Building the BEST Bluetooth Speaker EVER!
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We built the BEST Bluetooth Speaker out of a KRK and an Astro Speaker!
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Products used in this video:
KRK Studio Monitor (Broken): amzn.to/1KlJVLJ
Astro Kickstarter Speaker: goo.gl/Jos5Bd
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'The other speaker is not working!' Solution = plug them in.
@MstrB0ss
8 жыл бұрын
The amp in the speaker was blown bro... what's so hard to understand about that?
@demmofini20
7 жыл бұрын
Mike Feur he is dumb
@archived1292
6 жыл бұрын
Could've repaired it.
@CallumTech
4 жыл бұрын
@@MstrB0ss woooosh
A really cool ideo , but the amp from the Astro speaker is not nearly powerfull enough for the KRK speakers.
@EndstyleGG
8 жыл бұрын
***** Yeah I was suprised at the high sound level aswell. At normal listening volumes it should hold up just fine ,but at high at the point of clipping it can fry your speakers, so just dont push it as loud as you would normally with the PC. By the way , I love your videos especially your Gaming Den series. You really have alot of cool ideas! Keep doing what you're doing!
@vdubgolfproject8387
8 жыл бұрын
+TechFlow That is a really cool idea to make a Bluetooth speaker out of a KRK speaker
@EndstyleGG
8 жыл бұрын
MikleShnikle Yes they are , but they removed the amp and replaced it with the astro's amp.
@EndstyleGG
8 жыл бұрын
MikleShnikle Yeah well the amp/board was broken anyway so there isnt much to do.
@ryanclarke65
8 жыл бұрын
+MikleShnikle it wasn't Bluetooth though
Interesting, but still an awfully bad idea. The KRK has a good and much more powerful amp inside which was taken out and replaced with a low-power and most important, low-quality amp from the bluetooth speaker. I would have attached a battery-powered bluetooth adaptor to the original KRK speaker, inside, and leave the internal amp too. Yes, it would still be a "bluetooth speaker", even not a totally portable one since it needs power from an outlet.
@BallisticRC0
8 жыл бұрын
+YourTrulyFriend Yeah but he said the amp was broken did you even watch the video?
@schoelwurst3249
8 жыл бұрын
+Ballistic RC I think its only a capacitor that is broken. A cheap 3€ Bluetooth Modul and a Battery and the thing is done.
@adyandrey23andrey
8 жыл бұрын
+YourTrulyFriend They should've used the amp inside the speaker (the native one) and use a li-ion battery to power it up. The amp inside already runs on low voltage provided by a step-down power converter, which was probably blown in this speaker (usually they are the ones that go first). There were high chances for the amp itself to still be good for use.
@SteveS29
8 жыл бұрын
It might not have worked cos the speaker wasn't working and because the wires and actual cabinet was working, that means that the amp was faulty
@tsltyler
8 жыл бұрын
It could have just been the fuse honestly.
This made me cringe. That's what happens when you give kids money and they have no idea what they're doing.
@AnthonyMiravich
8 жыл бұрын
Dude stfu
@hhoowwaarrdd
8 жыл бұрын
"my Ferrari broke down, I'll just put the engine from a Corolla in there to get it to work."
@niaranhsina
8 жыл бұрын
really?
@shabbagadoosh
8 жыл бұрын
I know, I suppose atleast he picked a good set of monitors in the first place
@externalshock7581
8 жыл бұрын
+Alfie Smith Well some people could argue about that i mean KRK are decent but just not my style i guess i never really worked with them more then 24 hours tho (got yamahas HS8 right now) can you explain to me why so many people got split reactions when they hear KRK? some people seem to love them and some people hate them
You forgot that the crossover in active speakers is inside the active amp. Now the tweeter plays (or tries to play) low frequencies, and the "subwoofer" plays high ones. This thing will not sound awesome.. The whole dsp is missing right now.
@archived1292
6 жыл бұрын
^ this. Really I hate kids now a days.
anyone else find the intro really cringey...
