Hi Folks,
I found an old radio / boom box at work that was going into the bin and I wanted to try and use this for something brand new by replacing the dead components inside with a raspberry pi, touch screen where the cassette was, gpio based amp, and some modern speakers initially before replacing leds/buttons etc. The unit is an Aiwa tpr-901b k linky here:
4 Band Stereo Radio Cassette Recorder Radio Aiwa Co. Ltd.; T
I have a kit list for the project below but the one area I am drawing a blank on is the speakers. I wanted to use car speakers that are low profile and designed to be in a small enclosure, but I was told car speakers are not designed for small enclosure spaces :shrug:.
Any recommendations for speakers on this project?
This is purely for fun and doesn't need to be portable it won't leave the room. I want to do some soldering it has been a long time, I have a 3d printer and will design/print the facia and I can reuse the components for other things.
Kit list:
- Raspberry Pi 4, 2gb OWN
- HiFiBerry Amp2 - 60 watts, works with speakers of 4-8 Ohm impedance and sample rates from 44.1-192kHz (16-32bit). OWN
- 4" Capacitive Touch Screen SCRATCHING_HEAD
- PSU - Mean Well GST60A18 OWN
- Spotify via Volumio distrib OWN
- 2 x 5" speakers SCRATCHING_HEAD
I found an old radio / boom box at work that was going into the bin and I wanted to try and use this for something brand new by replacing the dead components inside with a raspberry pi, touch screen where the cassette was, gpio based amp, and some modern speakers initially before replacing leds/buttons etc. The unit is an Aiwa tpr-901b k linky here:
4 Band Stereo Radio Cassette Recorder Radio Aiwa Co. Ltd.; T
I have a kit list for the project below but the one area I am drawing a blank on is the speakers. I wanted to use car speakers that are low profile and designed to be in a small enclosure, but I was told car speakers are not designed for small enclosure spaces :shrug:.
Any recommendations for speakers on this project?
This is purely for fun and doesn't need to be portable it won't leave the room. I want to do some soldering it has been a long time, I have a 3d printer and will design/print the facia and I can reuse the components for other things.
Kit list:
- Raspberry Pi 4, 2gb OWN
- HiFiBerry Amp2 - 60 watts, works with speakers of 4-8 Ohm impedance and sample rates from 44.1-192kHz (16-32bit). OWN
- 4" Capacitive Touch Screen SCRATCHING_HEAD
- PSU - Mean Well GST60A18 OWN
- Spotify via Volumio distrib OWN
- 2 x 5" speakers SCRATCHING_HEAD
I have found that small car speakers are quite forgiving of enclosure space. They are designed to be confined within door panels after all.
You'll also not be expecting an extreme Hi-Fi performance from this small radio cassette recorder enclosure.
It is therefore worth considering a universal fit 5" car speaker that will do the job adequately without costing the earth.
Having said that, suggestions for all types of exotic 5" drivers are likely to follow!
You'll also not be expecting an extreme Hi-Fi performance from this small radio cassette recorder enclosure.
It is therefore worth considering a universal fit 5" car speaker that will do the job adequately without costing the earth.
Having said that, suggestions for all types of exotic 5" drivers are likely to follow!
