Turn your kitchen cabinet doors into speakers

wizzy
wizzy Posts: 867
edited March 2009 in The Clubhouse
All you need:

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=300-375

Or, buy 50 off them and paste them all over your body, hook 'em up, and enjoy!
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited March 2009
    how the hell do you make a desk vibrate at 20,000 hz and make it sound good...and for the great price of $15?
  • wizzy
    wizzy Posts: 867
    edited March 2009
    Airplay355 wrote: »
    how the hell do you make a desk vibrate at 20,000 hz and make it sound good...and for the great price of $15?

    That's what got me to post ... the description is hilarious, or hideous :)
  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited March 2009
    Vey unusal little toys however, not a single bad review... everyone likes their new toy!
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited March 2009
    I like the review that says they sound so good he had to throttle down the bass on his receiver... apparently bathroom doors make GREAT subwoofers.

    I guess I shouldn't knock it until I try it, but geeze I don't get how it COULD sound good at all.
  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited March 2009
    Sounds good or not, that's pretty awesome and would be fun to play with regardless!
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  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited March 2009
    Airplay355 wrote: »
    I like the review that says they sound so good he had to throttle down the bass on his receiver... apparently bathroom doors make GREAT subwoofers.

    I guess I shouldn't knock it until I try it, but geeze I don't get how it COULD sound good at all.
    I didn't read all reviews but noticed nothing was below 4. The one you pointing at is sure a good one (probably confused bass with distotion??). There is one that mention using this in the car seat headrest, that could be interesting. No matter how unbelivable this may look, it is sure an attention getter!
    Sounds good or not, that's pretty awesome and would be fun to play with regardless!
    Yep, that is what I mean by attention getter :cool:
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited March 2009
    Just stick a few on each wall in your house and have a block party :D
  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited March 2009
    Sounds great, I have two speakers on my kitchen walls. Now I can have the equivalent of a 12 speaker audio system in the same room with these. Whether they work or not--you've gotta to love this stuff. Who was it that said LIFE WAS STRANGER THAN FICTION! That's the guy who patented these!

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  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited March 2009
    cnh wrote: »
    Sounds great, I have two speakers on my kitchen walls. Now I can have the equivalent of a 12 speaker audio system in the same room with these. Whether they work or not--you've gotta to love this stuff. Who was it that said LIFE WAS STRANGER THAN FICTION! That's the guy who patented these!

    cnh
    If you hook them up on the exterior of the wall, make sure you warn your wife as she might be screaming and running around with the broom trying to kill all those grimlins on her wall! ;)
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited March 2009
    I can't see those really being the epitome of sound quality...lol

    For 15 bucks a piece though...they'd probably be pretty fun to play around with.

    This reminds me of those toothbrushes for kids that play music through your teeth. They vibrate at different frequencies which your brain sees as music when transferred through your teeth. They're pretty cool...lol I need to get one and figure out how to load some Floyd or Grateful Dead on it.;) A cheaper solution to headphones?:p
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited March 2009
    I can't see those really being the epitome of sound quality...lol

    For 15 bucks a piece though...they'd probably be pretty fun to play around with.

    This reminds me of those toothbrushes for kids that play music through your teeth. They vibrate at different frequencies which your brain sees as music when transferred through your teeth. They're pretty cool...lol I need to get one and figure out how to load some Floyd or Grateful Dead on it.;) A cheaper solution to headphones?:p

    That's a really absurdly comic image...but GREAT CHOICE for the Music, curt!

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  • rayslifecycle
    rayslifecycle Posts: 511
    edited March 2009
    We use these in the museum industry.
    There is a ratio that our A/v designers use between surface area/shape and the number of devices you have to make it resonate properly.

    Mr Haas just gave us a nice presentation on acoustics. He is one of the premier developers of this type of sound reproduction as well as the Dakota Speaker....


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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited March 2009
    Wonder if these could be used as surrounds? Probably be difficult to get the channel separation.
    Ludicrous gibs!
  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited March 2009
    cnh wrote: »
    That's a really absurdly comic image...but GREAT CHOICE for the Music, curt!

    cnh

    Hell yes! I don't have a stereo in my bathroom, but I'd love to be able to listen to some music while I'm brushing my teeth!:p
    nadams wrote: »
    Wonder if these could be used as surrounds? Probably be difficult to get the channel separation.

    I believe that is actually one of the recommended uses for them. There was a small article about them in a Parts Express flier a while back talking about them for that purpose. I'm sure they are no where near being ideal...but they're probably a good solution for some people.

    According to the article I read though, they work pretty well given what they actually are.
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited March 2009
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited March 2009
    I wonder if they could be attached to one's nads(without too much discomfort) so when your woman is serving you she could do it to her favorite tunes.:p;):cool::D
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