DeathStar Speakers
I have a 60GB IBM [Death]DeskStar hard drive that died a while back. I finally decided to make use of it by making it into a speaker. I used audioblogger to post a sound clip of the speaker quality. It is actually pretty good quality. As my dad put it, the quality is similar to that of a radio in the 60s and 70s, which isn't that bad.
The link for making the hd speaker has been sitting in the links menu on my blog for a while now as a reminder and I've left it there for anyone who is interested. It was very easy to make the speaker. The instructions are loosely written and they don't have to be followed step-by-step. Basically, the most important thing is that the magnet is on the coil and the ends of the coil are de-laminated (burnt) and that the ends actually touch the wires that you use. You will have to use a stereo that uses sockets where twiested wires can be put and locked in with a little lever. This means that you will have to use a stereo or some form of an adapter to get the speaker hooked up to a computer or another device that uses plugs.
Building your own speaker box
The sound quality sounds degraded over the phone. It is actually better than this.
The link for making the hd speaker has been sitting in the links menu on my blog for a while now as a reminder and I've left it there for anyone who is interested. It was very easy to make the speaker. The instructions are loosely written and they don't have to be followed step-by-step. Basically, the most important thing is that the magnet is on the coil and the ends of the coil are de-laminated (burnt) and that the ends actually touch the wires that you use. You will have to use a stereo that uses sockets where twiested wires can be put and locked in with a little lever. This means that you will have to use a stereo or some form of an adapter to get the speaker hooked up to a computer or another device that uses plugs.
Building your own speaker box
The sound quality sounds degraded over the phone. It is actually better than this.
4 Comments:
Nice! :) I have to see this.. :P
--Jeff
By Anonymous, at 10:18 PM
I can't wait till one of my other 8 hard drives dies. Hopefully its the 1 gig... I can't really find any other use for it.
BTW the song is "Born to Be Wild" by "Steppenwolf". I suggest you buy their '16 Greatest Hits' album.... yes I meant to use the word BUY and not the word PIRATE because I did buy their album after sampling it (aka PIRATING). On a related note, if you like an artists, buy their music! It may be supporting the RIAA but it also supports the artist... they'll probably get at least 10% of the profit.
By T-Ray, at 10:39 PM
Very cool, Trey. It's also a great use for something that would be otherwise thrown away.
By Will, at 7:33 AM
C'mon Trey...it's been 5 days...where are you?
By Will, at 7:13 PM
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