Mini Computer Speakers

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

Omg man, I hooked up my new amp on those Aura mids (the unnamed black things) and am sending 'em 100w/channel, and am running them at 90% volume. They hold up so **** well it's insane. They do have a lot of port noise at this volume (didn't expect them to be able to play this loud anyway LOL), but sealed they sound AMAZING (port plugged). You'll love them, I swear. Plus, they look sweet when they're at Xmax (look like mini subs lol). //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Rictamilk 10+ year member]

looks sweet man, nice job

 

[joetama 5,000+ posts]

Omg man, I hooked up my new amp on those Aura mids (the unnamed black things) and am sending 'em 100w/channel, and am running them at 90% volume. They hold up so **** well it's insane. They do have a lot of port noise at this volume (didn't expect them to be able to play this loud anyway LOL), but sealed they sound AMAZING (port plugged). You'll love them, I swear. Plus, they look sweet when they're at Xmax (look like mini subs lol). //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

Unnamed black things?

 

[hempy 10+ year member]

Unnamed black box eh?

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[joetama 5,000+ posts]

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It's been a long day...

Reading > Me...

 

[hempy 10+ year member]

I decided to skip sending these to the shop to get primed, since that was usually the step that took the most time to get done, so I picked up some filler primer and went to work. The blue painter's tape wasn't staying in place enough to protect the drivers, so I switched to the green 3m automotive masking tape. Wehn taking it off today to check the coverage, I noticed that the glue stuck to the surround basically anywhere it was attached. I'm going to try some thinner or alcohol or acryli-clean to try and clean them up, as well as any unmasked spots.

I also just powered these up for the first time today, and all i can say is wow. I wish I had bought more of these things. The bass is much more prominent than in the little 1 inchers, and I can even coax a 50hz tone out of them at higher volumes before breaking up.

 

[joetama 5,000+ posts]

The glue actually looks kind of neat...

 

[ballstothewall 10+ year member]

It does.

 

[joetama 5,000+ posts]

It might look odd in real life but int he pictures it matches the white enclosure pretty well...

 

[hempy 10+ year member]

The glue looks like crap in real life, but I managed to get most of it off in one try with some Acryli-Clean. It got a lot of the paint off too where I didn't mask enough.

btw the boxes are only primed sofar. Paint will be glossy black.

 

[SPYDERTUNE]

Looking forward to hearing how they sound.

 

[joetama 5,000+ posts]

Figured they might...

 

[SQBubble 10+ year member]

wow they look amazing, nice buildd vidz of excurzion?? these are auras or tb's?

 

[hempy 10+ year member]

wow they look amazing, nice buildd vidz of excurzion?? these are auras or tb's?

They're basically debadged Aura NS3s. They were a buyout on PartsExpress. Now I'm desperately looking for more, since the actual black ns3s are 20 bucks apiece.

I actually just picked up a new toy that should put out enough power to get some movement out of them.

It's a discontinued wireless speaker receiver/amplifier from Ratshack. I hope to use the amp board without the wireless features to get it into a smaller case. I got it for 15 bucks. The guy at RS was kinda suprised since they apparently started out at $150.

Comparison shot:

Open:

Wireless board (I think):

Amp board (I think):

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

im jonesin for someone to build a pair of these for me