Weekend Project: Styrofoam Plate Speaker

[@egusdooby2576]

They sound better than Beats

[@BlakeH97]

Best comment ever!

[@Texas12valve]

true

[@thechonkywuf651]

And they still do

[@poxart]

wow, this is the best make they did in a long time

[@flyboy3d]

I saw the phone and instantly thought "what year was this filmed?"

[@lavalavender]

2008

[@TheFreestyleWhitey]

I must say... This project is AWESOME! I was able to use these basic instructions, with some variations, and create an entire science fair project about it :) thanks for the awesomeness Kipkay!

[@TechGuy756]

RIP Radioshack :(

[@cameraman1234567890]

They are still open, only a few hundred stores in the US now instead of thousands. Down but not out

[@KyleAButler]

I am a science teacher and I am going to do this project with my class to teach them about sound. Ok maybe that's not true but if there are any teachers watching then I suggest you do it because that would be awesome.

[@Fanaz10]

What the hell. I'm making this.

[@wontonbay]

so he could make his own system with the mint tin amp and these speakers... BEASTLY!

[@fireninja312]

i did the exact thing at summer camp and worked perfectly with a weaker magnet and paper for the suspensions

[@LCmusicBlog]

yes absolutely. any small magnet wire, and any strong magnet. I have done it and can show if someone doubts.

[@farbodmontazeri]

dude u r ONE OF THE AWESOMEST PERSON ON EARTH!

[@KROUTCHY]

the bass is insane!!11!

[@gmancool7]

I'm not too sure, but I would think that to make it visibly shake and be loud, you would use a bigger coil, and bring it closer to the neodymium magnet, which would push the plate away with a stronger force. Once again, make sure it doesn't go backwards. You are right though, there is a line between loudness and clarity. Also, in the video it looked like he had to turn up his volume a ways before he got the loudness out of it. That's just an observation though.

[@malaflam]

I can't wait to hook up some 10" plates in my car.

[@snackoshack]

got to love that bass!!!

[@mrdrastic]

this guy is great. i love his projects.

[@SebastianHuber_27]

great Project even for beginners... thank you for sharing

[@MikeMattera]

Its cheap at radio shack. Depending on where you live, they might not have any at some stores. You need to find a BIG radio shack... They carry lots of stuff. The neodymium magnets are their too.

[@hemicud4]

i could see a couple ways of improving it, so far very good.

[@addyidog1]

the whole 6th grade is doing a project just like this.... SWEET

[@brothlick]

i wish i had a teacher like this in school

[@klamatoconlimon]

the weigh of the plate and the 2 business cards suspention are making that dragin noise with the plate vibrations. Works better with 3 or 4 cards.

[@SuperTauta]

you should check hox much ohms your coil produces, and it should be matching the one on your usual speakers. For exemple, I use my Hi-fi system pluged in auxiliary mode for my PC. and the speakers are 6 ohms. Hope I helped. bb

[@MikeMattera]

Yes you can. I have 4 ceramic magnets stacked and electrical taped. It performs great! check my video response for more info.

[@ilikethursdays]

I thought he was trying to unbutton his shirt and start dancing at 4:22 LOL

[@ShadendemonSr]

Finally, Now I can have surround sound in my house!

[@oscarfish48]

you can tell it works by the vibrations.

[@beatboxer04]

Now, this is the kind of shit we should be doing! Not any of that wreck-your-stuff-waste-your-money householdhacker shit.

[@theclashrock09]

This one is way better than the Household Hacker's one, because Kip Kay made it!

[@voiceofreason2008]

no you don't HAVE to use neodynium magnets but neodynium has vry has magnetic properties in relation to its size so its perfect for speakers and hard drives (where its used for the read/write actuator) *bows in appreciation :P*

[@kalpak2022]

@BorisBeast Any magnet will do! They specify Neodymium magnets since they are pretty strong! :)

[@Doromar80]

no way i wont get an A on my science project...THANKS KIP!!!!!

[@mikk150]

It doesn't matter cuz audio signal is alternate current(just frequency is not stable :D)

[@1xDRCx]

@spirit0destroyer magnet wire is copper wire, it's just coated with enamel, i'm not sure if it would work with uncoated copper wire, but it's worth a try.

[@DanielsGameVault]

now THIS is the real styrofoam speaker :D

[@geers888]

He should make 8 of these into a ball of sound.

[@Poorgeniu5]

at the last part i remember that soundtrack it from the over charging li-po battery :)

[@cheezeheads]

just a weird idear, but it would be coooool to combine 3 make projects, one of many mic projects to laser communicator to homade speaker!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@us3r5]

@domzday2396 i think a neodumium magnet is an electromagnet and normal magnets dont do the same thing.

[@antiZEROless]

Cool, that'd be a fun science project :)

[@GnosticAtheist]

Now this I have to try!

[@87numbnuts]

get a 2 ended aux wire plug it in your ipod then get 2 jumpers/wires connect 1 of the jumpers/wires to the inner metal part of the aux wire and the other 1 to the out side one thats what i did.

[@alexandersokolov9538]

i think the magnet does not matter as long as it is strong enough but the wire must be magnet wire

[@misterbadguy99]

he must have an old stereo where the cables have 2 b tied around this this on the bak of the stereo. i think u can also tie the wire around a normal head set wire. u just have 2 cut open one head set

[@Bassalicious]

centering the diaphram would have been necessary for getting rid of this buzzing sound when the voice coil tube hits the magnet..

