Shelf speakers w/ipod dock (Part I - speaker boxes)

I got an ipod nano in November and since have wanted an attractive speaker system for it. At work one day I noticed that the computer speakers I use worked pretty well, so I headed to the Goodwill later and found a pare of ok computer speakers for $7, After dissecting them I had a little amp and two speakers.

Step 1 Dissasemble speakers.

Here I have taken the speakers apart. I picked up the leatherman at radio shack about two months ago. Unfortunately that was before I knew about the MAKE: version of the tool.

Comments

[Sharky44401]

will u care if i use your design to make a dock with speakers for my android phone?

[andybuda]

they look good don`t let any 1 tell you diffrent

[pdlbooboo]

It would be sweet if u'd integrate the ipod dock in the top of one of the speakers. just an idea

[mattyuke]

Add the amp in with the speaker casin and maybe the i pod dock on the top

[mattyuke]

They look really nice easily sell able. Brilliant

[Da Nugesta]

you could make a ton of those and sell them, i'm telling u man they rock!

[Punkguyta]

Now, why the hell don't people buy/get a stereo, 500 lbs of stereo equipment would TRUMP that cute little ipod speaker deal. I like how people will spend like $500 on an ipod and then even more on things like speaker docks that are like $300. So in that aspect, this is pretty good.

[DYLEGO]

now why would somebody buy 5oo punds of stereo equipment for an ipod?

[Punkguyta]

You don't, you buy that for your PC, with it's thousands and thousands of songs, I bet your ipod doesn't play lossless flac files at like 1.5mb/s (not kbits my friend).

[The Lone Hoot]

I don't think I've ever seen ANY iPod that was even close to $500... not on planet Earth at least.

[Punkguyta]

Look at the original 80 gig ipods when they came out, $400-600 depending on what model you bought.

[DYLEGO]

wrong again. generation 5 ipods for 80 gb cost 350, ipod classic 80 gb cost 250, and now they dont even make 80 gb anymore. just 120 gb. they made ipod classic 160 gb for 350, but nothing wass ever 400-600

[Punkguyta]

Generation 5.... I said ORIGINAL ipod, before the 5th generation, those suckers did cost at least $500 for the 80 gig, walmart, look up a flyer from 5-6 years ago.

[evanwehrer]

he means the one without the click wheel, and the ring actually spun, and the buttons were around it. also, it was only firewire.

[Punkguyta]

YEAH that one, more of a white brick-disk than an ipod.

[abadfart]

nice job

[prototype2213]

you should place the amp circuit board in one of the speakers to save room. +1 rating from me.

[itsME_lulu]

where did u get the amplifier circuit board??? where can i get it?

[Yerboogieman]

it came with the speakers

[Yerboogieman]

i wanna build these in my shop class before spring break

[Yerboogieman]

Can you Please take measurements for me? mostly just the front and bottom

[timmytyler]

in doing these for my GCSE tech project :D

[egreen767]

awesome, im totally gonna build these now

[Yerboogieman]

what are the measurements, e.g front, bottom, back, sides

[Yerboogieman]

do those speakers have a sub output?

[Mr.Devious]

These are nice speakers, they look slick and would look nice in a dorm room. However I would much rather settle with my computer hooked up to my stereo with the 300 watt sub attached. ;-)

[Yerboogieman]

same here, 200 watts though

[PR22]

Very cool and simple. Nice work.

[robodud3]

nice encloser reely my style i would make the ampliphire board and dock 1 and put it in the middle like an oval shape would look cool but its ur project just a thought

[PowerNaudio]

pretty nice project, i have those very same speakers, cool way of increasing the look. the port length and port area work in conjunction with the air volume in the enclosure, to tune the system and affect the output frequency response curve. to a certain extent, its a way of manipulating the frequency response of the speaker in that particular enclosure to a more user defined one.

[Fenwick]

These do look slick. Sadly, I don't have anything capable of cutting round holes in stuff, but seriously, cool. I was gonna ask about the little hole in the bottom, but you already answered that.

[StepsoftheSun]

Those look great! I had heard that making your own speakers was a bad idea for acoustic reasons but I guess this proves me wrong. I was thinking of buying speakers...but now I'm feeling pretty good about doing it myself. I had one question: what is the horn component of the speakers for?

[mfryer]

Thanks for the complement. I don't know much about speaker design, so what you have heard might be correct, I doubt thought that someone with a good design could not make good sounding speakers. The primary reason I decided to start this project was my desire for some small speakers that looked nice. Still they sound pretty good, I think better than there original plastic enclosure. The "horn" is for allowing the bass sounds to escape the box. I don't know if the tube was necessary, but it keeps one from having to see all thought the inside of the box, perhaps it has some acoustical properties as well.

[grantf]

Was it a curious 5 year old or you re own careless maneuvering with a screwdriver?

[mfryer]

5 year old