speakers for homemade laptop

Does anyone know of any good speakers which run on a 12V supply?
I am looking for something small and light. Probably in the 10-20 watt range.

A friend of mine has these speakers made by this company Monsoon. They are kinda what I am looking for, but they are a bit big. (Not looking for a sub, just the satellites)


Does anyone know of a compact light speaker which carries some power?
(Looking for two speakers for my laptop)

Thanks,

K-TRON

 

I doubt this is what you're looking for but I guess it's worth a shot.... Logitech v20.

I was only able to find iPod docks/speakers that run on 12-volts...

G'luk.

 

Dunno if this or anything they would have on thier site would help, but...

http://www.speakercity.com/Merchant...roduct_Code=DH200E-E&Category_Code=SeleniumCD

 

Yeah neither of those will do.

I am still having trouble finding decent square or rectangular Planar Magnetic Speakers (Those are the thin ones) which are good and affordable

K-TRON

 

Wait, are you looking for speakers to integrate into a homemade laptop or just light, small and external speakers to go with it?

 

Thin speakers to integrate into the laptop. I want everything integrated, nothing external.

As of now, I only have two power cords which need to be plugged in. Everything else is internalized

K-TRON

 

Take a look at the ChillPill (or Tweakers for $10 less). They're $40, pretty compact. They are battery powered, but I'm sure you could wire them to another power source if you know how (and I assume you do )

 

Wouldn't it possibly be a good idea to use headphones?
They use rather flat speakers...

 

I actually contemplated buying a set of speakers, like the HD280 I have, and use those, but they just cant project the sound.

Mastershroom, those wouldnt work, cause I want them inside the laptop. I need them thin, so they can clear my graphics cards in the PCIe 1 and PCIe 4 slot

K-TRON

 

I've never heard of internal aftermarket laptop speakers. Although it's something I've been saying the industry should adapt to.

That said, it's not likely any type of rig you create will offer any appreciable sound improvement since the technology to improve integrated speakers take a lot of work. Cumbersome or not, your best bet is to find a good pair of external speakers that come close to being non obtrusive yet still give you the sound you want.

In any event, if you find a solution, please don't hesitate to let us know.

 

Ive got some room in my chassis, so I am looking for something I can drop in.
The approximate dimensions I have are 2" tall, by a max 1" thick, and can be 4" long

So If I find something that can fit into that space, it would be perfect.


K-TRON

 

How about a set of the 2.1 speakers that come with mid/high end Dell laptops as standard? They are pretty thin.

 

Yes, it would be nice if you could use the ones inside the Qosmio X305. Look on eBay, maybe? Or try to get them from Toshiba...

I'm very interested in knowing about your homemade laptop. Do you have a thread about it or something?

 

It seems I overestimated how thick this thing is going to be.

Why not just rip the speakers from an existing laptop? Some have pretty decent onboard sound, including subwoofers and the like.

 

Oh no, I am not talking about the sound quality from a laptop. I am looking for more power, and better quality. When you actually run a laptop at full power, it generally looses quality, as it gets static-y

I already have a 4" 40watt subwoofer I am thinking about installing
I may have to downgrade to 3" cause I have to figure out the placement of some other critical components, and how much vibration it would make.

It would be nice to have some decent 10 watt satellites in the sound system

K-TRON

 

What about running a small internal, usb powered headphone amp/similar to power some speakers.
General problem with laptop is the current isnt strong enough and the sound quality, due to poor dacs/opamps, is poor; if you incorporated a very small amp and dac then you'd get around that; especially if you powered them via USB (some of the small headphone amps can be powered by USB), however you'd need to mount it [the audio device] to the surface so you could control it.

You could then fit in some small hi-fi drivers providing the wattage/current from the amp was high enough.

 

How much clearance do you have for speakers? I'm talking about diameter and depth. For a regular laptop I'd try to harvest the speakers from a pair of X-mini Max but if you can fit larger ones with big magnets then it opens up your possibilities. Can you include anything with magnets? Then you need an enclosure for each speaker if you expect quality. Is the custom made laptop made out of wood cause that'd be awesome for the speakers. I'm just kidding!

 

If what I was really after was a "laptop" I'd look for a used laptop instead. Your minimum size is going to be huge compared to a real laptop, and usability will be poor. Power consumption will be way up too, since many of the components you're looking at aren't designed for low power.


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K-TRON is not exactly going for battery life. He's invested months upon months of effort into this project; he's not about to quit and buy a used laptop.

 

Yes, I am not going to stop my build and buy a used laptop. The point of the OCTI-TRON was to not be dependent on a laptop manufacturer. After dealing with all of the bull from Voodoo and Clevo, I am never buying from them again. Perhaps not from any laptop manufacturer again. People praise Clevo for their performance. Performance can mean alot on paper, but in reality they are very unreliable. I looked at the numbers when I got my rebranded Clevo D900K, but out of the box it was a complete piece of junk. Since I use my laptop at 100% load most of the time, I am building a portable workstation, which can beat the hell out of anything the laptop manufacturers make.
Its called beating them at their own game. In the sound department I want to do that as well, which is why I am searching for great quality speakers in a small package.

K-TRON