Technochicken
12-13-2009, 10:26 PM
I built these a while ago out of some laptop speakers, but today I gave them a new and improved look. There is no amplifier; they are only powered by the headphone jack. I have tested them against the ipod touch 2g's built in speaker, and they are a good bit louder, not to mention they sound better.
They are made out of aluminum flashing, the end of an 1/8" stereo cable, hot glue, wire screen, JB weld, and lots of hard labor :rolleyes:
Here's a picture of them originally:
http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FQK/JY7V/FS6PNWFB/FQKJY7VFS6PNWFB.MEDIUM.jpg
Now:
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/3995/pc130055.jpg
http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/4859/pc130056.jpg
http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/4723/pc130058.jpg
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/2156/pc130059.jpg
for an idea of thickness:
http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/4830/pc130068.jpg
http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/3260/pc130053.jpg
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/5568/pc130070.jpg
I made a video of them playing to give some idea of volume and quality. They sound pretty terrible in the video, because my camera is a piece of crap, but in real life they are a little better. I think it is pretty obvious from their size that they are a bit lacking when it comes to bass though.:D
video:
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ve8P4s7u82E&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ve8P4s7u82E&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
I can post instructions if anyone wants to build their own, not that they are very difficult to make.
They are made out of aluminum flashing, the end of an 1/8" stereo cable, hot glue, wire screen, JB weld, and lots of hard labor :rolleyes:
Here's a picture of them originally:
http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FQK/JY7V/FS6PNWFB/FQKJY7VFS6PNWFB.MEDIUM.jpg
Now:
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/3995/pc130055.jpg
http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/4859/pc130056.jpg
http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/4723/pc130058.jpg
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/2156/pc130059.jpg
for an idea of thickness:
http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/4830/pc130068.jpg
http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/3260/pc130053.jpg
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/5568/pc130070.jpg
I made a video of them playing to give some idea of volume and quality. They sound pretty terrible in the video, because my camera is a piece of crap, but in real life they are a little better. I think it is pretty obvious from their size that they are a bit lacking when it comes to bass though.:D
video:
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ve8P4s7u82E&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ve8P4s7u82E&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
I can post instructions if anyone wants to build their own, not that they are very difficult to make.