"Acoustics for 10,000 euros" at home - the results of KM2009, "Acoustics"

We have already written about the contest “King of Modding” (a kind of “Modding-Oscar”) , a professional award for specialists in the field of modifying the appearance and functionality of PC components and peripherals, organized by www.modding.ru , www.occlub.ru , and today We continue to highlight its results in the "Modification of acoustic systems" category. And I must say, the results are amazing! Why are there only a hand-made "column" from Alexander Slobodyan with a total weight of several centners, made "based on" a super-expensive luxury speaker system.

Attention! A lot of photos!
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1 place. “Homemade Acoustics 2” - Alexander Slobodyan









Worklog

This is a completely homemade acoustics! Cases are made of chipboard and MDF, plastered, otshkurenny and covered with piano lacquer, inside pasted with felt. Dividing filters were assembled, and plumb lines were used as spikes on which the columns were placed. The height of the fronts with spikes - 1360 mm. For the rear speakers manufactured stand.

2nd place. "The sound of old technology" - vortchun









Worklog

The satellites were made of bowls glued into a sphere that is plastered, mounted on racks, and painted. An amplifier was also welded, and a body made of plywood, painted the color of the satellites, was made for it.

3rd place. "Modding old speakers" - Quiker









Worklog

The case for the column was made of 16 mm MDF, glued and additionally secured with self-tapping screws, glued in with black self-adhesive, an overlay of 1 mm of steel was cut out for the upper part, polished and painted. The speakers and amplifier are taken from old speakers. PVC circles were also cut out, hiding the speaker mounts and performing a decorative function.

4th place. Modding headphones Philips SHE2550 - Slavik









Worklog

The Philips SHE2550 headphones, which proved to be quite reliable and quality conductor for their class in the world of music, were taken as a basis. Since the author considers himself to be music lovers, headphones and a player for him are an essential element of style. And if so, then they must be unique, to allocate its owner from the crowd. Guided by these principles, the author decided to make them out of beech, similar in shape to the old version of the Sony Ericsson headphones, the most convenient of all for this class (the manufacturing process is reflected in the worklog). As for the sound quality, it has not deteriorated, perhaps something has improved due to the wood, but this can only be assessed subjectively.

5th place. "Modding of columns SVEN SPS-606" - DimmB









Worklog

SVEN SPS-606 speakers were taken as a basis, it was decided to glue the column case with black film with wood structure, the front plastic panels were painted with CAR-REP black paint (first primer, then paint). There were also cut the pads of orange glass. An audio output has been added on the front panel and the power indicator has been replaced with a suitable orange LED.

6th place. "Cubes" - PlaSMaN









Worklog

The subwoofer for this homemade speaker was taken from the Microlab M820. The author decided to make satellites from 10 mm plywood. Cut rectangles on the drawing on the CNC. Glued with wood glue. Pasted inside with wool. Pasted on top of leatherette. Set the dynamics of car audio. Put the grills of composite and acrylic, carved on the CNC. Made good wires from 0.75mm copper cable and beautiful connectors. On the subwoofer, I replaced the branch in front of the grill and soldered the satellite capacitors to more capacious ones.

7th place. "Easy sound" - Serg2912







Worklog

Somehow one good friend of the author of this mod gave him the bent acrylic things. He said that these were kind of like parts of some car speakers. The modder found two speakers of a suitable size, decided on the amplifier circuit - 2x2w on the KA2206b. The speakers are screwed onto computer head bolts - they fit perfectly under the holes of acrylic blanks. For the buildings, two wells were taken from the system units, foam rubber was inserted inside them, and everything was covered with a lid.

8th place. USSR-Industrial - Resperator









Worklog

Loudspeakers pulled from old Sony headphones. The framework is completely made of the old Soviet metal designer. Everything is fastened with nuts and bolts very tightly, so that nothing moves and does not move. The speakers are simply inserted into the appropriate niches and are slightly glued for reliability. Of the additional elements, there are softening foam lining and painting of some parts.

9th place. Platinum Sound ver.2 - st2105









Worklog

The body of this speaker cut out of chipboard and plastered with black leatherette, installed 10 white LEDs.

10th place. "Mini column" - weall







Worklog

Sponsors and prizes

The category sponsor is Blade , which represents the well-known brand of professional and high-quality multimedia headphones KOSS on the Russian market, as well as the manufacturer of multifunction and multi-format flash and HDD players COWON .







First Place: COWON S9 and KOSS PRO3AAT

Cowon S9 Curve - a player with outstanding design and hardware with AMOLED-display format 16: 9, 500 MHz dual-core processor and support for BBE + sound conversion technology. The sleek, ergonomic sleek design of the case looks extremely advantageous. Ultra-speed display with an active matrix based on organic light-emitting diodes allows you to display any dynamic scenes in films without delay. Other advantages of the player include: long operation time and support for audio formats with lossless coding, FM radio tuner, wireless data transmission via Bluetooth, dynamic picture rotation using an accelerometer based on a G-sensor.



KOSS PRO3AAT - quality headphones that provide great deep bass, optimally suited for DJs. Titanium-coated polymer diaphragm provides the highest, natural quality reproduction. A long-crystal, oxygen-free copper connecting cord improves signal transfer and fidelity. Soft leatherette ear cushions provide maximum sound insulation.



Second place: COWON iAudio7

iAUDIO 7 is a unique media player on flash memory up to 16 GB. It is equipped with an LCD display that allows you to display graphics and video. Numerous formats that are supported by iAUDIO 7 include FLAC, which provides lossless audio encoding. User iAudio 7 will be able to listen to music around the clock, forgetting about charging. The time of continuous operation of the player is 60 hours!



Third place: KOSS PRO4AAT

Perfect headphone for studio work and Hi-End sound. KOSS PRO4AAT have extremely accurate sound transmission without any distortion at the widest possible frequency range, as well as a solid, reliable design. Titanium-coated polymer diaphragm provides the highest, perfectly natural reproduction quality.



Fourth place: KOSS PRO3AAT

Fifth place: KOSS The Clef

The Clef is a unique portable in-ear headphone with a folding cord that retracts into a blister that easily attaches to a keychain instead of a keychain. The flashlight has a built-in flashlight, which creates additional convenience when used at night. The Clef is the perfect accessory for active music lovers.



Reports on other categories of the King of Modding 2009 competition will be published shortly.

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