Transforming dead earbuds into POWERFUL wireless speakers

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[robin.r]

You should do a house tour showing all the stuff youve made over the years. Would be interesting

[themotorhino]

2 minutes in: I'm totally doing this.
5 minutes in: I'm totally just going to buy some.

[sjbechet]

I transformed my old earbuds into a 4 bedroom house. All it took was the earbuds and $400, 000 worth of materials and labour.

[ЯрославВершинин-вр]

The design and execution are perfect as usual. I'd change a few things, though:
1. Charging and power delivery method is a bit cumbersome - I'd go with a BMS, type-c and galvanic isolation. Sure, a bit more costly, but less hassle with charging 18650's separately.
2. Hard pointy feet may give a bit of a rattle on high base. And they're scratchy as well. But, they look really cool - cant argue with that)

Thanks for yet another portion of inspiration!

[tyrush]

This man is the perfect mix of actually making cool things without having to learn how to build all you own stuff and then getting utterly overwhelmed when you relise you only have one brain cell.

[stephens.]

I'm an engineer. You should be running a top consumer electronics design firm. The combination of utility and aesthetic in your designs is absolutely incredible.

[chrispysaid]

He's talking to me like I'm a child but he's saying things as if I was an engineer.

[larsassinck]

This inspired me to build something myself. I used an amplifier from an old surround sound system, bought some drivers and some wood. I'm really proud of the end result and the sound

[Whaddif_]

I don’t know what’s better, the quality of his videos or the quality of the speakers.

[GFXMentor]

Loads of respect for your attention to details. Hats off 😍

[quesog]

"one of the perks of DIY"

He said the thing!

[Mr.Engine]

You are very right to mention the importance of the stereo effect to the listening experience. I've been experimenting with a pair of aiwa midrange drivers for quite a while. When I brought them close together (not in an enclosure or anything), they didn't sound like much. But when I placed them far apart and properly pointed them at my ears, the result sounded MAGICAL. Not only was it louder, but the details were clearly audible - NOTHING like before. That's why I decided to make my single unit bluetooth speaker project a bit more unique, and allow it to split so that you can place the speaker drivers far apart for an awesome listening experience, but also whenever you want to, you can join the drivers back together so that you don't sacrifice any of the convenience and portability single unit speakers offer.

[engineeringgarage]

I was waiting for him to say, “But how do they sound? Well you’ll be surprised to know you’ve been listening to them throughout this entire video. I have to say the quality is splendid.” Then I remembered that doesn’t makes sense unless he was building a microphone.

[LOCKEYJ]

I love how thoughtful you are to viewers without access to high end tools. That’s helpful and classy

[samic]

"You could've fixed the headphones by replacing the dead batteries!"
"Yeah... but what's the fun in that?"

[evanluedtke]

I have been creating an improved version of this project with one internal, rechargeable battery pack for my high school capstone engineering project. The whole point of the project is to learn something along the way, but I sunk almost $300 in the project and that is after certain materials were provided from my school. Love the idea and I have learned so many new skills along the way, but if you’re looking simply to have a nice sounding pair of speakers I would definitely buy some instead of going DIY.

[tanmay______]

15:20 “..one of the perks of DIY”
We have come full circle now guys

[faisal-ahmad]

this video is all about the reason YouTube is a good place to educate and entertain us at the same time.

[brettcameratraveler]

"and when you are all finished, put them into a box that we will make in brass."

[LilBoyHexley]

Super cool. And a pretty accessible electronics project. The main challenging bit is building the housing, since it can be tough to do that kind of crafting without a proper work space.