Well sorta. I have always liked the idea of blasters in that they can be set up at a moments notice and have a room full of music for any occasion. But sadly (at least for me) the SQ of most of those machines are not good at all!
Because of that I have not had a blaster in over a decade and instead suffered with wireless BT headphones.. But I have always wanted to, with the right small speaker build something like this in order to have better SQ and be able to spread the speakers out a little, to 4 feet just to gain a bit of stereo effect at a little distance..
Never really could find the right speakers for this however. I had briefly thought the JBL LSR 305's would do it, but there is no driver protection on those what so ever.. That and that they were just a bit too big and heavy for the task in mind.. Since then my LSR 305's are more or less permanently hooked up to the TV..
Then right before Christmas these showed up on Amazon for just $55 closeout! Blue Aura WS80i That is almost stocking stuffer prices these days! Geez so I ordered a pair.. They came in perfect new condition and have great sound! Not quite as much umph as the LSR 305/308's I have but the highs are better I think on the Blue Auras. The build quality is very high and the grill is darn near bulletproof!
Anyway I am not a Norm Abram type although I always admired the work he and those like him did.. And I decided to use just scrap wood left over from a Murphy bed project which was birch ply in 3/4" and 3/16". This wasn't ever supposed to be a real piece of furniture, but just a way to contain all this stuff (there are 3 120v ac plugs just to energize it all). I knew with all the parts and pieces it would only be a short while before something got lost or whatever. And since I will be using it for music all over the house while I am finishing building it, just having something to grab and go will mean the difference between using it or leaving it in the box..
I just got the drawer slides today, the big handle for the top is supposed to be here in a few days.. It is a little heavy, maybe 25 lbs est. But nothing I can't handle.. All the electronic pieces in the middle are held on with Velcro as well as the speakers held in place that way..
I wish I had made this out of solid wood, but didn't have anything nice so birch veneer plywood made it much more work and looks inferior, but I do like using up scrap wood too!
Because of that I have not had a blaster in over a decade and instead suffered with wireless BT headphones.. But I have always wanted to, with the right small speaker build something like this in order to have better SQ and be able to spread the speakers out a little, to 4 feet just to gain a bit of stereo effect at a little distance..
Never really could find the right speakers for this however. I had briefly thought the JBL LSR 305's would do it, but there is no driver protection on those what so ever.. That and that they were just a bit too big and heavy for the task in mind.. Since then my LSR 305's are more or less permanently hooked up to the TV..
Then right before Christmas these showed up on Amazon for just $55 closeout! Blue Aura WS80i That is almost stocking stuffer prices these days! Geez so I ordered a pair.. They came in perfect new condition and have great sound! Not quite as much umph as the LSR 305/308's I have but the highs are better I think on the Blue Auras. The build quality is very high and the grill is darn near bulletproof!
Anyway I am not a Norm Abram type although I always admired the work he and those like him did.. And I decided to use just scrap wood left over from a Murphy bed project which was birch ply in 3/4" and 3/16". This wasn't ever supposed to be a real piece of furniture, but just a way to contain all this stuff (there are 3 120v ac plugs just to energize it all). I knew with all the parts and pieces it would only be a short while before something got lost or whatever. And since I will be using it for music all over the house while I am finishing building it, just having something to grab and go will mean the difference between using it or leaving it in the box..
I just got the drawer slides today, the big handle for the top is supposed to be here in a few days.. It is a little heavy, maybe 25 lbs est. But nothing I can't handle.. All the electronic pieces in the middle are held on with Velcro as well as the speakers held in place that way..
I wish I had made this out of solid wood, but didn't have anything nice so birch veneer plywood made it much more work and looks inferior, but I do like using up scrap wood too!
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