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DJ Delorie

Jan 1, 1970
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Anyone know of a reasonable source of speakers? I'm talking
individual units, not wall-mount modules. Digikey and Mouser have a
limited selection, and Radio Shack seems to be out of the market for
those. My google-fu was insufficient to find the components without
the plethora of pre-built units or motivational speakers.

I'm looking for something in the 1-10 watt range, that fits in a 1.8"
(46mm) wide slot, with reasonable low frequency response. Only need a
pair. I've got a pair of "notebook" speakers, but they sound really
tinny, so I'm trying to find something better.

(and yes, I know it's not my amp's design - I put my stereo's speakers
on it and they sound fine)

DJ
 
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krw

Jan 1, 1970
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Anyone know of a reasonable source of speakers? I'm talking
individual units, not wall-mount modules. Digikey and Mouser have a
limited selection, and Radio Shack seems to be out of the market for
those. My google-fu was insufficient to find the components without
the plethora of pre-built units or motivational speakers.

I did a quick search (I don't use Google ;) and found a few places
like: http://www.madisound.com/about/loudspeakers.php The prices
are *all* over the place. ;-)

I'm looking for something in the 1-10 watt range, that fits in a 1.8"
(46mm) wide slot, with reasonable low frequency response. Only need a
pair. I've got a pair of "notebook" speakers, but they sound really
tinny, so I'm trying to find something better.

Oh, that's tiny. Are you going to get reasonable bass response from
something that small?
(and yes, I know it's not my amp's design - I put my stereo's speakers
on it and they sound fine)

;-)
 
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GregS

Jan 1, 1970
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Anyone know of a reasonable source of speakers? I'm talking
individual units, not wall-mount modules. Digikey and Mouser have a
limited selection, and Radio Shack seems to be out of the market for
those. My google-fu was insufficient to find the components without
the plethora of pre-built units or motivational speakers.

I'm looking for something in the 1-10 watt range, that fits in a 1.8"
(46mm) wide slot, with reasonable low frequency response. Only need a
pair. I've got a pair of "notebook" speakers, but they sound really
tinny, so I'm trying to find something better.

(and yes, I know it's not my amp's design - I put my stereo's speakers
on it and they sound fine)

I saw tons of those at a local warehouse outlet. Kinda like for TV's.
There may be a distributor who specializes in small speakers, but
for the most part, look in electronic surplus. All Electronics, etc.

greg
 
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DJ Delorie

Jan 1, 1970
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krw said:
Oh, that's tiny. Are you going to get reasonable bass response from
something that small?

Well, that's a good question. I've got to think about speaker size,
enclosure design, and electronics and see just how far I can get
before I have to punt and go with one big speaker instead of two
smaller ones. The target device is a bedside alarm clock, and most
are monaural anyway.
 
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Eeyore

Jan 1, 1970
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DJ said:
Anyone know of a reasonable source of speakers? I'm talking
individual units, not wall-mount modules. Digikey and Mouser have a
limited selection, and Radio Shack seems to be out of the market for
those. My google-fu was insufficient to find the components without
the plethora of pre-built units or motivational speakers.

I'm looking for something in the 1-10 watt range, that fits in a 1.8"
(46mm) wide slot, with reasonable low frequency response. Only need a
pair. I've got a pair of "notebook" speakers, but they sound really
tinny, so I'm trying to find something better.

There probably isn't. I don't know of any serious demand for quality miniature
speakers.

Graham
 
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DJ Delorie

Jan 1, 1970
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Eeyore said:
I don't know of any serious demand for quality miniature speakers.

I was hoping the notebook's popularity would push the demand.
 
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D from BC

Jan 1, 1970
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Anyone know of a reasonable source of speakers? I'm talking
individual units, not wall-mount modules. Digikey and Mouser have a
limited selection, and Radio Shack seems to be out of the market for
those. My google-fu was insufficient to find the components without
the plethora of pre-built units or motivational speakers.

I'm looking for something in the 1-10 watt range, that fits in a 1.8"
(46mm) wide slot, with reasonable low frequency response. Only need a
pair. I've got a pair of "notebook" speakers, but they sound really
tinny, so I'm trying to find something better.

