Mini Computer Speakers

[hempy 10+ year member]

Well, I reached a stopping point on the face/back. The screw holes came out really good, but I'm not really happy with the back. I would feel the same about the front, but as of now all of my cuts are covered up. I may try to find someone with a small cnc machine since companies charge way too much for custom fabrication. I countersunk the holes and cleaned up the cutouts up to 1500 grit.

My PE order shipped today so the cables should be in sometime this week. In the meantime I will be getting them ready for paint. Cleaning up the sides cut away a good bit of the roundover again, so I may pass over it with the router again or I may just hand snad. There are some spots that could use some bondo as well.

I am having trouble trying to figure out the polarity of the outputs on the amp. I have one that is wired to a 3.5mm plug and another that is just a 2-prong plug. I need to find out, first, how which is which on the plug, and secondly, how the left output is wired to the 3.5 plug (tip, middle, sleeve) so I can wire up the right 3.5 plug that I added. Is there any way to do this with a dmm or a pair of other speakers? Is there a way to create a file of a one-way "pop" so that I can maybe check the phase?

Oh well, time will tell. Here are new pix. I testfit everything and it all seems to fit well.

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

preeeetty neat i must say.

 

[Fast1one 10+ year member]

Is that 6 watts rms at at four ohms per channel? Somewhere around 3 per driver at 8 ohms, should sound descent for mild levels...would have gone with three inch drivers though, best cost/performance ratio, especially sealed...

 

[hempy 10+ year member]

Is that 6 watts rms at at four ohms per channel? Somewhere around 3 per driver at 8 ohms, should sound descent for mild levels...would have gone with three inch drivers though, best cost/performance ratio, especially sealed...

I went with these because they were the ones she wanted. She thought they were cute. I guess I can't blame her, as they've gotten that very reaction from about two dozen people by now.

I feel compelled to try and come up with some tiny desktop horns for them.

 

[Fast1one 10+ year member]

I went with these because they were the ones she wanted. She thought they were cute. I guess I can't blame her, as they've gotten that very reaction from about two dozen people by now.
I feel compelled to try and come up with some tiny desktop horns for them.

Ahh that makes sense, 3s are cute too though //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif I have three inch Auras in half wave tapered pipes and they are VERY nice, with solid output down to around 60-70, and audible down to 50hz take up little space too...Sealed many three inch drivers can go down to 80-100 hz with ease and blend well with subwoofers...
They may have too high of FS and low x max to work well in horn. Not an expert in BLH's but output would most likely be unusable as the driver would distort even with minimal power input with almost no throw. Also BLH's, and most other horns work best against a wall or ideally in a corner on the floor...

 

[Lil Poot 5,000+ posts]

A lot more than I planned. Lets hope it's worth it.
Speakers 2x $10

Amps 2x $10 (he had a min. $20 order so I ordered 2)

3.5mm cables $5

Screws, etc $3

Wood, plexi, paint Free

you would shit if i told you what i'd spent on a computer stereo this week....

 

[hempy 10+ year member]

I think they're finally ready for paint... I bondoed all the imperfections, hopefully no new ones will show up after priming.

I also got the extra 3.5mm plug wired up, and I found a 9v source on the on/off switch to run a power led. I was going to try an bypass the 6-pin switch with a simpler 2-pin pushbutton, but I found a "cap" for it that I can use.

I still haven't heard them yet though! I'm getting anxious. Still waiting on the headphone cables for the speakers.

Pics may be kinda dark...but I figured I'd post em just to show how good they looked while being so bad.

This happened to be in the same folder and I just couldn't help it.

 

[2kchevy06civic 5,000+ posts]

ROFLMAO that cat picture is priceless. Awesome build log none the less //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/thumbsup.gif.3287b36ca96645a13a43aff531f37f02.gif

 

[baseballer1100 5,000+ posts]

Thats bad ***.

 

[hempy 10+ year member]

Finally got them primed. They looked fugly after the first shot though. far more imperfections than I expected, and the edges soaked just about all of it out. So I've been working on them with a can of filler primer and some 320... hopefully it'll be sunny long enough to get them looking good today.

 

[Jameseypoo 5,000+ posts]

using what? a straw from mcdonalds?

Arby's straws are wider.

 

[shortyg83 10+ year member]

I really like this build idea. good job so far cant wait to see how they turn out

 

[hempy 10+ year member]

Well, it's been a while, but they've finally been painted. I haven't seen them, so I hope they look good; I'm going to go pick them up tomorrow. They wanted to know what color, and I just pointed at a random blue Sentra. I think it's called onyx blue.

I really just hope they look good...the paint is the thinnest part and usually shows lots of imperfections once the clear is down. I had to sit with them, a can of filler primer, and some really high grit sandpaper for about a week already.

Pics to come tomorrow. Or not at all. Who knows....

 

[hempy 10+ year member]

Ok, so these things look hot as ****. I don't really care about any imperfections, because the paint just looks badass. I'm not sure if it's the same paint I picked out, as it looks much darker, but I don't really care at this point. I only have one of the speaker pods and the amp box at the moment, as one has a big bubble on th efront from the way he had to hold them to paint, so that'll be knocked down and recleared tomorrow.

But I like them. A lot. I think the blue will match the silver cones really well, as well as the plexi on the amp.

But enough of that... onto pics!

 

[ballstothewall 10+ year member]

Bad f'ing ***.