{"id":771,"date":"2019-09-02T14:39:09","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T18:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/?p=771"},"modified":"2019-09-02T14:45:03","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T18:45:03","slug":"diy-garage-stereo-with-dml-speakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/2019\/09\/02\/diy-garage-stereo-with-dml-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY Garage Stereo with DML Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I wanted music in my garage when I am cleaning my bike or doing some other work. However, I did not want to spend a lot of money but I also wanted to make sure that it sounded okay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was couch surfing one day and came across this YouTube video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/World\u2019s-Best-Speakers.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption>YouTube Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CKIye4RZ-5k\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/CKIye4RZ-5k<\/a><br>YouTube Channel: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCVSHXNNBitaPd5lYz48--yg\">Tech Ingredients<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The video talks about joining audio exciters to extruded polystyrene boards, traditionally used for insulation. I was intrigued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I purchased a pair of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"DAEX25TP-4 by Dayton Audio (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/solen.ca\/products\/speakers\/home-speakers\/exciters-bass-shakers\/daex25tp-4\/\" target=\"_blank\">DAEX25TP-4 by Dayton Audio<\/a> from <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"solen.ca (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/solen.ca\" target=\"_blank\">solen.ca<\/a>. They look like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"262\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/daex25tp4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-777\"\/><figcaption>Dayton Audio DAEX25TP-4<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I joined these exciters to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"FOAMULAR&nbsp;CodeBord Extruded Polystyrene Rigid Insulation (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.homedepot.ca\/product\/foamular-codebord-extruded-polystyrene-rigid-insulation-24-inch-x-96-inch-x-1-inch-ship-lap-edge\/1001013107\" target=\"_blank\">FOAMULAR&nbsp;CodeBord Extruded Polystyrene Rigid Insulation<\/a> which I purchased from Home Depot. I simply purchased a 24&#8243; x 96&#8243; and cut them in half so that I have a pair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/p_1001013107-e1567447886412.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/p_1001013107-e1567447886412.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/p_1001013107-e1567447886412-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/p_1001013107-e1567447886412-768x524.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>FOAMULAR CodeBord Extruded Polystyrene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Last I bought a cheap Lepy LP-2020A Class-D amplifier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"552\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/81iI8ne-tSL._SL1500_-1024x552.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/81iI8ne-tSL._SL1500_-1024x552.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/81iI8ne-tSL._SL1500_-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/81iI8ne-tSL._SL1500_-768x414.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/81iI8ne-tSL._SL1500_.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>Lepy LP-2020A<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I had an old Airport Express lying around which I can use as my source material by piping Apple Music through it. Here is the end result in my garage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/Exciter-Stereo.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For less than $100, the sound is loud and good! The low end can be improved with a sub, but I won&#8217;t be doing that since this will be rarely used. The next step is to install some shelving and hide the wires so it is more presentable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted music in my garage when I am cleaning my bike or doing some other work. However, I did not want to spend a lot of money but I also wanted to make sure that it sounded okay. I was couch surfing one day and came across this YouTube video. The video talks about &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/2019\/09\/02\/diy-garage-stereo-with-dml-speakers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;DIY Garage Stereo with DML Speakers&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/IMG_1230.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7V6i8-cr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=771"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":786,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771\/revisions\/786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}