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Easy Boombox
By Matthew T. Miller
Many earbuds can play at high volume without
distortion. Use them to drive paper cups, and the
sound is surprisingly good. I first put this together
when I really needed to listen to some jams at
work. Put the ghetto back into the blaster!
YOU WILL NEED
Earbuds
Paper cups
Pocketknife
Audio source
1. Prepare the cups.
Cut small Xs in the bottoms of 2 paper cups.
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2. Insert the earbuds.
Carefully insert the earbuds into the Xs. They should
fit snugly.
3. Turn on the jams and rock out.
See how much amplification you can get out paper
cups!
Use It.
My earbuds do play at very high volumes without
distortion … so the sound from my ghetto blaster
is actually really good. This is a cheap, easy trick
and will save you serious money.
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Illustrations by Julian Honoré; photograph by Matthew T. Miller
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Matthew Teague Miller is a 36-year-old father who lives in San Pedro, Calif. He loves to create things out of household objects.
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