Fantastic DIY Speakers for less than $30!

Tech Ingredients · 2.2M views · 2018-01-30 · 31:06

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Overview

Tech Ingredients shows how to build cheap, high-performance flat-panel speakers using audio exciters on sheet materials such as foam-core board. It explains how distributed-mode speakers work and walks through experiments to find good designs.

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Pointed to by hobbyists interested in building flat-panel DIY speakers from cheap materials.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2018–2023

Topics

Audio & video engineering 3D printing, CNC & maker projects

What people said

staindk · 2022-04 · Recommendation
Yeah was going to say, this reminded me of this[1] video (series of videos actually, but this is the first in the series). Interesting stuff. [1] [VIDEO]
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linsomniac · 2018-11 · Recommendation
I kind of want to build one of these amps and connect it to a set of speaker built with these cheap exciters... One of the Youtube channels I follow messed around with them [LINK] but he got that from this other video [VIDEO] where he goes into all sorts of experiments he ran on the exciters to find the right design.
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linsomniac · 2023-11 · Reference
What sort are you thinking about building? I keep toying with building either the flat panel speakers made out of foam-core board from Tech Ingredients on YouTube, or the big giant speakers he made. [VIDEO] [LINK] edited: Thought DIY Perks did the big speakers, found them on Tech Ingredients.
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