Bluetooth speaker kits

[Rikki Kitto]

Hi geeks just wondered if anyone was into electronics and making thier own stuff, I aim to start making my own Bluetooth Speakers and am looking for a supplier of the parts to do this, any help advice or pointers in the right direction would be great

[Henkjan]

I made more loudspeakers than my wife wants to remember

for the easy part: BT kits can be picked up from fleabay or dx.com, or alibaba

the before I write 4 pages of nerdy audio ramblings, a few questions:

• where should they be going? living room? portable?
• what's the budget?
• what is your skill level in woodworking and electronics?
• What size?
• what are your expectations for the sound quality?

[Greg_S]

As henkjan says if you answer the questions above. There are quite a few different kits around though

[newsh]

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[Rikki Kitto]

I made more loudspeakers than my wife wants to remember

for the easy part: BT kits can be picked up from fleabay or dx.com, or alibaba

the before I write 4 pages of nerdy audio ramblings, a few questions:

• where should they be going? living room? portable?
• what's the budget?
• what is your skill level in woodworking and electronics?
• What size?
• what are your expectations for the sound quality?

Placement could be anywhere around the house or even outdoors

Budget is flexible but I think maybe £250 limit

Skill level is moderate I can solder and use tools as I need to, woodworking isn't needed as I intend to use old items such as radios etc to turn into bluetooth spekars

Max size speakers will be 5 inch

Sound quality needs to be reasonable nothing spectacular maybe equal to £100 to £200 of the shelve speaker

[Greg_S]

With the budget you have it might be worth considering https://www.mopidy.com/ with a decent DAC coupled up to hifi amp and speakers. Add a phatdac to your pi https://www.modmypi.com/raspberry-pi...CABEgIt-_D_BwE and get a second hand amp and speakers

[Rikki Kitto]

Hi Greg I intend to convert old equipment to be used as a Bluetooth speaker then sell not keep for my use, thanks for the links though

[Henkjan]

If you want to use an existing design, then it should be for a speaker of approx the same dimensions as the new "box" you want to use. Both bass unit and crossover design are tied to that

[Rikki Kitto]

Thanks for the advice guys now any ideas where I can buy these kits

[Henkjan]

battery powered or from wall socket?

[Rikki Kitto]

could be both I suppose with rechargeable circuit perhaps

[Henkjan]

then you need to find a low power consumption amplifier (class D), that will run on 12V

I'll do search for some projects to serve as examples

[Greg_S]

Makes sense Rikki, so you're planning on buying up old kit adding bluetooth ability then selling on?

I'd suggesting having a look through on aliexpress.com as there is all sorts of kit on there that you could try.

[Rikki Kitto]

Yes that is the plan seen some lovely old Bakelite type radios that are no longer working or repairable and thought why not up-cycle them

[Henkjan]

for the amp: look for e.g. Ta-2024 based kits, they have low power consumption and should run on 12V

project for a portable speaker on a boat: http://forum.zelfbouwaudio.nl/viewto...rdicht#p164231
(you'll probably want to use google translate, it's in Dutch)