Pro Vs DIY Bluetooth Speaker Build!
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- čas přidán 18. 05. 2024
- In this video, I've partnered with Inventables to create some portable Bluetooth speakers! Each speaker represents an opposite end of the spectrum. One is a simple speaker that most DIYers could make in a couple of afternoons and the other is one that a pro might make. They both sound great, they both function the same, but one looks a bit better than the other. Oh, and one lucky viewer will get to take home the pro speaker!
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Insanely cool build! I'm definitely inspired to build one of these!
Thanks Michael! I don't know if you've got a sound system in your new workshop, but this might be a great way to get some tunes going in there 😀
Right!! I am too!
Sent by Michael.
Sent by Michael!
hai zac bulids,
your project is wonderfull.💪
keep up spirit to share other sound systems, your creation is usefull for me because my hobby is make speaker too,. my last creation is mini bluetooth speaker using PVC water pipe but still not perfect and litte bit annouying sounds. although i do trial 3 weeks with 8 ohm 5 watt speaker.
so i hope get many inspirations from yours to make my creation better next time.
if you have suggestions, let’s me know. 😊
Pro-tip: when using magnets for assembly, pair each magnet with a piece of steel instead of another magnet.
Good call, thanks man!
Wait, why?
@@Hermiel It will more than likely stick better.
@@Hermiel It makes alignment easier and more forgiving while still giving you all of the holding power needed.
I prefer magnet to magnet as it's self centering, and if you use north on one diagonal and south on the other, you can make the facia repel if it's the wrong way up, which could help if the drivers are positioned off centre
2 Tips from an audio engineer:
you dont want magnets near the speaker cause the magnetic field will interfer with the coil.
and those wooden grills are likely to produce some high frequent distortion. Make them thiner or better leave them out!
Anyways great design!
The grills are going to cause all kinds of distortion, not just high frequency. Ideally you'd never use a grill, but these are particularly obstructive, not much to do about the thickness though...
@@lio1234234 in acoustics every object must be seen as a relation to the wavelength. For waves with long length (bass) the grid is invisible because of diffraction. Therefore you will not have any distortion.
Unless you are building a boominator
I don't think those magbets are near the speakers because pseakers have they own closed magnet fields..
It's the mid and high frequencies that will be most effected by the wood baffles ,a single full range speaker will have a lumpy output at various frequencies that's part of the reason for multi driver array's but that's a whole new can of worms.
Love your builds Zac; I learn a ton from watching you think through a project. Thanks for showing the good and bad and how you adjust; really helps in my own learning & I really appreciate it.
Loving this build! I make a natural sound amplifier on the lathe, but I love this idea! That face plate for the box is slick!!
1 mistak, the solid grill holds up the "sound throw' for at least 40% Listen to it with and without grill. I bet you it sounds better without. Great build!
Чел делал декоративный элемент интерьера, просто симпатичную коробку... Это явно не для музыки...
@@user-tu2ep8tm8p , understand that it's not the best sound, but no reason to completely kill the sound by putting a board in front of the speakers.
Actually two mistaks
Hey Zac, as usual I thoroughly enjoyed the build. Impressed with the design elements - the miters for the box so that the wood grain has continuity, and the bleaching... I've never thought that was an option! Keep up the good work and the passion for building.
Probably couldn't expect you to send me a speaker all the way to Botswana.
Love it all and especially liked the temporary half bleached half natural grill look.
Have a small cabinet project coming up and now I’m rethinking my wood choices.
- Habberdasher
The accent makes the total difference when working towards a finished product, and this is just that, a perfectly representable product. I love the look of that walnut! I would love to try making something like that!
Absolutely amazing piece. Beautiful design and technique. You inspire me to keep pushing with woodworking projects. Keep up the amazing work!!
Oh yeah! That CNC cutting model is a bargain, it barely costs three thousand dollars Lol
Awesome build Zac. Thank you for the inspiration. I will definitely be trying this build and I might add an inlay on the front fascia. Cheers!
That is gorgeous. Love the two tone design, it looks very high end. Great job as usual!
Love the video, it was incredibly useful to see how you cut the miters on the speaker box. Also, loved how you showed the bleaching process on the walnut. Kelly Wearstler has bleached walnut stairs that are just beautiful.
Thanks Torrell! Those cuts were definitely a bit tricky, but all is well that ends well haha. I'll definitely check out those bleached stairs, that sounds awesome.
I often use countersunk magnets and fit one surface mounted on one face, and the opposite face has them in a hole just slightly deeper than the two magnets together so they never actually touch ( you don't want fragments of neodymium coming loose if they connect)
Another benefit of this is that the surface magnet gets pulled into the hole like a peg, which is really satisfing and keeps the facia rigidly positioned.