@danielfirmin2720
8 жыл бұрын
+TechFlow not your bit, the other guy holding the camera lol
@tomthenikeanimal
8 жыл бұрын
+TechFlow submit your set up into setup wars on tech source's channel. I think your in with a shot a very large one
@dannysmith81
8 жыл бұрын
Very lol maybe dont try acting anymore :-P
@Vicecity420
8 жыл бұрын
+daniel firmin i thought that the whole video was cringey
Give these guys an Oscar! Some of the best acting i have seen. the opening scene was just amazing! Looks like DiCaprio gonna miss out again this year! Well done guys...
1. You need an amplifier. 2. Use an soldering iron. 3. Make the charge ports and stuff easily accessible.
So you don't care about crossover, power, and quality of sound? Just bluetooth? Uhm...
@purexroyalty20179
7 жыл бұрын
Pabcio actually it's way better irl I did the same with a speaker I have
@archived1292
6 жыл бұрын
I bet you used a goddamn sony bookshelf speaker that has mids that are dampened to -10DB from 1.25K to 6K then that have a cap on the tweeter and no real crossover, which is how you thought they were decent. With KRKs you need a actual crossover or you'll blow the tweeter and the woofer will distort massively, as these are studio monitors, not home speakers.
you should get a small after market chinease 30w amp and connect it to it
@myworld4515
8 жыл бұрын
That's what im doing
@MintMacelodeon
8 жыл бұрын
+Roham Razavi he's so rich he could buy anything.
@ArenasWorld
8 жыл бұрын
+Roham Razavi Look for "TDA7492P", it can do approx. 20W 2-channel (spec sheet claims 25W but Total Harmonic Distortion is ~10% at that point), it gets plenty loud with efficient speakers.
@Vicecity420
8 жыл бұрын
+mace FTL and he still rips his shitty bluetooth speaker apart
@jettechristensen4014
8 жыл бұрын
+mace FTL He isn't rich. His dad is wealthy.
How about you fix the goddamn amplifier, install a 12v battery with an inverter, and solder a Bluetooth 4.0 receiver inside.
@Farie977
7 жыл бұрын
***** installing an inverter should be at least the thing he knew about
@revolution5547
5 жыл бұрын
You don't need an inverter because amplifier don't take in 220v. First voltage is steped down and then feed in amplifier
why not just get a 100w two channel mini amp pcb board
such a pain to watch.. this happens when you have tons of money. you just trashed a high quality active monitor. there's a big chance it was an easy repair and you would have gotten your speaker back but decided to butcher it. you do realize that now you have No filters on the drivers, the active crossover is built in the amp PCB which you just ripped out. now your tweeter is trying to play mids and lows, and the woofer receives the highs also. thank god that BT speaker is prob like 3 watts otherwise it would have fried the tweeter in the first minute.
@Calvinpeck
6 жыл бұрын
Alexandru Simonescu he bought it with his own money so he can do anything he wants to it
@You.Never.know.
6 жыл бұрын
These kids are morons . they just trashed a mint speaker ..more money than sense posh boys for ya
@itxben7248
4 жыл бұрын
I mean it’s only a rokkit 5. It’s a decent speaker but I wouldn’t say high quality really. I get what you mean tho they fucked it 😂
great idea but so badly done: you need a much more powerful battery and some actual knowledge about electronics
@Tambrose
8 жыл бұрын
Your a scrub I bet u know nothing
@shayequehussain8448
8 жыл бұрын
+Tambrose lol 10 year old boy who knows nothing
@zozias101
8 жыл бұрын
yep so true
@haydeng6801
8 жыл бұрын
It's not just the power source it's also the amplifier it doesn't amplify the current enough to run them speakers to there full potential hence the reason there was a in built amp before
@dom3827
8 жыл бұрын
and also he has no crossover. The tweeter gets the bass, too. I wonder why it did not blow up when they tested it. It will have a short live time for sure. This video is totally how not to do it.
Was the problem that it wasn't plugged in at the opening?
