Stereo Headphones
Wire up a pair of headphones and jam to your favorite music! Build the headband, rig up the speaker drivers, and experiment with stereo sound. Explore how speakers and other electroacoustic transducers turn electricity into sound, then learn about the engineering history that made modern headsets possible.
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Why it’s awesome
Engineering in stereo
Wire up headphones that play music in surround sound.
Science of sound
Explore the science behind turning electricity into sound.
Bring history to life
Discover the engineering, design, and history of headphones.
What’s included?
Topics explored
Electronics
Stereo sound
Electricity + magnetism
Additional details
From the desk of the product designer:
Behind the design
“You'll build an awesome pair of headphones yourself, but you'll also be an audio engineer and experiment with amazing stereo-sound illusions.”
- KiwiCo Product Designer
By the numbers
12
Headband designs
6
Headphone cups tested
7
Audio clips we included online
Reviews
4.6
59 reviews
Customer images
Craig
05/08/2024
This one is great especially if your kids have a tablet. The only thing is the ear pads don’t have a good wear life since they just slip on so maybe some double sided tape to keep them on with constantly taking headphones on and off over time.
Kaitlan
01/02/2024
Wonderful activity. 12 yr old kiddo LOVED it. We were able to really talk about it and she taught me all about the mechanics and electrical! Great!
Anne
11/06/2023
Our grandson absolutely loved building his headphones. And it's been a year and he still uses them daily! So it lasts, is well designed, and provides hours of fun plus his feeling of accomplishment: he tells his friends he made them! So proud!
Frances
10/23/2023
This is easily the favorite kit my 12 year old has done! (Close second is the kinetic speaker) The build was challenging and the quality of the headphones is great. He uses them daily for homeschool lessons and they've held up really well.
Ryan
07/27/2023
My daughter LOVES being able to bring these headphones to school and say she made them. She always surprises her teachers when they actually work!
bobbi
07/10/2023
My daughter followed all the instructions perfectly. She loved the snarked about sacrificing a headphone set for her to create her own!
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