Munny Speakers

Step 7: Hook it up and enjoy the music!

The Munny speakers are all set and ready to go. Hook them up to an amp (I'm using a Sonic Impact T-Amp), run in an input from an MP3 player or your computer and you're good to go!

Thanks to Zack for help.

Comments

[RUSSIANrecon]

Dude that is greate im going to try that !

[RUSSIANrecon]

Dude that is greate im going to try that !

[WouterZ]

So cool. Thanks for this.

[keigorjai]

Are you sure this is original? Google around pls.

[fungus amungus]

Yes

[kctess5]

Any baffle step compensation or internal volume considerations?

[michaelsuh19]

I was wondering where does the wires from the speak go out???

[jpunkäss]

the butt

[LiMiT-L3sS]

these r sick im makin um were u get speakers

[The Amazing Waffle]

You can get speakers at mostly any electronics store or from the internet. (ebay kijiji etc. )

[jon.rich]

i like bro.

[chompa1422]

were did u get these speakers

[neonack]

I guess I have a the same question as someone above. How do you connect the speakers to an device? You had a link on there for an amp to use but is there something comparable or can we just attach it to a DIY 3.5 jack and then to a media device?

[torndorff]

You need some type of amplifier between the output device and the speakers.  To keep things simple, we'll say youre using an iPod.   The iPod is a lower-voltage device and that signal needs boosted to reasonable levels to power the speakers.  The Sonic T-Amp linked is no longer available under that name, but search the Parts Express for DTA-1 and you'll find the exact product.  Even smaller is the Dayton DTA-2 module, the actual circuit used in the Sonic T-Amp.  And with a digital source with a volume control you wouldn't need a volume knob (although it would be often useful).

If you bought the DTA-2 and the linked wall-wart power supply you could build the amp into the doll (I think, I've never seen a Munny doll).  The circuit is only 2.75" x 1.5".  Then you would need a power input jack, audio input jack, and speaker out to the other doll.  Voila, fully powered speaker system.  

Keep in mind, however, you will one day crave deeper bass and want to a add a sub (necessary even when using a wide-range speaker drivers such as this 3" one) it'd be easier to have the amp housed in a separate enclosure.  Add a Cherberus sub to the Munny doll and you'd have a wonderful sounding audio system indeed.

[milesduggan]

 The only thing that bothers me is that these little guys are $200 a piece! But still an awesome instructable!

[fungus amungus]

Whoa! No no no, that's the Mega Munny you're talking about. These are the regular Munny dolls that go for $25 each.

[milesduggan]

 O ok cool thanks for the feedback!

[M4industries]

 The miniMuni's are $9.95, but they are way too tiny.

[matstermind]

laptop munny speakers :)

[Koil_1]

I think the only way this could be much better is to use some fiber mat and polycarbonate resin to smooth out the transition between the doll and speaker basket. The other thing would be a small diameter bass port in the back of the head just to enhance the low end a little. Other than that, this is a really sweet build.

[karnold70]

I believe you'd get MUCH better acustic results if you configured your system such that the Munny speakers were your midranges, and simply use a sub for your lower frequences. Unless you're a sound engineer.

[Matt4_16]

You should market this

[ladonola]

i checked on ebay theres nothing like this out there... great idea!

[minh-tudabomb]

its on kidrobot.com

[paperclip32]

 no,he's saying that fungus should make a couple of these munny speakers and sell them.
kidrobot doesn't have these munny speakers.......yet.

[eminthepooh]

Dude I fell in love with this when I saw it last night and couldn't sleep.

Is the body hollow/solid? big? I wanna put a bluetooth transmitter in there. Maybe if I'm cool enough, even have them the right and left talk to eachother via bluetooth. what do u think?

[fungus amungus]

The body is hollow. There should be enough room for some bluetooth stuff to fit in there, I think. Those parts are pretty small, right?

[RetroLeatherHatter]

Those are very cool, Fungus!  Been admiring your speakers on this site for a few days!   I was wondering about retrofitting the guts from a pair of  amped computer speakers into 2 stuffed animals' tummies? The speakers are Altec Lansing, which are good sound quality.  The animals would be 9" to 12" tall that I use.

[fungus amungus]

Using computer speakers for this is a great option. A couple of others have done this if you can dig through the comments.

Speakers in a stuffed animal should work in that you'll be able to hear it, but I think the sound quality will suffer from not having a rigid enclosure around it. If the animals are big enough you might be able to put the whole thing inside them.

[andybuda]

you could put a port hole in his/her/its bum??? if u could surport the magnet of the driver inside the head you could try and remove the rubber ring on the driver and cut the caseing down on the driver... and glue the ring on to the face ... if you follow what i mean would look a lot better i really like your idea though....

[Helder4u]

Although the outlook would be very smart - I would strongly advise against it!

Unless You are a skilled mikromechanics expert, tolerances a for Your suggestion are very small ( 10ths  or 1000ths of millimetres) and not feasible for an average DIY.

[andybuda]

iv had an idia you could hold the magnet inplace with 3 or 4 foam wedges in the head then glue the outter ring straight on to the head ginniassssss

[alfwc]

VERY nice project !

[ZorroAMG]

That looks FANTASTIC! Here's a quick photoshop for those of you thinking about a silver version.

[ghoru]

how wide and deep is the stomach area? the reason being i have a 5.1 system for my pc and the speakers have 2 x 1.5 inch in each, so i was going to go for a face and stomach combo lol. hopefully will have enough room for the volume knob etc too

[rustyjack]

i cannt find black munnys on kid robot

[fungus amungus]

They come and go on the site. The white ones are always available and you can paint them. Some people have made them from white ones and left them white. they looked really good, too.

[buildingstuffisfun]

white would go very nicely with a mac.

[instructablesrobot]

will a 4-inch Munny work? I'm on a little bit of a budget and 50 bucks -- plus -- is too much for me to pay for a "weekend project"

[CathoHolic]

is an amp really necessary to play these or can I just hook them up to my ipod and jam away?