- Audio Engineer Built Headphones Using Scrub Daddy Sponges
- The cans offer a frequency response similar to high-end models…
- …yet they were sold online for just $100, but you won’t be able to buy one
If you’ve ever thought that headphones all look too similar these days, here’s something you’ll love to see. A sound engineer built headphones using yellow smiley face sponges – I’m assured Scrub Daddy is a household name – and they’re apparently surprisingly good.
On Reddit, a well-known audio engineer named Pud — u/pudjam667 (who often shares his creations on the platform and on Pud.com) — revealed his latest concoction: open-back headphones whose internal components are housed in Scrub Daddy sponges.
The headphones, which carry 50mm drivers and were tuned to account for the spongy material (along with a few other materials used to complement the acoustic design), were put through their paces and performed surprisingly well.
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According to the frequency response graphs, the cans have a surprisingly flat bass response, with the curve likely making owners of the best headphones green with envy of its flatness. You could say they soak up the bass.
The creator himself has referred to its “divine frequency response”, comparing them to the HiFiman HE1000, and reviewers have compared them to various high-end products. Even Sennheiser himself got involved, praising the creator for his work via his Reddit account.
I made Scrub Daddy headphones [swipe for godly frequency response measurement] of r/headset
Is it time to buy a pair?
Scrub Daddy headphones are a unique type product. I’m sorry to say, you’ll never be able to buy them yourself.
In the comments below the post, u/pudjam667 described how they made the pair with their son, “to help teach him the business,” and the pair was put up for sale on the engineer’s website once completed.
The price was only $100, which could land them on our list of best cheap headphones, if Scrub Daddy decides to get involved and help make these things a reality.
Pud has a wide range of headphone inventions, and the Scrub Daddy cans are probably the most common, perhaps surprisingly. Next on the list is probably the pair made from Croc shoes (well, a mimic of them, at least), which also tested surprisingly well.
Both headphones are certainly much more practical than Pud’s ultra-bassy headphones, called Ol’ Thumpy, which make you look like a human bar.
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