Why do idiots keep talking about the cost of the tools to build something? Do you think he bought the tools and materials, built the speakers, then threw the tools in the trash? I have had some of my tools for decades and built hundreds of projects with them. I have also sold a single item for more than one of my large machines costs! Don't be so damn stupid.; I hear this all the time!
A most excellent project! I used to work in a audiophile store many years ago, and this is the type of product that was often sold. If I may make just two suggestions. The first is when preparing the channel for the wire run, to use a flexible plastic tube so that if the wire ever needed to be replaced it could be done easily. Second, before gluing the halves together, oil the acoustic chambers so that the wood is protected on the inside as well as the outside of the cabinet from the effects of humidity. Other than that, it is an excellent project again!
I spent like 6 hours doing pretty much the same thing to a tiny 6 watt portable bluetooth speaker that i picked up for $2 at goodwill. In case anyone is wondering why i put in the time to do it.... BECAUSE IT'S FUN. Stop giving this guy shit. Its just a creative hobby that nobody's is trying to force upon you.
Stop giving us shit because we are giving him shit, its a hobby (trolling) that nobody's trying force upon you. Oh and you are a dumb ass too, who does not value their time.... 6 hours of my time is worth a whole lot more.....
@@themanthemyththelegend1392 we are all different sorts. (not starting anything here, NO) well, some people's hobby happens to be collecting a beer bottle lids. Or beer mats from a public bars..How is that? What do we call him? He is a happy person no doubt. This guy is very well organized to achieve his hobby. For me, I wouldn't criticize him at all.. He is a champion. Well done sir! For some others, they can find any loophole to make any form of comment. Just like when we were in the classroom! Just want made silly comment in order to satisfy us by disrupting a classroom. Remember?? I do. So, I just sit tight, watch others do nice things for themself. Bingo! Well done..Congratulations Sir!:)
right?! I really really hope he just used these as a gimmick for the video and already had some better speakers with the same measurements which were planned for this
This comment is underrated. It honestly knows what the context of this channel is. And unlike 90% of the comments here, is not an arsehole of a question/request. TLDR; This needs more upvotes, people!
@@testingbeta7169 Please look up the definition of DIY before you tell anybody what you think DIY is. There's a distinctive difference between DIY and hobbyist. Same reply applies to Bruno Marchesi, what you guys had in mind was hobbyist. The premise of the video is rather misleading and click bait. It sets it up like some kind of cheap hack for layman to turn something cheap into something awesome. But instead, few minutes into the video, you realized that it is not that at all. If this video is about how to spend tons of money and time to hand make a great stereo, I would not be tricked into watching this.
@@testingbeta7169 If I did not make my point clear earlier, consider this: If DIY is not about saving money and not about being practical, then it is not DIY. If I had unlimited resources, I could spend 10 billion dollar and 50 years to make an airplane. But I wouldn't go around show people how to DIY an airplane by spending 10 billion dollars and 50 years. Because under those conditions, it cease to be DIY. The spirit of DIY means that almost anybody can do it themselves. You got my point?
All of you hating that it's a waste because the speakers are only 3 bux are literally idiots. The entire point of this video was to show the difference of sound quality, and document him doing a fun project. As someone that actually works with their hands and minds, I enjoyed this.
Except, it doesn't really show us sound quality. It might have made the driver more efficient and increased its SPL, but did it produce a flatter response curve? Louder does not mean better if you have to deal with a poor response curve. The video didn't even bother to show us the actual measurements. Just let us guess using whatever speaker setup we have at home, be it cheap laptop speakers, or a real home theater. I'm not saying its a hoax. Just that its a very poor demonstration and shows zero evidence to prove it was even worth the time to make the enclosures.
@@wjrneo2 Lol...Right. Guess your ears can't hear the difference. I forgot RU-vid vids need to be scientific research these days and not just entertaining.
This is actually quite a tough debate. I'm torn between art and science. It's for sure both. All the physics can be mathematicaly represented, but it takes an artist to confine those dimensions to an enclosure.
даааа... звук говнищеее))) правда резонанс есть и звук чуть обьемнее, бас даже чуть появился, но 2+2= 4 и 5 не будет. динамики сперва хорошие надо купить)) а потом колдавать с корпусом.
The POINT is that you can use whatever speaker YOU choose for YOUR project. This man was kind enough to demonstrate how to craft beautiful speaker cabinets, from scrap, using hand made tools and inexpensive speakers. For someone who thinks it isn't worth your time, you seem to be spending an awful lot of it on the subject.
