diy ghetto speaker driver

Tekko · 4th December 2006, 06:34 PM

I did a finding yesterday and tried something that may seem weird but it actually works, even tho its just thrown up on the table. It sound sound like crap but that is understandable, and the amp is just a 1-3 watt wallwart.

Check out my ghetto diy speaker driver.

A video

PeteMcK · 4th December 2006, 07:52 PM

Have you seen the 'Mythbusters' episode where they make a 51" 'subwoofer' driven by the cars crankshaft?
Total lunacy, but they managed 166 dB @ 16Hz

Pete McK

Tekko · 4th December 2006, 09:10 PM

Yup i have, crazy!!!

Btw it was driven by the gearbox, not directly by the engine.

Tekko · 5th December 2006, 08:16 PM

This woof is now mounted in a box and thumping along, it looks like this:

Tenson · 5th December 2006, 09:15 PM

What the hell is that motor?

Tekko · 5th December 2006, 09:31 PM

It looks like this inside:

kevinkr · 6th December 2006, 01:10 AM

Looks like an early hard drive head & actuator assembly..

Tekko · 6th December 2006, 03:20 PM

It is

*gives kevinkr a cookie*

kevinkr · 6th December 2006, 08:02 PM

4th December 2006, 06:34 PM	#1
Tekko diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2005	diy ghetto speaker driver I did a finding yesterday and tried something that may seem weird but it actually works, even tho its just thrown up on the table. It sound sound like crap but that is understandable, and the amp is just a 1-3 watt wallwart. Check out my ghetto diy speaker driver. A video __________________ The point of life is to build atleast one audio amplifier before you die.

4th December 2006, 07:52 PM	#2
PeteMcK diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sydney	Mythbusters Have you seen the 'Mythbusters' episode where they make a 51" 'subwoofer' driven by the cars crankshaft? Total lunacy, but they managed 166 dB @ 16Hz Pete McK

4th December 2006, 09:10 PM	#3
Tekko diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2005	Yup i have, crazy!!! Btw it was driven by the gearbox, not directly by the engine. __________________ The point of life is to build atleast one audio amplifier before you die.

5th December 2006, 08:16 PM	#4
Tekko diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2005	This woof is now mounted in a box and thumping along, it looks like this: __________________ The point of life is to build atleast one audio amplifier before you die.

5th December 2006, 09:31 PM	#6
Tekko diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2005	It looks like this inside: __________________ The point of life is to build atleast one audio amplifier before you die.


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5th December 2006, 09:15 PM	#5
Tenson diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Kent	What the hell is that motor?

6th December 2006, 01:10 AM	#7
kevinkr diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Blog Entries: 6	Looks like an early hard drive head & actuator assembly.. __________________ www.kta-hifi.net

6th December 2006, 03:20 PM	#8
Tekko diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2005	It is gives kevinkr a cookie

6th December 2006, 08:02 PM	#9
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