2 Way Orb Speaker
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I Have Always Wanted To Make A Speaker In The Shape Of An Orb Or Sphere. As I Have Never Been Really Great At Woodwork And I Certainly Do Not Have The Equipment Required To Turn Something Like That Out Of A Block Of Wood It Never Happened. Until... I Got My 3D Printer! I Have Been Working On This Design On And Off And Had A Few Attempts At Printing The Spheres. A Few Weeks Ago I Upgraded From My Cocoon Create 3D To A Cocoon Create 3D Touch (Wanhao Duplicator I3 Plus) And With That I Had Another Go. I Scrapped All The Designs I Had Made To Date And Started From A Blank Canvas And This Design Is The Result. There Is Still Room For Improvement But I Am Quite Happy With How It Turned Out. Just So You Know - This Speaker Is Most Definitely Not Designed For Sound Quality, It Is The Look That I Was After. So Don'T Expect This Unit To Produce Ultra Hifi Sound - But, It Does Sound Good Enough For Me To Use It And To Have Now Gone Started Designing An "Orb Amplifier" To Complement It The "Base" Orb Takes A Standard 4" Speaker (Woofer). I Purchased Mine At Jaycar Electronics (Australia) But I Am Sure You Can Use Anything You Can Get Your Hands On Or You May Already Have Laying Around. The Tweeter Is An Inexpensive 2" Number I Ordered From China (I Could Not Find Anything Small Enough And Within My Budget Here Readily Available In Australia). I Have Not Put Any Fancy Filter In The Unit (Yet) All I Have Done Is Place A 6.8Uf Capacitor In With The Tweeter To Get The Most Simple Cross Over Possible. Certainly Room For Improvement There But For Now It Does The Job :) I Would Very Much Like To Hear What You All Think Of My Orb Speaker And If You Decide To Print Your Own Then Please Share Some Photos Etc!! Update: I Have Just Uploaded V2 Of The Stand And Arm. These Have A Few Small Changes To Make The Arm Fit More Snug Into The Stand - This Should Help Reduce The Sagging Of The Tweeter Orb Update Update: The Orb Amp - A Simple Amplifier To Hook Your Ipod (Or Other Device With A Headphone Jack) Is Now Available As A Separate Download Https://Www.Thingiverse.Com/Thing:2348151
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