Hi everyone,
I Thought I should share, it might not be very useful but I’m sure someone had the same idea and it could save them the butchering.
These days I'm entertaining the idea to build a bluetooth portable speaker, more for the fun than the need.
With many ideas from micro to a big one I'm still undecided.
So that's why I got a pair of these little vappeby yesterday, pretty cheap at 10 euros.
Since they support TWS I wanted to check.
They're pretty weak in SPL no surprise, I expected a little more clarity but they went for the boomy effect.
I feel like there's a sort of membrane in front of the speaker for waterproofing, so why not removing it and see the result?
It turned out I wasn't able to open them without butchering them, it's all glued of course.
And the baffle/membrane/driver are all glued, I don't think I could separate them.
Anyway it sounds a little better opened, less boomy, better for voices/podcast at least, but is still weak.
I might just use them in my work truck that doesn't have any audio system, better than the phone alone at least.
Here are the parts I found (I'm not an expert at all):
HICHON SM5202 for battery management?
found nothing here
maybe this? https://post-smzdm-com.translate.go...l=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=fr&_x_tr_pto=wapp
so 3w mono
ab23bp, the BLE chip?
Maybe I'll reuse them as preamps in my project, in case I don't pick an amp board with BLE and TWS support.
Or just quickly build another enclosure with a more sensitive driver, 3W are not that bad.
I also got the big vappeby for 50 eur, sort of eneby gen3 in 20x20.
Much better sound of course but still a little boomy, especially on a table (I couldn't find the bass/treble settings that existed on the eneby).
It can be battery powered as an option and now supports TWS, so PSU and/or 14.4v battery, volume control, ble and aux in, 2ch amp with crossover, with probably some eq/dsp applied though.
Very cool little package for a beginner diyer like me:
Based on what I found on youtube the main board is new and smaller than gen2, so easier to integrate in another enclosure:
I'll update with more pics next time I re-open it, I will also measure the crossover point and maybe the power at the driver, to help deciding if it worths being re-used/converted with the spares I have around.
Cheers
I Thought I should share, it might not be very useful but I’m sure someone had the same idea and it could save them the butchering.
These days I'm entertaining the idea to build a bluetooth portable speaker, more for the fun than the need.
With many ideas from micro to a big one I'm still undecided.
So that's why I got a pair of these little vappeby yesterday, pretty cheap at 10 euros.
Since they support TWS I wanted to check.
They're pretty weak in SPL no surprise, I expected a little more clarity but they went for the boomy effect.
I feel like there's a sort of membrane in front of the speaker for waterproofing, so why not removing it and see the result?
It turned out I wasn't able to open them without butchering them, it's all glued of course.
And the baffle/membrane/driver are all glued, I don't think I could separate them.
Anyway it sounds a little better opened, less boomy, better for voices/podcast at least, but is still weak.
I might just use them in my work truck that doesn't have any audio system, better than the phone alone at least.
Here are the parts I found (I'm not an expert at all):
HICHON SM5202 for battery management?
found nothing here
maybe this? https://post-smzdm-com.translate.go...l=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=fr&_x_tr_pto=wapp
so 3w mono
ab23bp, the BLE chip?
Maybe I'll reuse them as preamps in my project, in case I don't pick an amp board with BLE and TWS support.
Or just quickly build another enclosure with a more sensitive driver, 3W are not that bad.
I also got the big vappeby for 50 eur, sort of eneby gen3 in 20x20.
Much better sound of course but still a little boomy, especially on a table (I couldn't find the bass/treble settings that existed on the eneby).
It can be battery powered as an option and now supports TWS, so PSU and/or 14.4v battery, volume control, ble and aux in, 2ch amp with crossover, with probably some eq/dsp applied though.
Very cool little package for a beginner diyer like me:
Based on what I found on youtube the main board is new and smaller than gen2, so easier to integrate in another enclosure:
I'll update with more pics next time I re-open it, I will also measure the crossover point and maybe the power at the driver, to help deciding if it worths being re-used/converted with the spares I have around.
Cheers