The most improvement is separation. You can clearly hear the low frequency sound clearly. This is with cheap $3 speaker. It'd be better with bigger and better speaker assuming the design still allows it to shine.
Try M This was both accurate and non-destructive. Thanks for being different with your criticisms. Everyone here seems like they want to shame the person who built such an abomination.
There are people who do nothing except to type trash on the computer or telephone screen and people who create with their hands pure art. This causes envy to those who do not know how to create anything and write nonsense in the comments. Congratulations to the artist who created those wooden speakers. An excellent job A +++
There are also those who ignore the positive. To call attention to the negative. This causes a skewed view of reality where one believes they've been wronged or received much more criticism than they actually have.
What about the people who can create things but don't quite see the point of spending the time and money to optimize trash when you could buy better for the same money? Personally, I would instead have bought better baseline speakers(just part sound comes from), dropped a couple of bucks on some premade audio amp boards & a usb cable, and then done the complex casing. If you're going to put that much effort into something, you should make it worthwhile. If I were to optimize trash, the goal is to keep it as cheap as possible with as little effort as necessary. So, same design, but like cardboard + hot glue and maybe some spraypaint. The thing with these type systems is they can make it louder, but usually the sound is a bit more hollow, which doesn't always convey well over the internet.
@@InfernosReaper DIY is not always about price to performance ratio. But sometimes is about the process, you enjoy making it and learn something new in the process..
@@davinderc lol, that block of wood, the Equipment and the time put in makes this whole thing cost way more than 3$.. So the 3$ is just a waste of everything else put in...
@@davinderc nope didn't miss the point. Putting garbage drivers into a good speaker box greatly improves sound quality. Point proved. Now that it's done, put GOOD drivers into that box and use that bax too it's full potential. PS David, you need to relax man.
A lot of people in the comment section have thick skulls. The goal was to take $3 speakers and upgrade them. How much the cost was, in the end, is slightly irrelevant.
It kinda matters if your homemade costs more than better-sounding ones. If you're going to try to optimize trash, don't use fine components. Use other trash to get the best of the trash.
Yes an argument between lows and mids, Boxy i would say, Over attention in design towards lows masking mids. However fantastic workmanship and great look. Also like to explain, The speaker cone area has to throw air , The relationship between the front and rear of speaker moving in and out, Just plug your speakers up out of phase and you'll find out
I guess thats because his test method is flawed. The full-range drivers were vertically off-axis on the taller version resulting in less highs. He should have turned the speakers upside down so the drivers were more on-axis.
@@deanedgx watch KEF (England) transmission Line Speakers. They produced very good bass, crispy, clear sound quality by using this method. Agree with you re turn upside down this box. ( I made this system, worked very well even on the el-cheapo, old driver/full range, pushed down lower frequency even further)- on 4" driver-full range 15watt olden day's amplifier with 10% THD..
Definitely better, but a deep warble/resonating sound which isn't good - Maybe you should do your lovely project justice and put $20 speakers in it? - Good work :)
Instead of putting the drill in reverse, try keeping it in forward and pulling out several times while spinning throughout the cut. The flutes are meant to act as an auger to pull out wood chips from the hole, so putting it in reverse sort of defeats the purpose. Even though it does feel easier, you're still putting more strain on the drill bit and will cause it to overheat or break sooner. Great project though, and really well executed with simple tools.
Wow, I even heard a difference on my iPad speakers. I like how it amplified and carried the lower frequencies more, that’s missing from a lot of speakers. Nice tone from wood too, makes a difference to bass notes.
That’s a tline enclosure. It will literally make any speaker sound amazing. Even better if you model the tuning of the box using the ts parameters. Notice the size difference in the enclosure with its horn effect on the port.
@@pokrec и что? Несмотря на трудолюбие японцев, не вижу, чтоб весь мир говорил по японски. В мире в почете другие "трудяги" - наглосаксы. Есть такая пословица: несмотря на то, что в колхозе больше всех работала лошадь, председателем она так и не стала. К тому же японцы довольно туповатые и низкоэфективные работники. Поэтому и зарубежные специалисты там очень ценятся. На что зарубежный специалист потратит 4 часа, японец потратит рабочий день и еще останется на сверхурочку. Вот и все трудолюбие.
