These Headphones Look Ridiculous within the Finest Means Doable and I Need Them

I like headphones. They’re my go-to accent. The way in which some persons are sneakerheads, that’s how fanatical I’m about headphones. I’ve a literal wall of them about three pairs shy of spreading onto each other. And whereas I’ve tried all method of headphones in my lifetime, I’ve by no means seen something remotely that appears just like the Ol’ Thumpy cans from Pud’s Small Batch Headphones. Based on PC Gamer, Pud’s is a small store in California that hand-makes customized headphones with distinctive aesthetics, for lack of a greater phrase.

I imply, check out Ol’ Thumpy there. The man sporting them seems to be like he’s making a nasty impression of a stalk-eyed fly. I can solely think about the neck energy wanted to put on them. And but, I’d endure the potential neck pressure. Not as a result of I like outlandish tech however as a result of I actually, actually do. As wild as these headphones look, there’s a technique to Pud’s insanity. On this case, Ol’ Thumpy is designed to ship a number of the greatest bass you’ve ever heard.

These large spheres on both finish of those wacky cans include a Helmholtz resonator. It’s a part designed to power air into the cavity, basically absorbing sound whereas vibrating at a selected frequency to supply a selected sound. Within the case of Ol’ Thumpy, it’s a 60Hz bass word. You discover these resonators in numerous musical devices, together with violins and violas. They’re additionally discovered on mufflers. Once more, it’s a wild idea.

However who’s chargeable for this acoustical whimsy? That will be Pud, also called Distrokid founder and author Philip Kaplan. He’s additionally a drummer and headphone artist — that’s proper, artist. That’s as a result of, apart from Ol’ Thumpy, he has a number of different headphones listed on his web site. I’d personally like to strive the Blasphemy and the Cephalopods Max cans. Laden with fake bull horns, the Blasphemy headphones are designed with a “wool-filled transmission line to dissipate again waves,” whereas the Max has a “nautilus-shaped again wave dissipation chamber.”