(and yes, I know it's not my amp's design - I put my stereo's speakers
on it and they sound fine)

DJ

I bought my Vifa tweeters from Denmark at www.solen.ca

However, I don't know if they'll have what you're looking for..
D from BC
 
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Eeyore

Jan 1, 1970
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DJ said:
I was hoping the notebook's popularity would push the demand.

Why would they need quality ? Typical computer sound never has been anything
much to write home about.

Graham
 
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DJ Delorie

Jan 1, 1970
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Eeyore said:
Why would they need quality ? Typical computer sound never has been anything
much to write home about.

Well, *relatively* better quality at least ;-)

It's not like I'm going to put a pair of Boston reference monitors on
my nightstand.
 
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Joel Kolstad

Jan 1, 1970
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Eeyore said:
Why would they need quality ? Typical computer sound never has been anything
much to write home about.

Speaker quality actually is a major concern (or at least marketing
consideration) for laptops being marketed to the "multimedia" and "high-end
gaming" segments of the market. HP routinely pimps the speaker manufacturer
in their laptop advertisements.

I have a tiny Sony laptop that has speakers each about the size of the eraser
on a pencil... and of course the quality is pretty awful. :)
 
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Eeyore

Jan 1, 1970
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Joel said:
Speaker quality actually is a major concern (or at least marketing
consideration) for laptops being marketed to the "multimedia" and "high-end
gaming" segments of the market. HP routinely pimps the speaker manufacturer
in their laptop advertisements.

Of course the marketing idiots pimp their product. It's still lousy though. They
fix it by paying to put impressive sounding brand names on the product that never
went anywhere near the factories (if any exist) of the impressive sounding brand
name. It impresses enough ppl to get way with it though.

It still sounds crap.

I have a tiny Sony laptop that has speakers each about the size of the eraser
on a pencil... and of course the quality is pretty awful. :)

As you'd expect.

Graham
 
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krw

Jan 1, 1970
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Well, that's a good question. I've got to think about speaker size,
enclosure design, and electronics and see just how far I can get
before I have to punt and go with one big speaker instead of two
smaller ones. The target device is a bedside alarm clock, and most
are monaural anyway.

Vuild the speaker into the night stand. Maybe a radio or optical
link inbetween. ;-)
 
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GregS

Jan 1, 1970
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Well, that's a good question. I've got to think about speaker size,
enclosure design, and electronics and see just how far I can get
before I have to punt and go with one big speaker instead of two
smaller ones. The target device is a bedside alarm clock, and most
are monaural anyway.

I said to check surplus houses. If you want small speakers then its best to go where
they are. That pretty much dictates ordering large quantities from a Chinese, Japanese, or
other manufacturer. They would give you specs or get a custom design.

greg
 
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DJ Delorie

Jan 1, 1970
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I said to check surplus houses.

Yup, I've been checking those.
If you want small speakers then its best to go where they are. That
pretty much dictates ordering large quantities from a Chinese,
Japanese, or other manufacturer. They would give you specs or get a
custom design.

I need two ;-)
 
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Mark Zenier

Jan 1, 1970
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Anyone know of a reasonable source of speakers? I'm talking
individual units, not wall-mount modules. Digikey and Mouser have a
limited selection, and Radio Shack seems to be out of the market for
those. My google-fu was insufficient to find the components without
the plethora of pre-built units or motivational speakers.

I'm looking for something in the 1-10 watt range, that fits in a 1.8"
(46mm) wide slot, with reasonable low frequency response. Only need a
pair. I've got a pair of "notebook" speakers, but they sound really
tinny, so I'm trying to find something better.

Do you mean 1.8 inch in diameter, or front to back thickness?

I doubt that you'd find anything more than 300 milliwatts real power
in a 2 inch speaker. I guess that would equate to about 10 watts PMPO.

Try the repair oriented distributors like MCM. Check on repairfaq.org.
Somebody was mentioning sources for speakers in rec.radio.shortwave a
month or five ago, too. dig, dig, dig ... www.hosfelt.com

Mark Zenier [email protected]
Googleproofaddress(account:mzenier provider:eskimo domain:com)
 
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