buffdaddy
Buck Swopes Stereoworld
http://ontario.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-electronics-Cardboard-Speakers-W0QQAdIdZ335847213
or maybe not
not mine, nor any affiliation
or maybe not
not mine, nor any affiliation
There is an audiophile deep inside in all of us
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VINTAGCHRIS
Super Member
I think he missed an opportunity in his add as he could have listed them as mint in box
DCinDC
I'm here to fix it
Actually I use cardboard boxes all the time to determine characteristics of unknown speakers. You can quickly get an idea of the FS and power handling of a speaker. And listen to it at the same time. You'd be surprised how obvious a ragged midrange is....
I grew up in a day and age before box plot and other speaker modeling softwares.
I grew up in a day and age before box plot and other speaker modeling softwares.
markw300d
Super Member
I think he missed an opportunity in his add as he could have listed them as mint in box
That's a good one and fits perfect!
It's fun to joke about some of these listings but I could see this maybe being a fun project for a youngster and I have heard of the uses DC mentioned.
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1tumbleweed
Kozmik Kowboy
Doesn't anybody know that these are an actual product, not homemade?
http://greenupgrader.com/9205/recycled-cardboard-speakers-by-origaudio/
http://greenupgrader.com/9205/recycled-cardboard-speakers-by-origaudio/
markw300d
Super Member
Wow. I learned something new. Having never seen a pair and since there was no mention of it in the listing, I did not know. Origaudio appears to be a Canadian company but the speakers sell on Amazon for about $20. Now I'm curious...lol.:scratch2:
btw tumbleweed...thanks for the link. After some reading...boy, I gotta get out more. I guess the joke is on us this time. It was that darn "smoke free home" part that got me laughing. A bit more info in the listing would have helped it seem less like a class project maybe but I have to admit I was too quick on this one.
Origaudio looks like a very innovative company that is doing quite well.
http://www.origaudio.com/products
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Ohighway
Wannabe Minimalist
I think he missed an opportunity in his add as he could have listed them as mint in box
Not mint IN the box.... they're MINT BOX!! Oh wait, not that either as someone cut a hole in the box....
"Smoke free home". Lol. Put a match to 'em and change all that!
I have seen speaker projects that use VERY heavy cardboard for speaker enclosures. Supposedly worked well.
No, I didn't know the items in the OP were a commercially available product. Learn something new every day.
VINTAGCHRIS
Super Member
Hey i just thought of another plus for these, ease of gifting just slap a bow on them as they are already gift wrapped! and it doesn't stop there if the person who receives them for some unimaginable reason decides to sell them all he has to do is slap the same bow back on and they are ready to be re-gifted to someone else...you know like fruit cake around the holidays. 
Jedi
Super Member
Hey you could open them from the top and put your lunch in them . Or stash "something" else in them .
Seriously tho my company dose the packaging for Bose . The A/V stuff . As well as other things that they use in-house . Maybe I can talk them into dumping the plastic and just put the drivers in the shipping boxes like these . Might improve the sound......
Seriously tho my company dose the packaging for Bose . The A/V stuff . As well as other things that they use in-house . Maybe I can talk them into dumping the plastic and just put the drivers in the shipping boxes like these . Might improve the sound......
Arkay
Lunatic Member
m selling my cardboard speakers, excellent quality, perfect for mp3 players, ipods, iphones, blackberrys pretty much any music player!
from a smoke free home, asking $15 OBO
I suppose if your sources are "mp3 players, ipods, iphones, blackberrys," then maybe these are appropriate speakers. Garbage in, garbage in-between, garbage out. It all fits together nicely. And if it doesn't work out, you can always use them to take the garbage out in!
Or maybe these can be something to enjoy, while you save up for that dream Bose system!
from a smoke free home, asking $15 OBO
I suppose if your sources are "mp3 players, ipods, iphones, blackberrys," then maybe these are appropriate speakers. Garbage in, garbage in-between, garbage out. It all fits together nicely. And if it doesn't work out, you can always use them to take the garbage out in!
Or maybe these can be something to enjoy, while you save up for that dream Bose system!
DaveElton
A Whiter Shade Of Pale
The way those look "folded together" ick.....but, in the 70's, in an issue of "home handyman magazine" there was an article on how to put together a pair of small speakers on the cheap constructing small carboard cabs, and using a small 4"-6" "FR" driver which had good parameters for an acoustic suspension enclosure. You laminated/glued two "double-thickness" pieces of cardboard together for each cab wall, glued those together, and then sealed all inner seams with silicone caulk. After those boxes were dry, you could literaly drop-kick one accross the room and not damage it. My dad and I as a lark made one, for "mono" listening in our kitchen, and then covered it with faux vinyl wood veneer. We used a 5" "FR driver" You would be suprised at how good it sounded, actualy how good it still sounds (as I still have it) from 1972.
