My Modded A40's

[ROadkill66611]

Here are a few pics of my MLG A40's modded with LEDs. Let me know if you'd be interested in them.

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[ROadkill66611]

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[FUN LOVIN KILLA]

They look awsome how did you do that..??? i'd love to do that to my white a40's as the warranty is up on them now.....

[ROadkill66611]

Thanks, but if I told people how I did them, I wouldn't be able to get paid to mod them for others.


They look awsome how did you do that..??? i'd love to do that to my white a40's as the warranty is up on them now.....

[FUN LOVIN KILLA]

Well im in the uk so paying you is out of the question but a heads up in a private messages could help me do mine and ill keep it secret as i want to be the first in the uk to do some,,,,,

[Todaay]

Reduction of sound quality? Added weight?

[ExcitedByNoise]

If I was do do something like this I would use some button cell batteries attached to some LEDs and glue them on the back of the speaker tags. Should be pretty straight forward. You can make a simple switch to extend their life to make them last longer. Basically start with something like http://www.instructables.com/id/LED-Throwies/ and go from there. You could use rechargeables if you wanted, but I think you can get those batteries for pretty cheap and they should last a while. This method is low risk, you can always buy new tags, you don't have to touch the wiring, it's cheap.

If you went through the trouble of actually tapping in to the power of the headset, kudos. I still doubt there is too much risk in posting how you did it if you are offering the mod as a service. If it's complicated, people would still probably pay you to do it. If it's relatively simple, well you may lose some business, but likely the people who have the disposable income for a mod like this would still just pay you to do it for them if the price point was right. It's the open source business model.

[ROadkill66611]

nope, neither. Just awesome lights plus the same qulaity that Astro A40's deliver.


Reduction of sound quality? Added weight?

[ROadkill66611]

do they make button batteries in 12 volt? becasue the LEDs I use are extremely bright. They're designed for auto and room lighting. The headset's audio signal isn't strong enough to provide the 12 volts needed to power these LEDs. I could've used ultra low powered LEDs, but then, what's the point as they'd be so dim.
I offer three different (external) 12 volt power source options: a 12 volt AC adaptor, or for mobility, two different battery pack types to choose from: (a single 12v rechargeable batterypack with beltclip which is the same size as a single AA battery) or (an 8AA batterypack with beltclip which is only 3"x2"x 1" in size and not heavy at all). All power source types are connected via quick disconnect plug and play connectors to the +/- wires to the LED strips in the headset. I have a number of methods of wiring. One is to attach the Leds to the tags themselves via 3M double-sided tape with quick disconnect plug and play connections to the wires that go through the headset (running parallel to the Headset's quick disconnect wire) to the powersource (so the tags can be changed when you want) You'd just need to reattach the leds to the new tags and plug them in to the connector. Another method is to have the LEDs underneith the earcup's grills (behind the tags), so that you can either wear the tags or not and still see the lights throught the Astro alien grill pattern. Another is to simply have flat led strips around on the inner side of the plastic rocker arms that hold the earcups in place.

I also offer a wireless remote that features strobe, pulse, dim features for extreme 'in your face' showboating after you pwn someone at your next LAN party. the remote's 4"x2.5" control box simply needs to be wired to the ac adaptor and connected via the plug and play connection to the wire, to the Leds in the headset.





If I was do do something like this I would use some button cell batteries attached to some LEDs and glue them on the back of the speaker tags. Should be pretty straight forward. You can make a simple switch to extend their life to make them last longer. Basically start with something like http://www.instructables.com/id/LED-Throwies/ and go from there. You could use rechargeables if you wanted, but I think you can get those batteries for pretty cheap and they should last a while. This method is low risk, you can always buy new tags, you don't have to touch the wiring, it's cheap.

If you went through the trouble of actually tapping in to the power of the headset, kudos. I still doubt there is too much risk in posting how you did it if you are offering the mod as a service. If it's complicated, people would still probably pay you to do it. If it's relatively simple, well you may lose some business, but likely the people who have the disposable income for a mod like this would still just pay you to do it for them if the price point was right. It's the open source business model.

[FUN LOVIN KILLA]

Really like the look of these led's for my headphones.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16SQ8WzuDM0

[ROadkill66611]

Really like the look of these led's for my headphones.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16SQ8WzuDM0

those are actually the same strips I use. Those are atteched to the the RBG million color remote control.