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Audio and wearables
Speakers, kids' audio players and sports watches whose official software no longer fits or no longer exists. These projects keep them working.
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Yotwo
Yoto Player, 2nd gen · ai: claude code
Replacement firmware that points the Yoto's physical controls at your own Audiobookshelf library. Optional NFC, local downloads.
- 014
Sommet
Older Suunto watches (Ambit 3, Traverse, Kailash) · ai: claude
Activities, routes, settings and training features for Suunto watches stranded when Movescount shut down.
- 015
Personal Sonos controller
Sonos Arc + system · ai: claude code
Browser controller with volume, sound presets, schedules and the shortcuts the owner uses daily.
- 019
Walkman NW-A820 homebrew
Sony Walkman NW-A829, Japanese model (also NW-A826 / NW-A828) · ai: claude
manuaguirre9 built a homebrew player that boots alongside Sony's firmware: drag-and-drop music, 24-bit FLAC, Bluetooth headphones, podcasts over phone tethering and retro emulators. Deleting one folder restores the stock Walkman.
- 020
Bose SoundTouch revival
Bose SoundTouch 20 + M5Stack Atom Lite (ESP32) · ai: claude + chatgpt
Bose shut down the SoundTouch cloud in May 2026. Sergei Ponomarenko brought back internet radio and the six preset buttons with a small relay for the streams and ESP32 firmware that catches preset presses and replays them to the speaker.
- 025
Audeze Maxwell parametric EQ
Audeze Maxwell gaming headset (PlayStation version) · ai: claude code
Aquaspaces writes a full parametric EQ, up to 10 filters, into the headset's own custom preset slots. It stays on the headset over the dongle, USB-C and Bluetooth, with no firmware flash.
- 029
FreeDSP Studio
Moondrop DUSK-SP USB-C DSP cable (also MAY, FreeDSP and other Walkplay-chip dongles) · ai: claude code
EffectiveEquivalent's desktop EQ editor writes straight to the cable's onboard DSP over USB. It gives fractional-dB gain where the stock app shows whole dB, and adds a preamp.