip to Guildford I came across a shop selling the

Koss Phase 2+2 Quadraphonic Headphones 

with Ambience Expanders, Binauralators, Quad Field and Quad Comparator

For weeks I used to go there and try them on and try different combinations of the programmer settings.  But I couldn't afford them and them and then I moved away.


Ever since I first discovered eBay I've been looking for a pair with absolutely no luck and then suddenly I came across 2 pairs in quick succession, alas both in an awful state of repair.  But being fixed1t I couldn't resist giving it a go.

So I set about repairing one to see if it was possible.

The link below is to my youtube video of the repair of the controller box.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKgqzJYzEWI&list=UUa7OD3xhZ0Xbb2aUSuIQujw

I will be doing another video to show on how I solved the issue of replacing the bizarre and huge headphone pads.

The Music is an Ambient composition called "Raindrops" by fixed1t

If you like the video, check out my other blogs and videos on fixed1t youtube.

Cheers fixed1t