If you don't fancy doing this project, here's something you could just buy from Amazon instead that's pretty much the same: amzn.to/2iqQSo7

Thanks for the complements! :) One of the reasons I keep going with these videos is because the audience is so positive and friendly (most of the time).

Incredible to watch this today and see just how far you've come, in terms of both project scope and the production values of the videos. I've got so many projects I'm inspired to work on, so thank you for doing what you do.

dude! i was just watching one of your recent videos and got this vague memory of watching you yeeears ago converting some sony ericsson speakers... and it turns out it was actually you! my converted speakers are still going strong after all these years. legend!

Recent comment that's not over 5 years old. Good video, and shows that you've come a long way in the quality of the projects and videos.

Excellent tutorial, I found an old set of these speakers the other day and was planning on doing this to them. I found your video and followed your steps, it worked perfect first time! Thanks a million mate, this little mod is after saving me the cost of buying new portable speakers! Thumbs up!!

I have to say your DIY are the best among all those I have seen. Well shot, edited, explained, edited.. No rubbish, Just pure DIY. (And I think few snapshots of layout will only add to already great video) And thanks for your awesome videos and replies.

Good to see your soldering has got better over the years.

Haha I like that when you noticed your reflection, you waved! Love your videos BTW Matt!

I followed your guide and successfully converted my speakers. These little things really sound great. Thank you. Btw, great videos on your channel. Keep up the good work.

Fantastic! :) I hope you enjoy using them as USB speakers!

Excellent video! My old MPS-70 speakers were just laying around collecting dust, and I didn't want to throw them away because I always thought they sounded awesome for speakers of their size. Now I have converted them using this video and use them with my laptop and with my new phone. In the latter case I just stick the USB cable in a 5V (5W) adapter which I had since earlier and plug it into the wall socket. I'm definitely bringing these babies with me out to the cabin this weekend. Thanks!

This is a fun and easy project to get people used to doing soldering and electrical jobs… great job. Thanks.

Finally I was able get my hand on one of these and mod them accordingly ^^ Worked like a charm though I think the USB cable I used has a cable break. Everytime I touch the USB cable the power gets lost for a split second. Will just replace the USB cable and all is perfect :) Thanks for this cool tutorial.

Thank you for this tutorial! I thought i will not have any use form these speakers, and now you proved me wrong!

Wow, I've already watched lots of the newer content on this channel and now I randomly found you again when looking for these speakers! 😀 (I was searching for a 3d printable grill for them to prevent my son from damaging the membranes.) My grandfather did this mod for me probably around the same time as this video was released, when I replaced my Sony Ericsson W580i with a Sony Xperia Go in 2012. 🙂

Thanks for the video! I managed to convert the MPS-70 into 3.5mm + USB speakers. Sounds so good in a small package. Great on my Acer Iconia A500 Tablet as it has a full-size USB port already.

You are one of my favorite youtuber & i am pleasantly surprised to see this video as i had these laying around & was looking to convert them to audio jack Thanks for instructions & keep up the good work 👍

The process of converting the MS-410's should be very similar (same contacts etc), but I expect that its connector is mounted directly onto a PCB, rather than wires, so the challenge would be soldering your usb connections etc to it. The only way to find out would be to open it up, and Sony's stuff is usually quite hard to get into.

I did this a few days ago but used the jack, button, and microphone from a pair of smart phone headphones. I haven't used the speakers much so far but they work pretty well and provide decent sound powered by a 10,000 mAH battery pack/charger. Total cost was less than $20 with the added bonus of putting soldering skills developed long ago as a calibration specialist and biomedical equipment tech to use after many years of neglect. Tip: don't count on the rosin core from the solder. A light coat of flux from a lead-free plumbing repair kit on the wires made tinning and soldering very quick. I squeezed out a bit and dragged the wire ends through the flux and when touched to the iron the solder wicked right into the wire. The ear bud wire strands were individually coated but a bit of flux and bead of solder on the iron quickly dealt with the coating.

I will look into it.

Amazing stuff, just what I needed. Thanks a bunch!

Wow, a 10 year old video helps me today xD I now wanna rebuild my MPS-70 to a bluetooth box and I hoped to find the pin-out detail in your vid ^^

Works flawlessly! Now listening to the video through them! Thanks!

Great job! I've been looking for this for a while and your video is the best.

i was about to throw the speakers, decided to googled about converting it and found this. Awesome video

I did the same mod with the first of these type of Ericsson speakers. Good as mobile speakers, especially if you also have a batterybank to use along with your smartphone or music player.

I love your videos, even the old ones.

A 9 years ago video with this incredible quality.. wow i'm speechless

Only if the device has the ability to give power from its micro usb connection. I doubt many devices do (though my Nokia N900 does), but some Apple products have the option. You could of course hardwire it directly to the phone's battery connections...

I did it and works simply great! Thank you!!

Oh didn't realise. I've got the MPS-60 which are have the amp in the connector part rather than one of the speakers. Thanks for your help!

bruh what a good idea, I actually just salvaged the amps and made another project, but I will definitelly try to do this as soon as I get one of these speakers

Thank you, nice tutorial and it's working without problem!

Well, you could... but you'd still need to power the speakers with a battery or even the smarphone itself (if it has a 3.3v power output, like the iphone).

I love this sound though Nice job Matt

Thank's so much for this quick video. It´s very helpful.

thank you very much !! it's so great tutorial and my old speakers are like brand new :)

You'd have to be a lot more specific than that :) do you mean passive 'bookshelf' speakers that work with most hi-fi players? If so, you could just add a jack to the wires (combine the ground signals) and just attach them directly. That's what I've done with my PC and the sound quality blows away any 'active pc speakers' you can buy in the shops.

Thanks man :D I'm gonna do this and if they go loud enough I'm gonna fit them to my motorcycle.

Thanks ... my MPS-70 was long time lay in shelf .... BUT today I connect with pigtail of USB and 3,5 jack ... AND SOUND WELL .... thanks for your DIY step by step ... I dont buy new but repair old ones. Thanks again ... (y)

Thank you. I have these. and i fortunately i see this video. Awesome.

I like this! It's perfect! thank u for this work. Excellent Video! Greetings from Colombia! my BRO

Hey thanks! that was just what I needed!!! big hug bro!

Great sound for the money invested. Can be used as travel speakers for laptop and phone. Important is to use a good quality USB cable and jack. If you use some cheap cables it might not work, it happent to me, cheap wiring bad signal or not at all!

Running from batteries is fine, as the voltage range of the amp is something like 3.7v - 5.7v. Great way to listen to music from a phone or MP3 player, where no usb port is available.

You are very welcome :)

You can indeed!

Yes, but only if your smartphone has the option to output power over its usb port. Many do, so it's worth looking into.

To power the speakers from a battery, just get three AA batteries in series (no more than three, and you'll probably need a battery holder) and attach the black cable to the - side of the batteries, and the red cable to the + side of the batteries. :)

Great video. Very helpful. Works like a dream.

The sound is quite good thanks

You should be able to, yes. The wiring will probably be slightly different than the MPS-70 speakers, though.

Thanks dude, your videos are awesome, you should make more. Have fun :)

guess what? i have the exact speakers back in the days except it has a gray face plate. i followed the wiring diagram here and it works awesome! it's a good thing i kept it since these tiny speakers sound decent and so loud 😀

Very nice tutorial! Great job!

I need this video for long time thanks yor videos are good maybel

You'll have to find a hardware store or something. Ebay is also a great place to buy it from.

Only that you ought to check the left and right wiring, and maybe the jack you used. :)

OMGGG IT WORKS - i done this, wooohooo video could have beeen slower though, iit was hard to keep up wid u

if you do this mod you can use one of those portable phone chargers (which are essentially batteries with a usb port) to use it with your phone/tablet/mp3player etc.. on the go

Do you mean "heat-shrink"? It's available at most electronic shops (although I got mine from ebay) :) very cheap but very useful.

s there some kind of connecting cable to buy so it can be attached to the original sony ericcson cable and just go to usb without cutting rewiring and everything else. so like usb A to usb B ?

