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Have you tried the speakers with and without the bass ports? Do they make much difference? Is there any science behind the size of the port holes?
Strange but the two I received few months ago have a very minor buzzing at low volume in both channels. Not a big deal really. Sounds like the problem with the left channel noise is much worse? I wonder if they fixed the problem but haven’t got around to sending replacements for the bad ones?
Speaking of replacements for bad ones, …. tomorrow I should be receiving replacements for the ones I have that don’t have any output to the speakers. Fingers crossed these work properly.
How does the sound compare to your SCs and what’s that board in between the emulator and transformer?
I don’t think they tested these before sending out. Hopefully they tested the replacement emulators and PSUs before sending them out…
Here’s a quick demo of my new mini jukebox for my 3W1. I put separate switches for the wallbox and emulator so I can use the wallbox as a nightlight without running the emulator. The SD card is accessible though the back which makes it easy to change and also saved a bunch of space inside the box. Here it’s using a Bluetooth adapter to power my drive in speakers. The speaker output is defective on this emulator so I’m waiting on the replacement to arrive so I can use the internal speakers.
Actually 3 emulators were bad. They sent me one free since I had purchased several before. And the bad PSU was really strange…
The checks weren’t that hard. Just masked off horizontal and vertical stripes and painted. Then moved the stripes over and painted again. Glad I decided to use 1/2″ stripes instead of 1/4″…
Yes the dice is the volume knob. Hard to tell exactly how these speakers compare to those in SCs since I don’t have an emulator to test them with for now. I hooked them up to my home stereo though and they seem to sound similar. They seem to be less efficient that the SC speakers so not quite as loud. That’s not necessarily a bad thing since the wallbox2mp3 emulator sounds better when it’s near the max volume.
Will you be using an wallbox2mp3 emulator recently purchased? I’m expecting mine to arrive next week. Fingers crossed that they work properly…
I stained and clear coated my accessory box and while it looked great it just didn’t do well with the wall box. I tried some cheap “chrome” vinyl wrap but it looked more like tin foil than chrome. So I decided to go with the Cheap Trick look to go with the Brian Setzer volume knob. Also added some 1.75″ speakers that I had to retrofit and make some custom grills. So far so good. The edges are a little rough on the checks are a little rough probvably because I used regular masking tape instead of painters tape. Lesson learned. Still need to put the clear coat on and I have some white speaker grill cloth coming which I plan to try and paint black checks on to match the box. I tried painting the black cloth with white checks but that didn’t work too well. Also have replacement emulators on the way. Fingers crossed these work correctly…
I got a response from him about a week ago through eBay but he hasn’t responded to further questions since.
Haha… That one isn’t my box. I saw it on eBay. Not a bad idea if you keep it on a counter and don’t try to mount it to a wall.
My wife asked if I had a drawing of the box I was making and I told her yes, in my head. It is challenging fitting everything into a small space. I just ordered two small speakers that I think will fit in mine. They’re small but I suspect they’ll sound at least as good as the ones in an SC. https://www.parts-express.com/tang-band-w1-2121s-1-3-4-aluminum-full-range-neodymium-driver–264-825
I didn’t hear back again from Fabien so I went ahead and purchased 2 more replacment emulators through eBay. Fingers crossed that these work properly.
I just received a reply though eBay from Fabien. He apologized for the slow response and explained he was the only one at the company and had been busy building circuit boards. Perhaps Gaelle isn’t with him anymore. Anyway he assured me he would work to get me sorted. Fingers crossed…
The strange thing is I only purchased 2 emulators this time. Gaelle sent me an email explaining that they noticed I had purchased a total of four so they were sending me one free. He also said they give special prices to returning customers.
I sent them another message through ebay asking about getting replacements instead of a refund so we’ll see if they respond to that.
I’m curious how your speakers sounds compared to the SC speakers. I looked on YouTube and found some videos of small speakers. They look like they sound pretty good… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qG9UuDXYT4
Well I just received a full refund from eBay for the emulators. Still no other response from Gaelle or Fabien. I don’t understand why they didn’t send replacements instead. I wonder if they even read my emails.
The two emulators I have that do work properly have a low level buzzing sound on both channels but it’s not that bad. I think they may have fixed the problem with buzzing on the left channel only. have you purchased any recently?
Are you going to use a wallbox2mp3 emulators on your 3W1 or some other? I’m curious what speakers you have ordered. I’m having second thoughts about the box I’m making for my 3W1. I’m thinking now it would look better behind the wallxbox instead of underneath. Also would be good to have speakers in it. I’m sort of on hold for now though, waiting to see if I can get a working wallbox2mp3 or if I have to use some other.
No word from Fabien or Gaelle. I purchased through eBay so hopefully I’ll at least get a refund although what I really want are replacement emulators. Particularly because I already have the box for the 3W1 already made to fit.
Look forward to seeing what you come up with for yours. Do you plan to included speakers in it?
Thanks Scudie.
My optocoupler is okay. The problem seems to be in the audio amplifiers. After more testing I discovered the sound coming from the headphone (line out) jack is working. There’s just no sound at all coming from the speaker output. Plus… the emulator that was connected to the 10.5 volt power supply quits working after a couple of minutes and starts flashing the error light.
The low profile switch is a great idea. Better order quick though with a 13 week lead time… 🙂
Motorcycle speakers would look cool with the 3w1 although the cool looking ones are a bit pricey:
