THE VIDEO SHELF · diy speakers
World’s Best Speakers!
Tech Ingredients shows how to build flat panel speakers from exciters and foam board, with construction guidelines, measured SPL comparisons and a complete system playing music.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters point to it as a build guide for cheap DIY speakers that sound as good as expensive ones.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Tech Ingredients
- Topic
- diy speakers
- Format
- tutorial
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 7
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2025
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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I built my own speakers for under $200 and I honestly think they are some of the best I've ever heard for a personal setup. They were inspired by [VIDEO] (Tech Ingredients) . I built the speakers from foam board, the subwoofer from car audio …
fasteddie31003 on Hacker News · 2022-09
In “Secrets” about the consumer audio business you may find interestingIf you want an affordable, good sounding speaker that you can build yourself, you might wanna take a look at Tech Ingredients: [VIDEO]
sandreas on Hacker News · 2023-06
In Classic components could be replaced by rubber in next-gen loudspeakersIn this video, they explain that the bandpass port for letting air out of typically the back of speakers is essential for acoustic transmission including bass; and they made an anechoic chamber. "World's Second Best Speakers!" [LINK] TechIngedients also has a video about attaching $6 …
westurner on Hacker News · 2025-01
In Show HN: Design/build of some parametric speaker cabinets with OpenSCAD
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