skullshogun
New Member
So, this may be a long read.. be prepared.
I gutted an old amp I had to create a talk-box. Thats not the problem Im having however. I disconnected the actual speaker in order to attach a different one to the amp-box to do it... So i was left with a slightly larger useable speaker. I have wire, soulder, souldering gun, everything I need basically...
My idea is to make a smaller more compact housing for the speaker, a wooden box essentially that is just slimmer then an amp. This box will have on the side two jacks. One 1/8 monojack to plug in MP3 players to, and One 1/4 jack for plugging in a guitar or other electrical instrument. The idea is to have a 3 position switch (middle off) to toggle between either Jack depending on what I want to use. The problem Im having is with the power. Obviously hooking up an MP3 Player isnt going to give much juice to the 5 inch speaker... (since it doesnt have an external power source). So I bought a 4 AA battery holder (i have seriously TONs of them lying around, someone just gave em to me for no reason...) and basically.. I just need to know how to hook it up so that the AA battery holder helps power the speaker without taking away the quality...
I tried the "retard" method and just hooked up the battery holder as many ways as possible to the switch/wires... all it did was diminish the sound and make the speaker go kinda crazy, lol.
Im not an expert at electronics as you can tell, But I just started getting into doing random little things like this...
My dad has some experience in this area, but Hes hardly ever at home when I have time.. So i ask, who here can help me and give me decent directions on how to hook up the AA battery holder in a way to help power the speaker (mind you, I have otyher materials, i only listed the ones I was THINKING of using, im willing to get more).
And also, I want to boost the signal INTERNALLY, that is to say, I dont want an external signal booster or anything. Something on the inside that will help power the speaker.
Help would be much appreciate as im stumped...
I gutted an old amp I had to create a talk-box. Thats not the problem Im having however. I disconnected the actual speaker in order to attach a different one to the amp-box to do it... So i was left with a slightly larger useable speaker. I have wire, soulder, souldering gun, everything I need basically...
My idea is to make a smaller more compact housing for the speaker, a wooden box essentially that is just slimmer then an amp. This box will have on the side two jacks. One 1/8 monojack to plug in MP3 players to, and One 1/4 jack for plugging in a guitar or other electrical instrument. The idea is to have a 3 position switch (middle off) to toggle between either Jack depending on what I want to use. The problem Im having is with the power. Obviously hooking up an MP3 Player isnt going to give much juice to the 5 inch speaker... (since it doesnt have an external power source). So I bought a 4 AA battery holder (i have seriously TONs of them lying around, someone just gave em to me for no reason...) and basically.. I just need to know how to hook it up so that the AA battery holder helps power the speaker without taking away the quality...
I tried the "retard" method and just hooked up the battery holder as many ways as possible to the switch/wires... all it did was diminish the sound and make the speaker go kinda crazy, lol.
Im not an expert at electronics as you can tell, But I just started getting into doing random little things like this...
My dad has some experience in this area, but Hes hardly ever at home when I have time.. So i ask, who here can help me and give me decent directions on how to hook up the AA battery holder in a way to help power the speaker (mind you, I have otyher materials, i only listed the ones I was THINKING of using, im willing to get more).
And also, I want to boost the signal INTERNALLY, that is to say, I dont want an external signal booster or anything. Something on the inside that will help power the speaker.
Help would be much appreciate as im stumped...