There are some basic unspoken 'rules' in that usually black is ground, red is live etc, but that's all. You can usually find out what colour wires do what by looking at the circuit board, and trying to figure it out that way.

Hello, there is no advantage to directly accessing the PCB as the wires go directly to it anyway, so there is no difference in sound quality. It's perfect quality stereo, and sounds fantastic. :)

Came here for learn some tricks by this legend

I'd like to help, but that link throws up an "internal server error" :\

awesome to see videos where you started from! I wonder if you can do this to convert it to USB-C, without using any other connection for power supply :)

Time to revive my old mps-70s....

Thanks for the video. I have a question. What is "heattrick" and where i can find?

Hey this vid is pretty useful and well done!!

It needs the USB connector for the power, while the audio comes in through the 3.5mm jack. To make it 100% USB operated would require some kind of USB audio interface.

great video.question if i wanted to make it blue tooth can this process be made or no? will u make a video on how to make any speaker blue tooth with the amp as ur other video adding components like headphones,like the boom box u made but just with more stuff lol ur videos are awesome and i can understand everything in ur step by steps ..nice work

I've made it with my own sony speakers, thanks!

This is really good. I want to change my stereo speakers USB and outlet. I just dont know how..

My sister just found hers and we were wondering if we could turn them to be useful again, thanks!

hi, great explanation! i have one of these but i've seen in several videos that is better to keep the build in pcb twich comes with it and power it from usb and then conecting the audio jack to these pcb. is there a big difference in the sound between doing that and doing it your way? Because i have to say your way is easier but i want to keep the sound of these little speakers! Thanks in advance Thanks

Can i connect two separate speakers (have only +, - wires) in this method?

Yes, be careful of that if you try this build. The wire is rubbery, and incredibly difficult to strip cleanly. I tried 3 times, each time nicking the wires. Easy enough to fix with some electrical tape, though, so it wasn't really an issue.

I did something like this last year only I added in the option to switch between a 9v battery and a USB connection. It does work with a 9v battery

Hello, may I know that which wire you cut very first ( which has five cables with blue color signal wire ) in this video?

This video is useful! I´m trying the about and this about it works! Thanks for make the about!!!!!!!! :)

So Clear!! thanks!! I' ll try...

I had done this myself over 3 years ago - only difference being that I initially used a 9v battery. I eventually made a USB cable with a 9v battery connector on the end.

thank you very much, it works perfectly :D

Nice Video About Speakers!!!

i remember those, they got preety good quality

Do you know, if it's possible to do the same with the SE MPS-60 speakers? Do I have to do the same?

I have an old Sony Ericsson K750i earphone. It has got 5 wires inside. green, blue, white, black, and one bare wire. How do I turn it into 3.5mm jack earphone? I appreciate your advice.

Amazing video dude, have mps-100 model, is possible change to usb ??

I recognize that pilot of old good AIWA HI-Fi system ;) I have almost the same pilot from a little older NSX TR-99 model than Yours ;) Greetings!

Try going through all the connections again, and making sure you've got them right. But first, check that the volume on the device you're plugging it into is at full.

Thanks for the video.

HELLO ... Can you do the same with any LG/Samsung phone? There are also Jack and micro USB connectors, and the speakers are originally intended to the mobile phones.

can i use the same process only wire it to a micro usb so that my smart phone will power the amp in the speakers like originally intended ?

Fantastic! :)

Can I do this with any speaker

Can you do a video or explain how to do the same thing but with mps-60 speakers please! I have 2 sets just sitting collecting dust

is it possible to send the sound through the USB cable its self? as the device i am using does not have a headphone jack. Also, if it would need drivers they would need to be compatible with Raspbian wheezy (debian linux based.).

Thanks for the video. My speakers work perfectly but there's no different between left channel and right channel, 2 ones work at the same time! Any advices for me? Thanks so much. :)