@djs_leather
8 жыл бұрын
+Alex Pickup lol yea, i saw that too
00:57 That grey goose and that tequila though :D
the use of socks would of worked wonders here.
0:15 probably because it isn't plugged in
@user-ir4dw5pl1j
8 жыл бұрын
They were probably planning it
@lewisboylan3645
8 жыл бұрын
Maybe he unplugged it because it wasn't working and there was no point in spending extra money on electric for something that isn't working
@Bulbasur30
8 жыл бұрын
do you think? Probably not hey
@Rainbow__cookie
5 жыл бұрын
@@lewisboylan3645 lol 😂 if it's dead then it doesn't draw anything
THanks Alex for the amazing content you provide us with, please continue with these videos. They seem more raw and realistic than a proper professional video. But they are also goo to watch. Anyways thanks and Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!
Just thinking did you have the astro speaker at full volube when you wired it in??
Impressive. How about a TechFlow D.I.Y series?
@Techtekk
8 жыл бұрын
+TechTekk Filming tips: Some close up shots, was hard to see what was going on. Other than that great work! (Y)
@taylorsadler-flude3402
8 жыл бұрын
+TechTekk Ye I thought that
@lorantliptak9187
8 жыл бұрын
+TechTekk thats a great idea
@lorantliptak9187
8 жыл бұрын
+NEONgaming chill out m8 he just wrote what he would find interesting... nothing to be a dick about...at least he has his own oppinion
@Akilua
8 жыл бұрын
+TechTekk www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00YWNDO0E?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00 bam way quicker XD
This is what happens when you got too much money ... -_-
@maukasmauno
7 жыл бұрын
Poor people gonna hate...
@pakiw2
7 жыл бұрын
you are poor
@GodfreyShourav
7 жыл бұрын
Yes I'm, but I have a brain and I can use that in proper way. 😌😌😌
@demmofini20
7 жыл бұрын
So you jealous because he bought a nice pair of speakers to produce videos for his youtube and business smh
@pakiw2
7 жыл бұрын
just stupid way to do things.
This is awesome, I would love to see more little videos of you tinkering and doing things like this speaker.
Been waiting for this since I saw it in your other video! This is so sick! :O Awesome!
This is totally how not to do it :D WTF !! No Crossover, every speaker gets the full signal. The tweeter gets Bass = too much Power = death for the tweeter. Too weak amp, too small battery. And yeah, it is bluetooth, but not that portable...........
ALEEXXXXX THANK YOU SOO MUCH I TRIED IT AND IT WORKED , i used my fake jbl pulse amplifier and my old pioneer speaker and it's just AWESOME
@archived1292
6 жыл бұрын
I bet you did it wrong too. No fucking way you actuall did anything right, and you're just pretending it sounds good because you expected it to.
witch are the 2 lights you use to record ?
loved this type of videos!!
Only problem is that the KRK has an in-build DAC so you've got rid of the thing that's going to make your audio sound good and replaced it with something that's not even half as good :/ - Good video none the less, I like the DIY idea, more DIY on techflow I think
@awes0medawson
8 жыл бұрын
+Harry Barnett Which is why this rich kid deserves no credit
@hob191
8 жыл бұрын
+MATT DAWSON haha yeah
@BiecherBender
8 жыл бұрын
+Harry Barnett you sure about the DAC? I think they only got an amplifier
@hob191
8 жыл бұрын
+J Bender yes, the KRKs are powered, have their own DAC and amplifier - therefore they took one of the best things about the KRKs out and replaced it with some shitty one
@BiecherBender
8 жыл бұрын
nah, I just looked it up. they don't have a DAC build in. But they ripped the amplifier out, and in this point I agree with you. That was a bad idea.
Eh, the only thing making those speakers what they are is the fine amount of detail put into the internal hardware (i.e. DAC and amp) in the circuitry you simply cut off. Those speakers are nothing special on their own. Oh, and KRK's aren't for bass. They're monitoring speakers for precise, non-colored recreation of sound.
