Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 2:49 pm
How about setting it inside a wide mouth mason jar, screwing the lid on, then enjoy not hearing the ring tunes!:Dbeeg wrote:How about sitting it on top of a wide mouth mason jar?
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Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 6:33 pm
This is the one I made.BuckeyeDennis wrote:Neat idea! I just played a bit with impromptu acoustic reflectors for my iPad (my hand, and a legal pad held at various curvatures), and they improved the sound tremendously.
A Google search for "iPhone passive amplifier plans" got quit a few hits. This one has plans in Sketchup, and in other formats as well.
These would be cool gifts for my wife & kids.
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 9:05 pm
Very nice! You gotta love it when our woodworking sensibilities intersect with the interests of the next generation. Got any pics of it?scooter61 wrote:This is the one I made.
I picked up an old-style Shopsmith stand-alone overarm pin router from Craigslist several weeks ago, and it is still looking for it's first project. This one looks perfect -- I think I could go into full-scale production with that setup.
And I may need to. The number of iPhones in the possession of somehow-affiliated teenagers around these parts is mind-boggling.
Personally, I like my little old flip-phone quite well, thank you. I fits very comfortably in my pocket, and the kids have much fun teasing me about it, which I find entertaining. But those little touchscreens are just too small for my fingers. That's what iPads are for, IMHO.
Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2014 6:42 am
No pics made it out of three pieces of cherry. Not very hard to build just watch your glue don't get it in the holes and grooves!
Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2014 7:19 am
After looking this over I think we need to Tim the Toolman upgrade.
Now I don't have a iphone so I'm only guessing that it too could be upgraded.
First you need a acoustic transducer and some super glue. I was thinking of attaching it right to the "glass". It doesn't seem to be too much in the way. Next some big Marshall Amp and a 1/4" patch cord.
This was about as far as I got, but I think it has potential....
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Do not try this at home, professional installation is required. Adapters required for use in auto installation. Be responsible and keep audio levels below 120db when others are present.
Ed
Now I don't have a iphone so I'm only guessing that it too could be upgraded.
First you need a acoustic transducer and some super glue. I was thinking of attaching it right to the "glass". It doesn't seem to be too much in the way. Next some big Marshall Amp and a 1/4" patch cord.
This was about as far as I got, but I think it has potential....
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Do not try this at home, professional installation is required. Adapters required for use in auto installation. Be responsible and keep audio levels below 120db when others are present.
Ed
Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2014 12:00 pm
Shame on you!:Dreible wrote:After looking this over I think we need to Tim the Toolman upgrade.
Now I don't have a iphone so I'm only guessing that it too could be upgraded.
First you need a acoustic transducer and some super glue. I was thinking of attaching it right to the "glass". It doesn't seem to be too much in the way. Next some big Marshall Amp and a 1/4" patch cord.
This was about as far as I got, but I think it has potential....
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Do not try this at home, professional installation is required. Adapters required for use in auto installation. Be responsible and keep audio levels below 120db when others are present.
Ed
Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2014 12:47 pm
There's definitely some science related to sound waves in this wood device. This brings to mind the High Fi unit I made in 1955 right getting out of the Army. Kit amplifier by "Heathkit", a top notch turntable, and a planned out folded horn type bass reflex speaker enclosure that held only one 8" extended range speaker. The overall size of the enclosure was about 3 ft. high, 2 1/2 ft wide and 2+ feet deep. The back was closed.
That plywood speaker enclosure is what is related to this little I-phone audio holder. The Speaker enclosure required a full sheet of plywood. It had an 8" X 8" X 8" cube that held the speaker, but there was an 8" X 1.5" open slot at the back of the cube to let the back pressure (sound) of the speaker out. From there the "back sound" traveled over three baffles that were about 2 1/2 ft wide (the width of the enclosure) and out through the bottom of the enclosure in a space of about 10" X 2.5'.
Without an exception, folks that listened to classical music from this system asked, "What kind of woofers do you have in that enclosure?" Ans: "None, just a little 8" extended range speaker from JPL."
Just the baffle system amplified the bass. I've always thought it was the delayed action of the backward sound waves that emerged the enclosure at the same time as the frontal waves of the speaker,
That plywood speaker enclosure is what is related to this little I-phone audio holder. The Speaker enclosure required a full sheet of plywood. It had an 8" X 8" X 8" cube that held the speaker, but there was an 8" X 1.5" open slot at the back of the cube to let the back pressure (sound) of the speaker out. From there the "back sound" traveled over three baffles that were about 2 1/2 ft wide (the width of the enclosure) and out through the bottom of the enclosure in a space of about 10" X 2.5'.
Without an exception, folks that listened to classical music from this system asked, "What kind of woofers do you have in that enclosure?" Ans: "None, just a little 8" extended range speaker from JPL."
Just the baffle system amplified the bass. I've always thought it was the delayed action of the backward sound waves that emerged the enclosure at the same time as the frontal waves of the speaker,
Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2014 1:14 pm
So true. I once visited Thomas Edison's winter home museum in Fort Myers and was surprised to see this demonstrated. Edison was deaf but he could "hear" the music on one of his phonographs by biting down on it's wooden frame.charlese wrote:There's definitely some science related to sound waves in this wood device.