[@guitarfreakizoid]

I have a few suggestions but I still love the video, I have tested and paper bowls work slot better and if possible you should find a way to mount it by the edges not by springs, I used a big hole and weather stripping to do that

[@TheMagicalTouch]

awsome project, :O AND ON MY BIRTHDAY TOOO!!! :O:O:O

[@kulmajaba]

@nikHILO2 In theory, any magnet will do, but keep in mind that a small power magnet will result in lower volume for the same energy used, compared to a neodymium magnet.

[@MikeMattera]

Hey you really don't need to use a neodymium magnet. I just got it working with the ceramic magnets. It just started smoking. I smell the enamel right now! Just keep it on low volume.

[@supersal001]

this does work..y wouldnt it?..its made the same way a regular speaker is made like...besides its kiplay not household hacker..all his vids are real..a kid did this back when i was in elementary it was really cool..

[@SuperCheezyGuy]

*Goes to shed* Have it, have it, have it, DAM! have it, have it, have it, DAM! *Goes back to PC*

[@V8VRUte]

alpine type r ftw!!!

[@Sturminator64]

Is it weird if I come back to this video many times just to hear the music he plays on the speaker?

[@Nastiago]

kipkay you evil genius

[@SteelersFan10811]

you should make a foxhole radio and hook this up to it

[@IN46214]

It works!!! It's awsome!!!

[@MC117db]

Ohm is the SI unit for resistance i think

[@mrjotz]

That's pretty cool!

[@raivobrasovs7925]

Thats some Bass Flex right there... Hee's windows will soon bee cracked.

[@Maxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxim]

I'm gonna actually try this one xD

[@williamgsxawd87]

Now he needs to do a bass test

[@OuiBoo]

Put jelly on it!!!!!!

[@zacheriajoseph]

Thats freaking crazy!

[@bestSVMS]

might actully work, unlike household hacker's kinda cool

[@awsomecp173]

good bass excursion

[@GirishNair16]

just lOved it !!!!....awsm video!!!

[@SmallTurboEvo]

when and where is the next make magazine fair where the people show there inventions i want to go

[@jagrosh]

it would be hilarious to modify this slightly so everything except the plate is under a tablecloth, and them have someone start to eat off the plate. When the music starts they wouldn't know what hit them!

[@Mingebagz1]

that worked for me one time...yeah.

[@SpikeSystem]

lets say you used a stretched piece of plastic (so its tight) instead of the plate, would it make the quality better?

[@FutureInventions]

@jmb3632 probably but it's heavier. You might not get the same sound.

[@DanielsGameVault]

I didn't know radioshack sells styrofoam plates...

[@platinum9654]

Use neodynium magnets, they are much stronger

[@zygis1387]

no you can use a simple magnet

[@jays8017]

You said you cut 2 3/4 inch by 11 inch strips of paper, You cut approx 8 inch strips. It was cut short ways not long ways.

[@polarchucky]

You should get The Mythbusters to try this coz the last time they did it nothing happened.

[@SkittleMacMuffin]

Is it just me or are the red and black jack wires not connected to anything and just sitting on the card board?

[@cannibalc7]

im gobsmacked nice job

[@santoshbhatkar7867]

Awesome... Basic demonstration of the principles behind the common loudspeaker.

[@ISamuelII]

It is what they call the coated wire.

[@alexandersokolov9538]

i think you did not use enameled wire like the one kipkay used

[@teddysands96]

Who would win in a fight Bre Pettis or Kipkay

[@IsaacC20]

Wait what? All I saw were tiny vibrations on the drum (the styrofoam plate). Did the plate sound loud or was that music played over the the video?

[@annihil8ted993]

Hmmm when they say 7ohms, does it include the extending wires or just the coil?? The coil on its own is 3 ohms and somehow the jack and the line is another 3 equaling 6 ohms.

[@linktm7]

Kipkay the best!

[@poojacrew]

@THEMAGICMAN28 yea but it would be too weak for any wheel travel

[@Se7eNJinx]

does it have to be a plate? If you used something like a CD Case would it make it louder? otherwise this is awesome. :3

[@buggyiscool]

AWESOME it worked! but how would i make it louder? more coils? less distance between coils and magnets?

[@8Bit64]

At first, when I saw all the regular stuff, I was like... YES! I can make something from this channel with all stuff I have around my house... ...then I saw the magnet, and I was like, "damn"

[@annihil8ted993]

no but neodynium works the best due to its pull strength.

[@96GmusicG96]

if we wired it 200 times and had a 5 time stronger magnet - would it then sound much higher?

[@julianfernandez2689]

the question is will it blend?

[@CriticalTechReviews]

No it isn't. In this application, the wire having an enamel is important because of the coil. If it was standard non-enamel wire, the coil wouldn't function because it would short out.

[@powderpuffman121]

I watched HouseholdHacker's one and I tried it, but it didn't work! Kipkay actually shows his working!

[@elnogga]

i think it's more coils and a bigger magnet, take a look at hit woofer, the bigger the parts louder it is

[@RajDrummer1]

@SeAnStAmOn hmmm thats weird i wonder what those sound box things connected to my amplifier are.......

[@TheOneAndOnlySame]

Watching this video makes you realize that no speaker in the world should be sold more than 200$

[@commanderplyers]

i wonder if it would work with a massive "plate", hmm...

[@gawbagecan]

I LOLD HARD!!!!!!!!!

[@skullian12]

lol i hooked mine up with so much power from my and the wire fried and almost set the entire thing on fire the paer and cardboard got scoarched