- An audio engineer has built headphones using Scrub Daddy mushrooms
- The cans offer frequency response similar to top models…
- …but these were sold online for just $100, though you won’t be able to buy one
If you’ve ever thought that headphones all look too alike these days, here’s something you’ll love to see. An audio engineer has built headphones with yellow smiley sponges – I’m sure Scrub Daddy is a household name – and apparently they’re surprisingly good.
On Reddit, a well-known audio engineer named Pud – u/pudjam667 (who often shares their creations on the platform and on Pud.com) – has revealed their latest invention: open-back headphones with the insides inside Scrub Daddy mushrooms.
The headphones, which carry 50mm drivers and were tuned to account for the spongy material (with some other materials used to complete the acoustic design), were put to the test and performed shockingly well.
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According to the frequency response graphs, the cans have a surprisingly flat bass response, with the curve likely to make owners of the best headphones green with envy at how flat it is. You can say that they suck the bass to themselves.
The creator himself referred to its “divine frequency response” and compared them to the HiFiman HE1000s, and commentators have compared them to various top products. Even Sennheiser themselves got involved and complimented the creator on his work via their Reddit account.
I made Scrub Daddy headphones [swipe for godly frequency response measurement] from r/headphones
Time to buy a pair?
The Scrub Daddy headphones are a one-and-done product. I’m sorry to say, you will never be able to buy them yourself.
Commenting on the post, u/pudjam667 described how they made the pair with their son “to help teach him about trade,” and the pair were put up for sale on the engineer’s website once they were finished.
The price was only $100, which could land them on our list of the best cheap headphones if Scrub Daddy decided to get involved and help make these things a reality.
Pud has a wide range of different headphone inventions and the Scrub Daddy cans are probably the most regular looking, perhaps surprisingly. Next on the list is probably the pair made from Croc shoes (well, a mimic of them, at least), which also tested shockingly well.
Both sets of headphones are certainly much more practical than Pud’s ultra-bassy headphones, called Ol’ Thumpy, which make you look like a human barbell.
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