@@ujin7835 И то, што средний Японец несколько раз богаче чем средний Русский. Может бить, что Японец работает через 8 часов и сделает, что Русский бы сделал в 4 часа, но Русский в ети 4 часа пъёт водку... Русским хватит, что они могут побить слабых, что Россия могучая, что пропаганда из Кремля такая великолепная, но у Японцев машины на несколько уровнев лучшие чем у Русских на этот пример. В России всего очень много, минералы, нефть, лесы, газ, огромная страна... Маленькая Японя всё должна покупать за границей. Я этого не понимаю. По-моему Российа должна быть на несколько раз богaче чем Японя. Почему мир хочет покупать машины марки Toyota или Honda вместе машин марки Лада, Ваз или Москвич?
Весь прикол в том что єти колонки маленькие и компактные. Нафига сооружать действительно уникальную деревянную систему, довольно громоздкую, что бы туда всунуть такие говённые динамики? Чуть добавилось средних и низких, но один хрен не хай фай.
@JSK-koubou: In 3:39 there is this funny little "drilling stand" (or how to call it). It looks like DIY project itself. Am I right? If so - could you show us how to make it? If not - could you give us the link to buy it? Thanks in advance.
Jeff, Straight to the point. This is great example how much speaker box and amplifier has impact on sound quality. Because even you would have better drivers on shitty box and amplifier, it wont make much difference to this. And actually that driver might not be even bad as amplifier and box was. Magnet is kind of big size if compares drivers size.
Да я тоже в ахуе, под такой корпус раз уже такая пьянка пошла, да засадить туда маленькие и добротные дины, Harman Kardon или JBL , звук феерический будет
Каких 500?) Один только фрезер Деволт 400$) А еще там у него Макита(кромочник) хотя в этом Доволт тоже 2 в одном и т.д и т.п) Лобзик стационарный... Присадочник для дрели(сугубо "японский")) Дороговатое хобби. Да тоже подумал, что бред в такую шикарную работу вставлять это хлам(динамики), но может это было просто для показательности.
Why do you constantly switch the direction of the drill? There's no reason. Just drill and pull the drill without changing direction. You don't drill a thread but a hole.
True. I bet he cannot do it with chisels and hacksaw. That is my point he cannot get. Everyone can make the enclosure with router, and or CNC machine. For 3 dollar speaker just to make it sound crispy and clear. He uses material and tools, probably the same amount as buying a relatively good sounding speaker. LOL
Excellent upgrade, although like most here, I would have preferred to see you use bigger & better drivers. The cabinet work is superb even though the work for a pair put me off. I think everyone would have benefited by seeing the theory & calcs behind the enclosure deign, maybe an 02 video?
Hi,do you all know that actually he is making a (not sure if he knew though) "transmission line speaker" enclosure? Click on this topic on youtube. Its all about enhance (not quite enhances, but improves the lower frequency down further) from behind loudspeaker through the back of tunnel as the simulation of a long tube folded. But if he tried to recreate this process, he made mistake by redirecting the flow of the sound. Should have been all the way to the back and down (an L upside down 1st) instead of cut short not even halfway goes down 1st. The quality depends: on the driver, amplifier, music itself. This transmission line speakers really work! It was popular in 1980s. KEF was the best (it still is-England)
It looks like this jig is DIY. I may be wrong, but what is offered in typical tool shops, or in the web are jigs with only one column. Here are two columns and that - I presume - makes it more precise tool. I would love to buy that, or DIY if someone can show me how :)
Apparently there was a audio engineer that saw these same speakers and debunked these as having awful audio quality. The audio channel was too long and thin to do anything.
@MLWATKK tl;dr: this is exactly why we outsource this type of shit to companies. If EVERYBODY did EVERYTHING by DIY then that'd be a huge waste because everybody would have all kinds of equipment and tools they don't use 99,9% of the time but did pay 100% of the price for. The whole idea behind outsourcing (somebody builds houses, somebody does plumbing, somebody does carpentry, somebody farms food, etc etc) is to raise efficiency and allow for people to become experts and specialize thus raising quality. Sure this type of shit is fun as a hobby.. but don't beat yourself over the head for having spent 200 bucks on a 'decent' pair of speakers after having watched this video.
Gentlemen... What price shall we put on the sense of satisfaction from crafting something yourself? From taking something and making it better... If you've never felt it, you're missing out. P.S. If you pay $2k for a drill, bandsaw, router and some sandpaper, then you're doing it wrong lol.
