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My Sound-machine.

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  • 07-02-2015 9:32pm
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    Desolation Of Smug
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    Seeing as this is the music forum, and I love my tunes, and happen to make my own stereo systems, a little bit different from the ones you can buy in the shops, I though I'd bosh up a picture of one I made and get yer views. Whatcher think? :D

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    #2
    Anesthetize
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    I'll stick to my Technics separates thanks.


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    #3
    Desolation Of Smug
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    Anesthetize wrote: »
    I'll stick to my Technics separates thanks.

    Grand, I wasn't asking you not to. :)


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    Aongus Von Bismarck
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    Is this for real?


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    Desolation Of Smug
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    Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »
    Is this for real?

    No, you're imagining it, much like everything else you come out with.


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    Aongus Von Bismarck
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    Ghastly


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    Whosthis
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    Probably the ugliest stereo I've ever seen. Can't imagine a parcel shelf speaker stuffed inside an alloy rim sounds too hot either.


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    Desolation Of Smug
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    Whosthis wrote: »
    Probably the ugliest stereo I've ever seen. Can't imagine a parcel shelf speaker stuffed inside an alloy rim sounds too hot either.

    hah, you'd be amazed. ;) Haoengus is tone-deaf anyway so it wouldn't matter, that and he only hears the voices inside his head.


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    Whosthis
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    Desolation Of Smug wrote: »
    hah, you'd be amazed. ;) Haoengus is tone-deaf anyway so it wouldn't matter, that and he only hears the voices inside his head.

    I'm quite confident that I wouldn't.


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    Joe Doe
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    Slight nod to B&O, but very impractical. Sound-wise car door speakers generally offer little in the way of bass (sub-35/40Mhz).
    Also importantly there are many issues with Safety, portability and most critically of all 'User Ergonomics'.

    Don't mean to sound harsh, but design and research, should come before development.

    If you want to get on the hipster bandwagon and make some fast, easy cha-ching, this sort of thing is the way to go:
    http://theboomcase.com/


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    4zn76tysfajdxp
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    I'd say that would've looked great in a Halford's stand on the Max Power road tour back in '99, pumping out the latest Euphoria mix. Not very practical for anyone who actually likes to listen to music though.


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    Joe Doe
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    If that's a car radio in there? The using a 12v/240v inverter isn't ideal for domestic use.
    I'd flog off whatever stock you have outside of the next Topgear on-tour gig's carpark.
    Do the recycled suitcases instead (less materials/welding needed), just a jig'.

    Don't forget to foam up the insides for extra sub-freq-bass, and check Ohm ratings
    - if going serial/parallel across twin subs, mids and tweeters.


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    Desolation Of Smug
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    Joe Doe wrote: »
    If that's a car radio in there? The using a 12v/240v inverter isn't ideal for domestic use.
    I'd flog off whatever stock you have outside of the next Topgear on-tour gig's carpark.
    Do the recycled suitcases instead (less materials/welding needed), just a jig'.

    Don't forget to foam up the insides for extra sub-freq-bass, and check Ohm ratings
    - if going serial/parallel across twin subs, mids and tweeters.

    I make em for me, not to sell. And happily, I like them. Also, I have a fair few bits of high end hi-fi gear, regular stuff. This set-up sounds better. Simple as. Also, I like '90's Dance music. "Not everyone likes the same things" shocker. ;)


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    RomanKnows
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    Looks like the type of thing that would sell well out of the back of a Hiace at the Ballinasloe Fair. I'm sure the CEO of BOSE is worried about this plucky young upstart sound system company from Ireland.


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    Desolation Of Smug
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    RomanKnows wrote: »
    Looks like the type of thing that would sell well out of the back of a Hiace at the Ballinasloe Fair. I'm sure the CEO of BOSE is worried about this plucky young upstart sound system company from Ireland.

    While I fully realize you're not the sharpest tool in the shed, surely even you didn't miss the "I made this for me" bit? Oh, you did? Damn. That's bad.


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    RomanKnows
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    Desolation Of Smug wrote: »
    I make em for me, not to sell. And happily, I like them. Also, I have a fair few bits of high end hi-fi gear, regular stuff. This set-up sounds better. Simple as. Also, I like '90's Dance music. "Not everyone likes the same things" shocker. ;)

    Something welded together using a car radio and a few alloys sounds better than a hi-fi system made by companies who specialise in what they do? Excuse me while I chuckle away at such a preposterous suggestion. You might need to get your ear wax syringed.


