Introduction: BOOM "BOX" (For Any Ipod or Mp3 Player Etc. . . )
Hi everyone here is an instructable on how to make a really easy boom box using some materials you can find around your home or that you already have!
Step 1: Materials
for this project you will need :
-Electrical tape
-Box
-Headphones
-Speaker(s)(1 or 2)
-Hot Glue
Optional: Solder / soldering iron
Step 2: Fitting Your Speakers
Now for this i used two speakers from an old tv and a shoe box.
On your box trace an outline of your speakers and how you want to place them, then remove your speakers and make the outline smaller so that the speakers fit nice and snug.
Note: I put electrical tape around the edge where i cut the box, once again to make the speaker feel more snug.
Step 3: Connecting the Speakers to the Headphone Jack.
Now my speaker had a wire like the 1 shown below, so all i did was split that in two pieces then strip each wire.( make shure you cut the headphone speakers off and only have the wires connected to the jack)
After that when each of your wires is striped you will see two di fferent colored wires, seperate them. after if you look at your speaker you should see two little tabs sticking out , connect one color to the tab on the left ond one to the right, do the same for both speakers.
Note: when you are doing this make shure that your wires are passed through the box.
Step 4: Soldering / Taping
Now that all of that is done take the wires and tape them or solder them to the little tabs , making shure they make contact with the little tabs.
If there is existing solder on the speakers tabs make shure you do your best to try and remove it. (not manditory)
Step 5: Almost Music Time
when youre done make a hole in the top of your box to run the jack through. then hot glue the outer edges of your speakers to the box and voila your very own boom "box".
NOTE: WHEN YOU PLUG IN YOUR IPOD OR MP3 ETC. MAKE SHURE THAT IT IS NOT TO CLOSE TO THE MAGNETIC FIELD OF THE SPEAKER.
Step 6: DONE
CONGRATS YOU DID IT ENJOY!!
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27 Comments
10 years ago on Introduction
muy interesante, sobre todo por reutilizar partes de otros equipos
11 years ago on Step 4
Normally I'm not the spelling nazi, but since you did it twice, it's spelled sure, not shure. Nice 'ible by the way.
12 years ago on Introduction
Hey i stripped a audio jack and found 3 wires not 2 they r red blue and brown should i connect only the blue and red to thee speaker terminals or blue and brown or red and brown pls help me .
Thank u
15 years ago on Introduction
DOood the sound quality must suck right? (not being offensive) you should hook it up to a small Amp powered buy just 3 1.5volt batteries of any kind.
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
exactly, just like a little amp from some old computer speakers, thats what i do, then i power it with the 5V rail on my computer power supply
16 years ago on Introduction
I can't imagine that something that only produces enough power to drive headphones can be enough to drive anything but the most efficient speakers with any kind of volume. A standard headphone jack simply does not throw enough power to produce enough volume. The only way that this could even have a decent volume would be if it has very, very small range of sound.
Reply 15 years ago on Introduction
these work fine it works perfectly i have made another version i also suggest using a headphone jack frokm a set of lager speakers or make your own
Reply 15 years ago on Introduction
I installed something like this for my home renovation.
http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=300-412
I built an enclosure that went in the attic to isolate the sound (it's a townhouse) and when it came time to test, I got antsy and hooked it up directly to the headphone output of my 4G iPod, Sansa Express, and Creative Zen Sleek.
They all drove the speaker loud enough for it's intended purpose even though they're probably not the most efficient. Surprisingly, the iPod was able to drive it the loudest although I had to take it down a few steps from max to keep it from distorting noticeably.
You'd be surprised what you can get out of just the headphone output (not the line out).
Reply 15 years ago on Introduction
my 8gb zen has enough power to drive external spkrs
Reply 16 years ago on Introduction
Like i have mentioned before, it all depends on what kind of speakers you use.
Reply 16 years ago on Introduction
yes, but in order to gain volume, you have to sacrifice audio quality.
15 years ago on Introduction
worked for me took out the bottom and put in a extra speaker sounds alright for my purposes though a little quiet
15 years ago on Step 1
Nice presentation. But here's a problem that I ran into the hard way. Wiring speakers directly to an amplifier can blow the output of the amplifier if the resistance to the speakers is too low. You might want to research the output resistance required before you hook up the speakers. Sometimes one resistor will do the trick, but first you have to know what size resistor is required. If I had known this I would have avoided the bill from the electronics repair shop.
Reply 15 years ago on Introduction
22ohm
Reply 15 years ago on Introduction
Thanks. You've probably saved somebody some bucks!
15 years ago on Introduction
Use a Sonic Impact Class T portable amp... they run on AAs and throw some MASSIVE SOUND for the power. I currently have more or less the same thing on my bike and it breaks noise ordinances on a daily basis. They're also $30 so you can afford to tear it apart. Combine that with a 5AH or so SLA battery and you've got a real Boom Box.
15 years ago on Step 6
an amplifier here might be handy, will work on it now!
16 years ago on Introduction
hey would speaker wire work instead of the phone crap?????
Reply 16 years ago on Introduction
sry about that, i havent tried yet. if you did tell me how it went!
16 years ago on Introduction
nvm ... this is y unowhoiam