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"Speaker icon" speakers

I'm bookmarking the one for when I build my own speakers or mod a set of ones found in the trash - the enclosure is a great idea, a speaker icon! [via] - Link.

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Fold-Up Speakers - Link.
HOW TO - make folding speakers - Link.
HOW TO - Carry cooler box speakers - Link.
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Portable cardboard speakers - Link.
Make speakers from hard drives... - Link.
HOW TO - Using a Stereo as Computer Speakers - Link.
Easy mount speakers - Link.

From the pages of MAKE:

Surround Sound, Quick and Dirty. A simple wiring trick derives center channels. MAKE 02 - Page 125. Subscribers--read this article now in your digital edition!

Posted by Phillip Torrone | Dec 6, 2006 01:18 AM
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That wiring trick doesn't derive a center channel, it derives an out of phase signal. Put the center speaker behind you, not in front, for faux surround sound. It has the effect of widening the stereo.

Posted by: jbond on December 5, 2006 at 11:50 PM

You sure that surround sound isn't going to cause damage to the amplifier connecting the two positives? It seems to me it wouldn't drive properly, and you'd just get the difference between the channels.

Posted by: donatj on December 10, 2006 at 12:56 AM

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