DIY KITS
On top of being offered as custom, fully finished, assembled and tested headphones, all LTS headphones will be available as DIY kits as well. Kits will be available at various price points depending on the specific, fully customizable kit configurations picked by each individual buyer. It's a unique offering in the headphone industry at the moment, and will only be further expanded in the future. It also gives buyers an opportunity to own components produced using cutting edge additive manufacturing technologies, out of the most advanced materials in the industry. The goal of the DIY kits is to provide headphone enthusiasts with a well designed, high quality platform for building their own headphones, with drivers, ear pads and cables of their choice.
The kits will contain all of the original LTS components required to build a headphone using any of the recommended headphone drivers and ear pads available on the market, including all the hardware required to assemble the headphone, as well everything that's required to tune the sound of each headphone regardless of the drivers used with it. Assembly and post-processing instructions will be freely available on this website. Some components in the kit will be available at several price points, produced out of several types of materials using various manufacturing methods, which will in turn widen the quality range of the headphones that can be built using this platform. On top of that, post-processing kits will be available as well, containing all of the tried and tested products required to achieve a high quality finish on the headphone components, which will make the process of following of the post-processing guide even easier. The DIY kit sales will finance future developments and enable a transition into low volume manufacturing of fully finished headphones, a step which requires a sizeable investment, but is essential in transitioning from a hobby to a professional business.
The kits will contain all of the original LTS components required to build a headphone using any of the recommended headphone drivers and ear pads available on the market, including all the hardware required to assemble the headphone, as well everything that's required to tune the sound of each headphone regardless of the drivers used with it. Assembly and post-processing instructions will be freely available on this website. Some components in the kit will be available at several price points, produced out of several types of materials using various manufacturing methods, which will in turn widen the quality range of the headphones that can be built using this platform. On top of that, post-processing kits will be available as well, containing all of the tried and tested products required to achieve a high quality finish on the headphone components, which will make the process of following of the post-processing guide even easier. The DIY kit sales will finance future developments and enable a transition into low volume manufacturing of fully finished headphones, a step which requires a sizeable investment, but is essential in transitioning from a hobby to a professional business.
Why you should choose a DIY kit...
I'm aware that not everyone out there is into building things, but I strongly believe that most people do love it, especially in the audiophile community. It's one of those universal characteristics of humans to like making things. It satisfies our need to do things with our hands, it satisfies our curiosity, it trains our mechanical and problem solving skills and it teaches us that in order to get something, we have to put some effort into it. It's also educational, as you get to learn more about the design and function of individual components by getting to inspect them closely instead of never seeing them at all because they're hidden under the surface of an assembled product.
Most importantly, it's fun and fulfilling. It's very satisfying to take individual components of something and assemble them into a final, functioning product. It's why LEGO's are so popular, or model cars and airplanes, or why people like putting together IKEA furniture, or working on their cars, or building their computers. Otherwise, why would you pay 2000 dollars for individual PC components that you have to put together yourself, if you can buy pretty much the same exact PC already built for a little bit more money, and then just plug it in and be done with it? Because of the experience, because you get to pick exactly which parts you'll put in it, you get to unbox each individual part and inspect it in detail, hold it in your hands and see exactly what you paid for. You get to go through the fun process of building the PC and you appreciate it more once you press that power button and it starts for the first time. I believe building and tuning your own headphones can be like building your own PC, perhaps even better, because sound is such a personal and subjective thing.
The bottom line is, if you buy an assembled product, you get the product, and that's it. On the other hand, if you buy individual components that you have to put together on your own, you get the product and the experience of building it, and all the satisfaction involved in that process, so you essentially get more for your money. By building the headphone on your own, you get to appreciate it more once it's finished. It means more to you because you've put your own time and effort into it, and built it exactly to your liking. I'm aware that might sound cheesy to some people, but at the same time I know a lot of people know exactly what I'm talking about.
For that reason, I've put a lot of effort into making sure that all of the LTS headphone components offer as much value as possible, and give owners as much of an ability to experiment with, upgrade and modify their headphones as possible. I've also spent a lot of time fine-tuning the assembly methods and dimensional tolerances, to make sure each and every headphone building process goes smoothly and without irritations or problems. Additionally, every DIY kit sold will be fully assembled and disassembled before shipping in order to confirm that everything fits together perfectly.
Most importantly, it's fun and fulfilling. It's very satisfying to take individual components of something and assemble them into a final, functioning product. It's why LEGO's are so popular, or model cars and airplanes, or why people like putting together IKEA furniture, or working on their cars, or building their computers. Otherwise, why would you pay 2000 dollars for individual PC components that you have to put together yourself, if you can buy pretty much the same exact PC already built for a little bit more money, and then just plug it in and be done with it? Because of the experience, because you get to pick exactly which parts you'll put in it, you get to unbox each individual part and inspect it in detail, hold it in your hands and see exactly what you paid for. You get to go through the fun process of building the PC and you appreciate it more once you press that power button and it starts for the first time. I believe building and tuning your own headphones can be like building your own PC, perhaps even better, because sound is such a personal and subjective thing.
The bottom line is, if you buy an assembled product, you get the product, and that's it. On the other hand, if you buy individual components that you have to put together on your own, you get the product and the experience of building it, and all the satisfaction involved in that process, so you essentially get more for your money. By building the headphone on your own, you get to appreciate it more once it's finished. It means more to you because you've put your own time and effort into it, and built it exactly to your liking. I'm aware that might sound cheesy to some people, but at the same time I know a lot of people know exactly what I'm talking about.
For that reason, I've put a lot of effort into making sure that all of the LTS headphone components offer as much value as possible, and give owners as much of an ability to experiment with, upgrade and modify their headphones as possible. I've also spent a lot of time fine-tuning the assembly methods and dimensional tolerances, to make sure each and every headphone building process goes smoothly and without irritations or problems. Additionally, every DIY kit sold will be fully assembled and disassembled before shipping in order to confirm that everything fits together perfectly.