Have you ever cranked up the music in your car only to realise you just blew out your cheap factory speakers with too much bass? If you have, you know that once the speaker’s blown, it sounds distorted. Thankfully, Instructables user sgtjasonshrout outlines a simple way to fix busted speakers with masking tape. More »
If you’re like me, you like loud music… but your neighbours probably don’t. Steve Guttenberg over at The Audiophiliac shares a few tips for isolating sound on the cheap. More »
If you don’t want to shell out for a portable speaker stand for your phone or other MP3 player, Etsy user Lowell takes advantage of physics to make a cheap, wooden block act as an iPhone speaker. More »
Do you have an old radio that looks great but for which you have no practical use? If you’re not afraid of a soldering iron you can add a new solid-state amplifier to give you a standard 3.5mm input jack for your smartphone or MP3 player. More »
We’ve mentioned some speaker placement rules for achieving optimal sound before, but the subwoofer can be a different beast altogether. Weblog Audioholics recommends a technique called the “subwoofer crawl” to find the perfect spot in your room for full-sounding bass. More »
