Making a Hard Drive Speaker

Posted by admin on June 18th, 2010 and filed under speakers | 25 Comments »

I thought hard disk speakers looked cool so I’ve made one.
the hdd which I’ve used is an old Seagate (631mb capacity – yeah.. Really old.)
Don’t do this with new/good hdd’s because once you open that drive’s case, you can’t expect to use it as a storage drive anymore.

“hard disk speakers” are nothing more than eye candy. they sound pretty crap and you need an amplifier to work it. they’re quite easy to make though.. – if you have a dead hdd lying around, might as well play around with it =D

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25 Responses

  1. ShadowwwLFS Says:

    holee :o
    holee :o

  2. goqwertygo Says:

    thats awesome ive …
    thats awesome ive got a bunch of 1-2 giggers i can use

  3. crusiatusblack Says:

    Nice tutorial, I …
    Nice tutorial, I bought some new F1 Spinpoints so my crappy old maxtor’s are going to get a special treatment. Thanks mate, it actually looks pretty as well!

  4. liightheaded Says:

    =D i have a random …
    =D i have a random 72.1MB! hhd ahahahaha

  5. Goasler Says:

    DANKE! Habs gleich …
    DANKE! Habs gleich noch um 1:45 Uhr ausprobiert und nach einigen anfangsschwierigkeiten ging es !!! GEIL GEIL GEIL!
    Also: Wer eine alte HDD hat nicht wegwerfen sondern zum Speaker umbaun oder zur Uhr

  6. jonlee29 Says:

    I had that laptop
    I had that laptop

  7. MorkaGraven Says:

    The motion of the …
    The motion of the arm going back and forth creates vibrations which are picked up by the human ear as sound. just like a normal speaker is a cone shape bouncing in and out due to a magnet pushing and pulling it.

  8. MorkaGraven Says:

    Whats the impedance?
    Whats the impedance?

  9. TheMcBravo Says:

    k calidad de audio …
    k calidad de audio si fuera a gran escala lo aria con mi cuarto jajaja

  10. Cowboydude701 Says:

    Lol use scotch tape …
    Lol use scotch tape because that looks so much cooler than eletrical tape
    and a very cheap alternative

  11. djcementRU Says:

    Birds on the …
    Birds on the background…..!!!! cool

  12. ahhhnomames Says:

    i dont uderstand …
    i dont uderstand how is it possible?

  13. stefandenholander Says:

    @stefandenholander …
    @stefandenholander
    do not turn the hdd on

    its not good

  14. stefandenholander Says:

    is the hdd on ?
    is the hdd on ?

  15. swehunter2000 Says:

    @BulgarianBoy92 …
    @BulgarianBoy92 just connect a power supply and try.

  16. BulgarianBoy92 Says:

    @swehunter2000


    @swehunter2000

    there are 4 wires… i dunno what is what

  17. swehunter2000 Says:

    @BulgarianBoy92 its …
    @BulgarianBoy92 its on 65 volts.. well yeah its easy to connect but its hard to find 65 volts.. buy a old computer power supply..

  18. Rockflier Says:

    Lol, I have the …
    Lol, I have the same laptop

  19. fishdude333 Says:

    if only…
    if only…

  20. aca192maric Says:

    if you speen hard …
    if you speen hard sound is much more bether quality

  21. GGGunitNextLevel Says:

    haha
    haha

  22. AdamNaPate Says:

    nice guy!
    I have a …

    nice guy!
    I have a question. Can you make a HDD form speaker? :D

  23. fladdy45 Says:

    A tip

    Make sure …
    A tip

    Make sure that the reader arm doesnt move, so tight it very fast, maybe solder it.

    Better sound that way ;)

  24. lolley1100 Says:

    lol…i did this …
    lol…i did this project a while back…I had a very low frequency bass tester on a cd, so I hooked it up to my amp in my truck…2000w of sheer kicker wasn’t a bright idea…that arm flew off so fast, I found it a couple days later stuck into the side of my garage…

  25. andrewjmckenzie04 Says:

    I unscrewed every …
    I unscrewed every screw that was on the hdd
    and connected it with a new car battery
    and left it in my room
    with lots of cotton on the floor

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