@graphicism
8 жыл бұрын
+Callum J Parker KRK are technically for monitoring but they are bass-forward compared to other neutral speakers. I compared several monitors and of the bunch (6) the KRK were by far the muddiest.
@bobbydilley
8 жыл бұрын
+Callum J Parker Correct me if i'm wrong, but the KRK's don't have a DAC in them mate, the soundcard has the DAC.
@archived1292
6 жыл бұрын
You're meant to have a DSP on their response to get them to work best for your room.
@archived1292
6 жыл бұрын
You're right, don't worry.
whats the name of the songs you played after you got the speaker setup?
What do you do for audio?
At the beginning the cables are not pluggen in...
@scrapmechanictv3874
8 жыл бұрын
No shit sherlock everything was planned
@yellowfrog4293
8 жыл бұрын
Oxio Team lel
@FamousNate
8 жыл бұрын
It was charged lol
Probably the most spoilt kids in the world!
@trevor7290
8 жыл бұрын
spoiled... how old are you?
@Cartouchai
7 жыл бұрын
Mark Perrin so dumb. lmao spoiled. HE EARNS THE MONEY IDIOT
@purexroyalty20179
7 жыл бұрын
Mark Perrin I did this with my speaker I had
what about the capacities/inductive circuits? for proper freq response?
What are the names of the songs he used to test the krk?
LOL in the video ir wasent plugt in
@feidex
7 жыл бұрын
no bot fore real I got it it was just fore show
@bennydigital8184
6 жыл бұрын
In English please?
Thats awesome! Watching this video with my KRK's :) (Jed needs to frame a little better LOL)
@Fusion01
8 жыл бұрын
hey!
@raymondrahner
8 жыл бұрын
DAVID74 Yo
@aidanvorbeck4097
8 жыл бұрын
+ThreeSixteen Films you here...😂
@raymondrahner
8 жыл бұрын
Aidan Vorbeck LOL yess :)
Did you combine both channels from the stereo board into one channel?
Did you get the tweeter to work? Because I dont think the Astro amp supports adding a tweeter because it has 2 normal speakers just like the big one on the krk
I love this
@itslemmonez6692
8 жыл бұрын
+TechFlow where do you get your non-copyrighted songs from? And i think you are the best youtuber you put so much time and work onto youtube you deserve better 😀
@raphjiya
7 жыл бұрын
It's a partnered channel, the net you are partnered with has libraries/partners that give you access to thousands of tracks.
This has got to be one of the stupidest things i have seen done to these speakers, why not just buy a couple of drivers and a cabinet and build some from scratch instead of degrading studio quality speakers with bluetooth? you have just made them the equivalent of a £50 pair.
@xaenon
7 жыл бұрын
You must have missed the bit about the speaker's original internal amp dying. They were essentially salvaging the speaker drivers and cabinet and repurposing them. Which is quite a bit better than simply pitching the broken speaker in the dumpster, wouldn't you agree?
@mlgisnotdead7752
7 жыл бұрын
God... just look at the intro. Doesn't it look SUSPICIOUS to you?..
I have a question guys.. Im trying to replace the woofer in my krk rpd 5 g3.. I dont know how to exacty get to the woofer and take it out though.. I know how to do it for the g2s but not the g3s
Hi , are you use a cross over for that cause if the tweeter have a bass thats no greats. but really nice video
"Best bluetooth sounding speaker"
@ilpatongi
8 жыл бұрын
+✧Shmuk✧ Nooooope
ok, what that really is, is USELESS BLUETOOTH SPEAKER. U just destroyed KRK speaker. Speakers need crossovers for full advantage of the speakers installed in cabinet. KRK had that crossover on that PCB with amplifier.
How did't you mount the a7s to Jed head?
whats the song in the background while they are building it thanks
Loads of negative comments... Keep them to yourselves. I loved this video!
