More Aesthetic Hard Drive Speaker

Step 3: Play Music

Once you're wires are soldered to the voice coil, hook the wires to your audio amplifier (stereo, or whatever) and play some music. Use music with a lot of treble rather than bass to test it.

It will only work if the thing is resting ontop of a good sounding surface, if you're holding it in your hand it won't work. This is like how the strings of a guitar won't make much sound without the big flat guitar beneath them.

Comments

[rprough]

The idea was cool enough but could have used more step by step photos. Only had a few photos. not much help.

[iminthebathroom]

I agree, even if it is a little late to add pictures on the actual build, a couple close ups of how the wires feed in to it would greatly help. Grab a camera, snap a couple and add it to the all ready cool instructable! Hate to criticize an instructable, but this is meant as positive criticism. Many a time I have received comments like this and it only helped to make my instructables better. Thankyou very much for the cool post!!!

[im3733]

The connections you're looking for are the two that attach to its between the magnets.

Depending on your hard drive and the number of platters it has, your arm will have no less than 4 pins, 2 for the coil, and 1 for each side of each platter it writes on.

All you have to do is look at the pins on the arm, and follow the leads coming off of them to determine which is connected where. The rest is simple.

[stinger0410]

that is pretty cool and neat speaker you have there, good job:)