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.
Whether you’ve moved on from your iDevice to something else or you just want to be able to change the tunes from far away, this super cheap Bluetooth receiver will dramatically increase the usefulness of your iPod speakers.
Transplanting the guts of a pair of Rocketfish wireless speakers into IKEA birch salad bowls, DIYer Charles Visnic details how to make an attractive addition to your audio gear.
If you don’t consider yourself an audiophile, there’s a good chance you placed your speakers based on where they’d look best — and stick out the least — rather than where they sounded ideal. Follow some basic speaker placement rules to optimise your setup.
We’ve featured a few ways to repurpose materials into speaker stands, but if you’re looking for something a bit cleaner, DIY weblog IKEA Hacker shows us how to build a cable-hiding stand out of just a small shelf and a table leg.
You can make a speaker stand from a cinder block or a lamp, but for simplicity and cost, it’s hard to go past making one from a shoe rack.
Windows only: Portable utility Mute on Lock turns off your system speakers whenever you walk away and lock your workstation, but it also provides a quick shortcut key for toggling your speakers on or off.