Ah the power released from selectively designed acoustic cavity resonance and amplification. The craftsmanship here really is just icing ... any cheap speaker is going to sound way better in a properly designed cavity. Most speakers are designed to generate a broad range to cover human perception but the cavity is where portions of this frequency range can be muted, attenuated significantly even shifted by poorly designed cavities that those speakers are placed into. The uber cheap original plastic box that these were put into werre begging to be one up'd by pretty much any half thought out cavity...in this case the maker chose to focus the highs and redirect the mids and lows in a complex way that just seems arbitrary as opposed to calculated (it can be calculated). That said at the end when the speakers were connected to the amps, the Chinese amplifier delivered a much fuller range of frequencies for the speakers to fan out than the cheap 3 dollar board amp. To me the improvement is quite clear...though one could probably make a similarly priced amp and shift it to accentuate the lows and mids and then merge the channel with the other one for highs and get a similar effect for less than the 30 bucks the Chinese amp costed.
Not at all man. You can easily have a Logitech 5.1 surround or insanely good sounding 2.1 stereo system for 80$ that literally blows these away in every way imaginable. The craftsmanship is great, speakers are pure garbage though. He just wanted to show his skills, which is awesome, I don't think he actually uses these crappy speakers for anything.
Вообще прикольно... Это типа фазоинвертор, но с лабиринтом. Воспроизведение басов (НЧ) гарантировано. Но это собственно и с обычной "трубой" достигается. Но тут ещё походу и задержка звука происходит.
Chris Russell On $3 speakers? Don’t think they provided the Thiele-Small parameters. But I get your point and you are absolutely right. The amount of work put into the (beautiful) boxes is totally disproportionate to the cheap speakers.
HangGlideTube If only it was so simple to copy Bose. The speakers enhance the lower mids by quite a lot. Hence the ‘boxy’ sound. The mid-highs and highs are untouched. The better amplifier at the end of the video significantly enhance the base performance of the speakers but they still lack a lot at the lower end. These transmission-line speaker could sound a lot better when equipped with properly matched drivers. Considering the effort put into the project, I think that would be well worth the costs.
Nothing is an effort if you enjoy what you do and it's more than obvious that this man enjoys what he is doing and is excited about sharing it... Have you ever heard of a Crepe Hanger, it should have your photo next to it, in the dictionary....
Or you can see it for what it is - a clickbait video with speakers (boxes) that in reality are not cheap. It doesn't sound good at all. Did you not watch the video? The wood is nicely crafted, but the speakers drone out the sound.
This is how Bose makes their waveguide etc. small speakers sound so good. I once built a similar folded horn enclosure in a prison furniture factory, turning a pair of 39$ koss headphones into decent sounding, room filling speakers. These would probably sound incredible with some full range speakers (such as the 5” speakers from Bose 901’s) inserted into them.
Это видео из разряда, когда руки "золотые", но голова не работает. Сам процесс красивый, но откуда эти размеры, почему именно такие, как оценить эффект!?
@@scimitar631 не хватает теории и расчета. А так больше похоже на рекламу инструмента. Половину можно вообще не использовать без ущерба для скорости и результата. Ну и ко всему прочему звук изменился, но лучше не стал.
Эти каналы это фазоинверторы. Принцип тот же что и в коробе для саба в авто. А расчет короба прост, в тырнетах есть формула. Если коротко- то обьем короба зависит от размера динамика
i was like "this is better, but still shit, i suppose you can only take it so far with a single tiny cheap speaker". but i guess the amp change fixed it, sounds okay with the external amp.
I don't understand why people say its a waste, it clearly shows u still can replace the speakers, so at any time he can get far superior ones to put in. yet still, kinda shows how the $1000+ speakers are made sold in Europe :D
The most valuable thing we have in life is time. He just wasted x number of days doing something that is NOT cost effective. The sound quality is nicer, but really it is a complete waste of time.
Its still more productive than watching ytb videos like this. Plus doing projects like these always educates you further, especially if its a project he does with passion. Its just in the definition of what "a waste of time" actually is. I mean, you could define basicly everything as a waste of lifetime. Its up to everyone themselves what they do with their free time. And as a viewer, its just nice to see his passion to this project, and how much you can actually improve cheap as heck speakers. Ik the effort isnt worth it that much, but Im sure he enjoyed doing this.
People can't speak their mind to even do some constructive criticism rather than sound completely dismissive. Too many politically correct and apologists in commentators. The real jerks won't hit like subscribe or even bother to comment.