@archived1292
6 жыл бұрын
Remember he still CONNECTED A FUCKING FULL RANGE OUTPUT DIRECTLY TO A TWEETER WHICH WILL DESTROY THE TWEETER IF TURNED UP LOUD ENOUGH
@revolution5547
5 жыл бұрын
if you don't know anything then shut up
Rich kids
What powerline adapter do you use and do you suffer from powerline interference?
what was the song you played to test the speakers at 11:44
@aseemlalfakawma5084
8 жыл бұрын
+ibrahim mohammed MGK - All night long
I watched this with a bose sound link mini ;)
@tle5338
8 жыл бұрын
I watched this with my ipad
@user-ej9zw7gh2q
8 жыл бұрын
+madd spencer I with my beats headphone
@crsty3657
8 жыл бұрын
+Bchara Abou jaffal i watched it with my beats headphones
@BillyWarHigh
8 жыл бұрын
+tom I watched it on my audio technica m50x's, you mugged yourself off buying beats, pal.
@BillyWarHigh
8 жыл бұрын
+Bchara Abou jaffal I watched it on my audio technica m50x's, you mugged yourself off buying beats, pal.
your bluetooth woofers need to have the same resistance (ohm) and rms wattage as the one's being replaced in order to work
How did you record the POV with your big camera?
Dude this is sick! Please do more videos like this!
That intro is beyond cringy.........
Happy xmas and have a great day keep up zee good work
hey alex could you do a conclusion on the krk please
Loving the vlog type of TechFlow videos recently rather than the static camera, feels a lot more real! Love your videos bro and keep doing what your doing! :)
Love the videos! Keep it up :)
Hi guys.... off point question, but whats the tripod work lamp youre using at 8:42 onwards? Thanks
What s the music called that he used when they started making the speaker plz can some one tell me I love it
More things like this please! I like the both sorts of videos you lads do,
Alex i saw this video some time ago and i'm thinking to do something similar but i can't understand how can the battery of the astro support those speakers and the sub??Does the sub work?? If you still have it working can you make a video explaining some things about it??
Awesome sauce!!! Great idea, definitely would enjoy a speaker like that for any occasion. Compact and makes sense in my opinion. Great work Alex and Jed, keep it up!!!
Merry xmas Alex you are a legend
Are those krk speakers worth getting? I heard they mess up after awhile etc let me know thanks".
do more of these things! its awseome!
Wh was the song he played to test the krk with
Sick! Can you do a video on all the wiring you've done with all your speakers around the room and how to set them up with the amp? Thanks!
marzbar plss what is the name of the song u tried in the astro speaker plss u awsome
Thats pretty sick. Great job! Keep bringing more stuff like this!
Merry Christmas MARZ
I love this style of video now and again!
Love your vids keep it up man
Loved this video man
I wish you showed us the wire-ring so I could do it myself, is it possible to do it with a £20 Bluetooth speaker?
What is the song u were playing on the speaker
please help me which song is at 9:40 i search for all songs on your spotify but can't find it
Nice one! Good idea and glad that it worked out :P Do you how I can setup my JBL 3 bluetooth speaker and my PC speakers to play at the same time?
Is there any way you could solder on a propriety USB cable in place of the regular plug so it would charge like a normal Bluetooth speaker?
That gaming room is such dope!! Projector + Gaming Console = Magnificent.
how would it work with no cables plugged into it in the first place?
Absolutely brilliant! Please do more stuff like this.
whens it in store
I love videos like this. That was awesome how you guys did that!
It's kids like this that get me excited about our future! So much potential. Keep up the good work guys.
You guys are amazing!! You should do more stuff similar to this and Merry christmas to all!!!
Merry Christmas Alex and jed I like these type of videos keep up the good work and happy new year
Loving the start bro merry Christmas
Great Video and the intro was LEGEND Keep up the good work Alex!
the bottles he has on his desk is doppeee, they seem to be like my style
Did ou take the battery from the astro? great video alex
did you filter the tweeter?
I love your videos Alex. Please keep doing daily vlogs after today because I enjoy watching them!
What conection is the power?
you may need a current limiting resister in line with LED depending on current the value will be ??
Happy Christmas Alex :)
any idea how to take the front plate off?