Coolest Hard Drive mod I've seen

Post by **Roofus** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 10:44 pm

http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/~hsakr/hdspea ... eakers.htm

bizzle · Post by **bizzle** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 11:13 pm

Roofus wrote:http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/~hsakr/hdspea ... eakers.htm

http://www.afrotechmods.com/

Post by **Roofus** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 11:36 pm

...so I take it you don't approve?

bizzle · Post by **bizzle** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 12:08 am

Roofus wrote:...so I take it you don't approve?

No, I didn't say that. Its pretty cool. http://www.afrotechmods.com is just the domain for that site, and has tons of other ghetto stuff too! I love that site...

Prophet][ · Post by **Prophet][** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 12:41 am

as if that accually works

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 2:35 am

You can hear it, theres a download link somewhere on the page

Prophet][ · Post by **Prophet][** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 8:37 am

yea, but I'm on 56k so I can't be bothered

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 9:50 am

Its not really worth the download

Lartrak · Post by **Lartrak** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 11:11 am

mattthemodder wrote:Its not really worth the download :)

Well, it is exactly as he says it is. An HDD functioning as a speaker. So if you think he's lying, feel free to download it. But otherwise, it's not very high quality and such.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 2:31 pm

Yeah thats pretty much what I mean't

btm4k · Post by **btm4k** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 3:38 pm

I have a couple of buds who did it. And it works! So on a scale of 1 to 10, I'd say its... old.

sixteen-bit · Post by **sixteen-bit** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 4:44 pm

I didn't have an old HDD to use so I just got a nail, assloads of wire and some magnets and made a big coil instead.
Yes it's quiet. That's where an old ghetto PA amp comes into play (watch out, it gets hot!

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MidnightObsidian · Post by **MidnightObsidian** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 6:54 pm

I made this a loooong fucking time ago, and it was great. I mounted them all in a little wooden cabinet with a laptop drive up top, a standard 3.5" drive in the center, and a oldschool 5.25" drive down at the bottom (it gave it a tweeter/midrange/woofer look that was really funnny.) It can get relatively loud if you can pump enough wattage into the things; it's pretty freaking funny.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Wed Jul 09, 2003 10:34 am

Sweet

peer · Post by **peer** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 7:00 pm

it works... but unless you feel like messing with amps and crap not to mention pulling apart hard drives with those funky screws its ok sounds like a set of headphones

Lucious · Post by **Lucious** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 9:20 pm

How is this done exactly does the HD's replace the speakers.. where does the input come from... Anybody help me out?

btm4k · Post by **btm4k** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 9:24 pm

I forget where to connect the wires, but the cound is created by the viberations between the needle and platter.

Lucious · Post by **Lucious** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 9:39 pm

Okay that is pretty cool. I thought it was just moving to a speaker in the background but the head is generating then music that is wicked now I need an amplifier I have 4 old HD's

Lucious · Post by **Lucious** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 9:52 pm

Where does the input come from?

SupraMario · Post by **SupraMario** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 2:21 am

Actually, in addition to the videos he has to prove it actually works, the guy at http://www.afrotechmods.com has a pretty detailed description of how to do it yourself as well as images that point out the points to solder the wires to.

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