These holidays i was down at Autopro with Nat and we say some car head units with speakers for sale for a mere $10. At this price is was a steal and i bought one with no intention of putting it in a car at all, i had better ideas. For ages i have had speakers sitting in the lounge that are not being used. they are medium-large and have good quality seas drivers in them (more info at http://seas.no/) this brand is generally reserved for higher end audio. So i whipped out a spare computer power supply which i modified the end of to be able to power the head unit, and hot wired it with a switch so it doesn’t need to be connected to a motherboard which worked a treat. Then since it is only a cassette head unit i have modified it to accept a CD player (old PC CD drive the ones that u can play CD’s and stuff with the buttons on the front), ipod or MP3, pair of RCA’s and i have space for another input if i need it. and if i wanted to i could even use the 5V rails off the PSU to charge an ipod or sumthing. these input are selectable via a rotary switch. As i write this i am waiting for the paint to dry because i only painted it this arvo then its back to installing everything and then its pretty much done. Total cost so far is only $15 which includes the head unit and some of the connectors and stuff, the rest i had lying round the house. Overall the testing i have done for the sound is pretty good thanks to my good speakers i need to get a decent antenna for the radio though.
Well the holidays are almost over i guess ive done a bit seen a few movies, built a stereo, overclocked some PC’s due to boredom. all in all not too bad but im looking forward to double electrotech tomorrow mornin.
- JD
btw ill update u with pics as soon as my stereo is all together
