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For #makershour today I will be teaching (last day of spring semester classes!) so here is a quick "what fucking thing am I working on this week?"

It is a boom box. Well, a #portable #stereo. Okay, a "portable" stereo. I started by trying to make speaker enclosures with no parallel surfaces inside, and the project kind of ballooned from there.

Current drivers are pretty bad, so that will be upgraded. I also need a battery and some knobs. I'm pleased, overall.

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Inside one of the speaker boxes (see photo 4 alt-text); a herringbone-type brace is glued to the side.

The two silver speaker enclosures (see photo 4 alt-text), with no speakers, are hanging in the air for the silver paint to dry. My neighbor's green yard with a little white shed is visible.

Early mockup of the boombox (see photo 4 alt-text): speakers without any paint (except some half-assed red paint on the right speaker box), ugly drivers set in them (with several repair patches on the cones), and an exposed 2.5 inch subwoofer between them. Some guy's shoe is in the frame, as are various wires and work clutter.

Finished product (mostly). Two strange, non-rectangle speaker boxes angled toward each other, like a child's drawing of a house split in half and separated. Between them is a black box (small subwoofer) with a smaller black box with knobs attached (that's the amplifier). The speaker boxes are silver, the speakers and grilles black. The speaker wires are connected to the amp by wires in clear tubes. The handle is a piece of smooth driftwood that looks like a relaxed Nike Swoosh or a child's idea of a rounded sword. It is held to the speakers by old belts riveted with plugged US nickels as washers. The attachment points on the speakers are stainless-steal cleats (like for tying boats to docks). I have referred to this as the "endearing monstrosity" more than once.

SIVGA Que Review

In today's feature, Kurt reviews and compares the new single 10mm beryllium-plated diaphragm dynamic driver Que from SIVGA.

Now published on Headfonics!

https://headfonics.com/sivga-que-review/

#review #audiophile #earphones #iem #earbuds #wood #budgetaudio

HarmonicDyne Black Hole Review

Today's feature is a full review from Lynn of HarmonicDyne's affordable 50mm dynamic driver headphones, the Black Hole.

Now published on Headfonics!

https://headfonics.com/harmonicdyne-black-hole-review/

#review #audiophile #headphones #budgetaudio

KEFINE Delci Review

Today's feature from Thomas is a full review of KEFINE's new ultra-budget single 10mm dynamic driver IEM, the Delci.

Now published on Headfonics!

https://headfonics.com/kefine-delci-review/

#review #iem #earphones #audiophile #chifi #budgetaudio #kefine

FiiO JT1 Review

We start the working week with FiiO and Jade Audio's most affordable set of headphones to date, the dynamic driver JT1.

Now published on Headfonics!

https://headfonics.com/fiio-jt1-review/

#review #headphones #audiophile #budgetaudio #portableaudio #fiio

Spurred by DankPods, I dipped my toes in "Chi-Fi" audio gear. Picked up IEMs, Tangzu Wan'er and KZ ZSN Pro for me and my partner, and a pair of wireless earbuds - Moondrop Space Travel for me for use on trains etc.

I am absolutely blown away by comfort and sound quality given the silly price point. It's obviously not massively sophisticated stuff but none of those three pairs of buds have any business sounding as good as they do for £20ish each.

#budgetaudio #hardware

Anybody got a Toslink DAC to RCA with Bluetooth they’d recommend? #dca #toslink #bluetooth #budgetaudio

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