Also, if you put a north and a south on the face and the opposite in the holes, you basically magnetically key the facia to only fit one way
I liked how you did the dry fit, and how clean the final speaker came out. Very professional.
Thank you! I always dry fit before glue ups, saves so much headache!
I love this build. I worked at Parts Express back in it's early days when it was located in downtown Dayton Ohio. One of the best places to get speaker components.
Absolutely stunning - the pro one is next level for a portable speaker build. Really want to do a build like this and this is great motivation :)
Well done as always!
Thank you so much for the kind words and watching the video :)
Hey Zac, this is one of the better Bluetooth speaker builds I have seen so far. Great work. Keep them coming.
Thanks Vince!
The way those edges interlock makes that box incredibly durable when I like the way the roller makes the black paint look like vinyl
Great build. Actually it's the first build of a DIY Bluetooth speaker that looks great!
Amazing build Zac! I’m curious of how these sound.
Just out of curiosity, did you build the enclosure in accordance to the driver specifications?
Thanks Mirza! And yes the interior volume is an important part of the design!
I have the same kit and haven't built it yet. Thanks for the inspiration!
Killer work on this one, Zac! Really appreciate you sharing all the mistakes you made
@selljo
I love the contrast that the bleached walnut adds; great work!
I was intrigued by the craftsmanship of your work. I did carpentry work fot great deal of my life. I was pleased your presentation & design. Great job! 😊😊😊
@ernesthennie. The walnut looks amazing. The varnish really seemed to have brought back some of that amazing grain detail as well
I like the magnetic cover. Nice touch!
I like the gap around the front. Nice touch.
Brilliant speaker build. I just ordered a Onefinity CNC to build something like this in the future.
@dayzlun
The front panel design is what I liked the most ! and it's actually so cool that magnets keeps it in place!
Looking forward for your next DIY projects !!
Zac said simple one but it came out lit. Imagine if he said he will build a complex one 😍
That’s an awesome very usable diy project! Thanks for the inspiration. 👍
Amazing design of the speaker and definitely love the walnut
Please make more videos more frequently. 🙏
Love this build! Would love to see a surround sound diy build. Keep up the great work!!
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That’s awesome Bluetooth speaker!!! The wood looks great and combination. Keep it up.
Just amazing! Great build as usually Zac!
So dope! Your speaker builds keep getting better
never paint walnut.... good choice on the bleaching. I never seen this before and now have an inspiration. Thanks!
@OGShua
This was such a cool build.
I love the way you assemble the box to keep the grain going around it.
Really fun build. The 22 minutes flew by. Keep making great videos!
Thanks Mark! I try to edit them down to just the important (and fun) bits haha. My philosophy with video is "no wasted time", yet somehow I keep managing to make 20 minute videos haha.
@Techserract
Man, I work in IT and since the pandemic I've gotten myself into woodworking and I love it. I watch CZcams videos to get inspired and you're like an awesome sauce of goodness for inspiration! Thanks for doing this builds and giving stuff away! Love to see more! Have a great day!
Thank you so much Andrej, that's really inspiring and nice for me to hear! Definitely gives me motivation to keep going and keep creating!
New to your channel but I'm loving what you've made. Really enjoyed the sound proofing panels and the split concrete table!
Thanks Marc! Really appreciate you checking out the back catalog :)
Super rad!! I absolutely love your videos and this is definitely one of my favourite projects you’ve done!
Loved the final result, but better was the whole construction process
Amazing! Super sleek! I'd love to own this! Great work!!!
Great build Zac, thanks for all the tips in you videos!
My pleasure thanks for watching!
Just discovered your channel, it's really nice and easy to understand for a french !
I may look forward to build one of these speakers but quite hard in a flat.
That's awesome! Glad it translates over so well.
Such a cool speaker, love seeing your work!
For small projects like that Dupli-Color clear coat .It's for automotive use..
I find to be an excellent choice that provides a very durable finish.
Awesome video and speakers! Now I have to go out and finally build mine. ( the Mrs gave me a complete kit for birthday.)
I know I'm seeing this way after the build but loving your work!
I should try and make one of these. Looks so sick!
Definitely need to start building these for the house.
I've watched a lot of electricians build speakers. Its funny what they care about like custom built crossovers, and what wood workers care about, which is pretty.
Champ !
You know how your content always inspires me and my new creations 😹
Zac, that is a beautiful speaker! Very classy
@vic.leeee
Beautiful speaker, Zac! Thank you for taking us on your journey. I love the look of the wood grain waterfall!
Take it to the next level by using passive radiators to get a much fuller sound. Nice build
I’ve recently found your channel and I’ve just been bingeing them. Keep doing what you do
Colourizingthepast
Thanks for the opportunity to win such a high quality piece.
My pleasure, thanks for watching and thanks for entering to win :)
after a few videos and a few knit picks, you've earned a sub. looking forward to more.
Beautiful boom boxes. Kinda makes me wanna grunt like toolman Tim with those drivers!
Haha yup, there were more than a few grunts the first time I powered it on!
Love the look of the walnut. Great build video--thanks. Michael Builds channel sent me :)
Thanks Cole! So nice of Michael to shout me out like that, thanks for following through and checking out my channel!
Love that build! Reminds me of the time when I built my own speaker when I was 16. (lothnh )
The walnut one is beautiful! I've seen walnut bleached with just regular household bleach before and it seems to work pretty well. With the details you put in, I would probably have just dipped the wood into a small container of bleach instead of trying to brush it on. I know I'm months late, but for an inexpensive sprayer I actually picked up a paint sprayer from Harbor Freight to paint my fireplace and have been using it to spray my finishes as well. Think it only ran me about $20 on sale...
both look dope as hell Zac great job
Lawd those edge difractions from that speaker grill.
Hey Zac, awesome job on the Bluetooth speaker! Keep up the great content!!!
Cheers,
Victor
That is awesome. I need to try this!
Awesome powerful bluetooth speakers and you have the complete satisfaction of making it from scratch .... sweet. 👍👍
Looks good! I’m still in the process of making a speaker using the empty shell of an old vintage radio
hobosluz
Oh man that sounds like an awesome build! I'd love to see the final results.
@chivle
Thanks for the video and both speakers came out great. Been looking for info for that type of package set up. You just helped me a bunch!
@keenanpress looks awesome mate! Really like the brass and leather handles
Looks great. Good job. I just made one out of old bubba keg. 👍🏻
@andyosbert
That walnut piece just looks gorgeous! Beautifully executed start to finish.
Nice build. When i doesnt win it...i have to build it. Greatings from Germany
Bleaching walnut? Never would have thought, but it turned out nice. Walnut and the like are my favorite types of hardwood, there's just a lot of character to the grain patterns. Also, like the use an oak strip as an accent, gives the piece finesse.
Very slick results -and powerful!
Not on Instagram, so good luck to everyone who is .👍😃
Thanks James! If you'd like to enter and don't have instagram I'll accept literally any form of communication that you dont mind sharing online in public comments haha. Email, twitter, whatever!
Beautiful work Zac!
love the editing, nice work!
"Normal bluetooth speakers having about 15-30 watts"
Not me having a casual 240 watt bluetooth speaker
nice build, you should also put something between the magnets, those usually are very brittle
Good idea!
Michael builds sent me over ... glad he did ... all good stuff ... cheers
Welcome to the channel and thanks for watching! It was really nice of Machael to do that shout out, he's such a great guy!
It's cool when you show even bad moments. I like it.
Insanely good looking build!
awesome looking speaker. thank you for your channel, its very enjoyable to watch your work
Thank you Kevin! Really appreciate it man!
I like how youre worried about the magnets effecting the speaker
but you seem to have no issue with the GOD AWEFUL speaker grill you haphazardly designed
Love this style of video, would like to see more
Sounds good man! I'll try and add some more to the schedule!
This was the first video of yours I have watched, but it will not be the last. Great build!
That's awesome David! Thanks for checking out my channel!
@happytorito That thing looks amazing. I really like how the grille came out.
Sounds is totally Incredible
@reviewyca
Very cool build, thanks for sharing! I recently took an old cabinet speaker and roughly wired in a Nest Mini to make a Retro Nest Maxi - but this looks so much nicer, inside and out!
Beautiful work my friend. I wish I had half your ability.
@alicephotos
love the look! Walnut is always my favorite wood and the bleached wood looks amazing
Awesome build Zac! Look forward to some more content using bleached walnut.
Thanks AJ! Definitely going to have to come up with some future bleached walnut builds!
Butt joints are fine! Cus you'll be filling and painting or veneering. Glue n screw and don't be shy with both.
Unless you use solid wood, in which case sound quality isn't your premium so make it as fancy as you like. 👍
@workmanworks
This is a beautiful speaker box, love how the bleached wood turned out!
@drpeuz
This was so fun to watch you make. Seeing how easy the parts are to get makes me want to build my own!
007instaman here! Would be a cool birthday gift for my 9 yr old! Btw I just bought my very first table saw and I can’t wait to start making stuff
Congrats on the saw! I'm sure you're going to make some awesome stuff with it.
@zchader
great build! Love doing speaker builds did one for my brother out of Cherry and a set of old tower speakers from the 80’s