Because the box doesn't really make it sound better. There's a noticeable delay in the low ends. The separation makes it so you can hear it a little more clearly but the sound quality is still poor. It doesn't compare at all to 1k+ speakers which normally have very specifically engineered boxes to get the most out of the drivers. It was a pretty cool woodworking project and looks pretty.
Oh dear, is that what they say to make you fork out 1k+ ? Very specifically engineered ? Haha. I'm an engineer and I can tell you 'engineering' doesn't cost anything. Just like women's cosmetics, the cost is all in the presentation and marketing. Got to love 'audiophiles'. LOL
Impressive. Over 1.7 million views in about 30 days. What I learned from this video is that you can make CNC quality work with ordinary shop tools anyone can buy from Loews or Home Depot. The planing of how to make the box and craftsmanship is top notch. About the end result sound quality. It's not "Awesome". The speaker box's tuned path aids the low side of the mid-range. To me,, it's annoying. About 40 years ago I followed an article in an audiophile magazine on transmission line bass cabinets and built one with an 8 inch woofer. I did the math on how long the folded path needed to be to make the low bass better. Let's assume that little speaker had the drive to move the air needed for bass sound. To help "tune" it. You would need to make that box's sound path 6 feet long and that's rounding it off a bit.
definitely not a project for everybody either. You must own the tools, and have A LOT of time in your hands. After that, you end up with sound that could be topped by a different set of plastic speakers that still cost less than the materials for the box. But it is a fun project if you are into wood working.
No one can expect low bass from such miniature driver so 6 feet long path is not applicable. I made in past three my own original big projects working down even to 18 Hz but I appreciate his work - most say it is too much work - I'd say it was piece of cake comparing to big driver. and sound is beautiful enough if one had set his requirements.to this kind. . . . .
@@djbis As I read posts. They focus on the speaker performance. This video is all about the build. Upscale it for a 8" driver and a place to put amid-range plus tweeter drivers would be awesome.
@@Mikexception Wow. 18 HZ. I bet watching earthquake movies really shake your sofa with those speakers. I quote "No one can expect low bass from such miniature driver". I would agree. So how does Bose do it with the little drivers they use? I'm not expecting an answer. Just making a point. To me this video was about the building of the boxes for the lame speakers in hopes they will sound better.
If you made these from solid wood or plywood they would sound way better. MDF deadens sound horribly. When I was at Audio Note we had two pairs of identical AN-E speakers made, one in plywood, one in MDF and the difference was shocking. The MDF ones where hidieous!
Glue a 3mm tall very fine stick (or post) in the center of the driver's cone. Post is made of split toothpick and cut 3mm short. Gingerly glue it with PVA (for a second chance). You have to "balance" it till it stiffens, with a toothpick. lol Cut a 1/4"x1/8" (teardrop shaped) piece out of foil (from coffee can seal). And poke a hole towards the fat end of the foil, with a compass point. This is so the PVA glue adheres to the foil. Gingerly glue the foil onto the end of the 3mm post (after the post is fully dried). This is TEDIOUS and and you have to manipulate the foil while the glue is hardening (glue makes it "warp" sideways). Fucking finicky! Foil plane must be parallel to the cone plane, point pointing up or down on completed speaker face. Looks good and is THE BEST TREBLE IN THE WORLD! Really really difficult to make and took me AGES the first few times, but it is WELL WORTH IT! The theory: The foil vibrates completely separately to the main cone (that is the key to the MAD treble). Coined "acoustic separation" like a 2-way coaxial (acoustically). The MAD cymbal sounds penetrating and really sharp and "HIGH" and even the softest ride cymbal sound will penetrate even the loudest bass. And you can hear the tizz around the corner like real cymbals. And the "S" are freaking MAD too. So sweet cos it's such a little foil, vibrating independently. It's so much cool science at no cost at all and yet so effective and with so much fucking around (not for the faint hearted). To make it easier I poke a hole in the center of the driver and poke the post into it with glue. It doesn't have to be exact center (not good acoustically) but as best as you can judge (and still looks good).
He didn't throw his tools away. The cheap speakers will have had very expensive machines involved in their creation too. But well done on getting likes.
@@anthonyryan998 DIY? Am I missing something? Mass production of speakers worth 3$ worth reaps dividend in the long run. That's. How production cost and profit is made. Basic marketing will teach you that. I promise I didn't mean to write it but somebody who wrote that kind of comment. That's wrong.