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    4zn76tysfajdxp
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    I'm sure it's better then some of your other sound systems, for example a 5w transistor radio thrown into an empty barrel.


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    Slideways
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    Jesus. That's desperate looking.

    Some lads I worked with made a portable radio using a truck battery, some speakers and a wheelie bin.

    It sounded shyte but it looked better than your creation. :o


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    Desolation Of Smug
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    It's like a Thunderdome love-in-reunion. Aww, how sweet. All the old crew. Bless 'em.

    Oh and btw -don't like it? Not two fcuks do I give. I like it. ;)


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    Aongus Von Bismarck
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    Does RYM stand for Ruining Your Music?


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    Luke92
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    RomanKnows wrote: »
    Something welded together using a car radio and a few alloys sounds better than a hi-fi system made by companies who specialise in what they do? Excuse me while I chuckle away at such a preposterous suggestion. You might need to get your ear wax syringed.

    Where did he say it sounds better? Some people :O


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    Dr. Mantis Toboggan
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    Desolation Of Smug wrote: »
    Seeing as this is the music forum, and I love my tunes, and happen to make my own stereo systems, a little bit different from the ones you can buy in the shops, I though I'd bosh up a picture of one I made and get yer views. Whatcher think? :D

    10435612_863520290357737_7821129608200662545_n.jpg?oh=cc5be84b7dcda6d3c5a4d2aa3a3c55e3&oe=555E2E4B

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    RomanKnows
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    Luke92 wrote: »
    Where did he say it sounds better? Some people :O

    In his post from 10PM last night. There really is no accounting for taste. The vast vast majority of people would suggest that it's an ugly and poorly designed hobbyist effort. I'm sure the type of people who own subaru jackets and have alloys on their white van might think it looks 'cool' or 'bleedin' deadly'.


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    Desolation Of Smug
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    RomanKnows wrote: »
    In his post from 10PM last night. There really is no accounting for taste. The vast vast majority of people would suggest that it's an ugly and poorly designed hobbyist effort. I'm sure the type of people who own subaru jackets and have alloys on their white van might think it looks 'cool' or 'bleedin' deadly'.

    My kind of people. ;) Better than the bicycles and beards set anyway. I'm making another btw, lime green with VW logos on. I reckon it'll be mint, laad.


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    Desolation Of Smug
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    Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »
    Does RYM stand for Ruining Your Music?

    I'm amazed you get time to post angus, what with the high-flying career in banking and the germany and stuff. I doubt this would be your sort of thing, far too common. It wouldn't fit on yer bike anyway and you'd need a home of some sorts with power to plug it into. You keep on rockin with yer Walkman. Or Listening to a spot of classical music, while sipping riesling in yer penthouse. Depending on which reality you currently inhabit. What's the weather like in Galway?


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    Aongus Von Bismarck
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    The deluded ramblings of a diseased mind.


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    #27
    Sheep Lover
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    At what angle is your peaked cap at OP?


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    mikom
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    Top marks for experimentation, Desolation Of Smug.
    Keep it up.

    For a moment there I thought the thread was about Miami sound machine.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI4VROXeQrc


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    #29
    Desolation Of Smug
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    mikom wrote: »
    Top marks for experimentation, Desolation Of Smug.
    Keep it up.

    Thank you Mick, I will. I pay these nerd o wells no heed, they're only jealous anyway. The last thing most of them made was a sandcastle at Brittas when they were 7 and even those were shyte. Several of them struggle to tie their own shoelaces and are doomed to wear grey slip-ons forever. They are bad people, even their mammies don't like them.


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    Boogietime
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    Whoa what's with all the hate? The lad did something on his own... Kudos for the DIY. Yes it might not be to everyone's taste but how many of the negative posters made something similar themselves? Or at least would have the mind/tools/know-how to do it?

    Chillax, the lad isn't selling and he isn't looking for your acceptance but that doesn't mean that it's cool to slag for no reason.


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    Desolation Of Smug
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    Boogietime wrote: »
    Whoa what's with all the hate? The lad did something on his own... Kudos for the DIY. Yes it might not be to everyone's taste but how many of the negative posters made something similar themselves? Or at least would have the mind/tools/know-how to do it?

    Chillax, the lad isn't selling and he isn't looking for your acceptance but that doesn't mean that it's cool to slag for no reason.

    Appreciated. These neggers were really hurting my feelings with their jealousy. I wouldn't mind, but two of them have since PM'd me begging me to sell it to them, but I haughtily refused. It's mine. Get yer own.


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