UPDATE: This video is a hoax and it will break your equipment!!!!! Thank you RGS readers for pointing it out….. I am really sorry if I caused any trouble! So don’t try what you see in the video … rather hunt down that dude who was creating it!
This speaker would be better than the built in speakers I have on my laptop.
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Link | November 10th, 2007 at 7:42 am
bman wrote,
Hey man,
I cannot figure this out… How would this be possible? For real or is this a joke?
bman
Link | November 12th, 2007 at 3:02 am
Steve wrote,
Uhmmm, where to start. That is scientifically impossible. Creating a short over a penny does not result in vibration just heat. More than likley you’ll end up blowing a fuse in whatever you hook this up too. That’s what shorts do. You might as well twist the two ends together and tape them to the tin foil. You’ll get the same result. A Short. This is a horrible prank that is going to cost some poor person their system.
Link | November 12th, 2007 at 11:09 pm
bman wrote,
Steve,
You are SOOOO right. I tried it. fortunatly I hooked it up to a mundane little piece of equipment. In shoit… a short.
Bman
Thank you Steve
Link | November 13th, 2007 at 12:46 am
RGS wrote,
I am really sorry … and feel awful, just wanted to apologize for that stupid video. … updated the post!
Link | November 13th, 2007 at 10:21 am
Christina wrote,
I hate this.
I know that most people won’t believe me, but whatEVER
I tried this (since I’m such a LOSER) and it actually worked… barely.
I, or my dad rather, has a studio quality stereo system. I hooked up my homemade speaker to it, turned it all the way up, expect nothing to happen - BUT if I turned it all the way up, you could actually just barely hear the sound. It was so quiet, and that was with a really powerful stereo turned up as loud as it would go, and I could just barely hear it.
So it works, but not what I would call ‘High-Def’.
Link | November 19th, 2007 at 4:35 am
Ryan wrote,
This is most definatly a hoax. But I agree with Christina. I built a very simialr design but i used two individual pennies on the underside of the foil. I used 14-guage wiring with real terminals. There is barely any sound whatsoever but the main point of the myth is to create a bit of sound. Suprisingly, there was a very bit of sound. Ocasionally, i could hear a more clear sound coming from the copper wire connected to the source. I had only run 30 watts peak through the speaker. Using an ohmmeter, I calculated an impedance of about 40 something Ohms. I definatly suggest not to try this as there could be a definate overohmage of your source. if you have all old not-so-good equipment, its worth a waste of time if you are bored. I also suggest not to put your ear too close to try to hear, there is a definate risk of shock.
Link | April 25th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
ionut wrote,
You gotta be kidding me…..with that speaker you are gonna break your computer or laptop!
What was in your head when you put the wires in short circuit??
U don’t know anything about a speaker and how does it work……or you wanted to make fun of the people who see this :))
I can’t belive this…..
Did anyone tray that speaker??? :)))…..well don’t
You said that the coin should be shiny…….to make sure it will break the sound board :))))
you make me laugh
Link | August 22nd, 2008 at 5:55 pm