Tesoro Compadre Wader moc.

[finnfoto]

Here is a little moc up I've been toying with for a litle while. Same type concept as the Head Hunter Pirate detector with the motherboard inside the headphones.

Well I figured hey why not give it a try. I wanted to eliminate the use of an otter box or pelican box and give the headphone concept a try. I took a pair of Radio Headphones. (PANASONIC) $10.00 ebay.

and a Tesoro Compadre with 8'' concentric . Removed the internals from the headphones except for the speakers and battery plug. Very cool as the headphones has it's own battery compartment on one side .

I put 2 holes in the other side of the headphones. Removed the original speaker from the board of the compadre. Soldered in the 2 headphone speakers to the board. Very easy. Just take pic's with your cellphone and use as a referance to remember where wires go,

I used a USB cable for a long coil cable and solderd it to the board. after installing a cable plug. 1/4'' I also plastidiped both speakers and around the plug. This helped muffle the sound , as it is very loud. Fun little unit that works.


I will do another one ,only with proper coil cable for the next one. Enjoy the idea.

 

[deliveryboy]

cool idea, let us know how it works!

 

[tabman]

Very ingenious.

tabman

 

[finnfoto]

I wish I would have thought about doing this sooner. After tinkering around with it. It dawned on me that heck. Any umax would work. . Just a little time consuming removing the knobs ,drilling holes and reinserting the knobs back into position on the headphones. Now I wouldnt go diving with them, but I wouldnt be afraid to hunt in the rain with them either.

 

[mudpuppy]

I must say that is a very cool mod there! Do you have any more pictures? I am interested in what you think about the weight or comfort on your head? Nice job!
Mud

 

[foiled again tab hunter]

n/t

 

[finnfoto]

Honestly. it's not much heavier then a normal set of whites headphones. Those maroon colored ones. Actually pretty comfortable. . The coil connection which was a soldered splice. I have done that a few dozens times and each time I solder, then plastic epoxy over each wire solder then Plastidip . If not built up to bad I then shrink tap over that. Never any problems. Just mostly time consuming but a lot of fun.

 

[ken ward]

OK , You had a few days now to try it. Does it work like you planed? I am thinking about doing the same thing. Let us know how it does. I know it is not for diving. This could be something Tesoro could think about. It would sure be a hot item... KEN

 

[mudpuppy]

I agree, that would be one hot item there. Anytime a fellow can lighten up the load on the arm and at least wade neck deep is a good thing in a machine.
Mud

 

[finnfoto]

Here's the first post of the first compadre headphone I put together.