Hello PBP community,
This post to show my PBP speaker mod, 1st try.
I'll test some other speakers in the future, because while replacements are better than original, I still haven't found what I'm hearing for.
My appreciation of the stock speakers:
Bad sound, no bass at all, makes me feel cranky and uneasy, very disagreable.
2/10
New speakers: GHXAMP 20MM 4 Ohms 2 W
Average-to-good sound, little bass, would use to watch movies and listen to music if no other choice
7/10
Replacement went well, except for 1 thing: new speakers were about 2mm thicker than old ones. I had to move them farther from the sides a little, removing sidewalls in the process. I can confirm that while the BPB material feels like metal, it's plated over some plastic core. 2 sided tape was used to fix them in place. See attachments for replacement process pics.
In the process, I had to open the PBP for the 4th time. I'm afraid this isn't PBP friendly. Will have to imagine some bottom panel replacement hack soon. Would be nice to have a more thinkerer friendly choice shell design for next PBP iterations, even at the price of a thicker laptop. What should matter most is rigidity, stiffness and weight. Not trying to copy Mac Book laptop designs, which are, by the way, computers made for never being opened.
Sound test:
This post to show my PBP speaker mod, 1st try.
I'll test some other speakers in the future, because while replacements are better than original, I still haven't found what I'm hearing for.
My appreciation of the stock speakers:
Bad sound, no bass at all, makes me feel cranky and uneasy, very disagreable.
2/10
New speakers: GHXAMP 20MM 4 Ohms 2 W
Average-to-good sound, little bass, would use to watch movies and listen to music if no other choice
7/10
Replacement went well, except for 1 thing: new speakers were about 2mm thicker than old ones. I had to move them farther from the sides a little, removing sidewalls in the process. I can confirm that while the BPB material feels like metal, it's plated over some plastic core. 2 sided tape was used to fix them in place. See attachments for replacement process pics.
In the process, I had to open the PBP for the 4th time. I'm afraid this isn't PBP friendly. Will have to imagine some bottom panel replacement hack soon. Would be nice to have a more thinkerer friendly choice shell design for next PBP iterations, even at the price of a thicker laptop. What should matter most is rigidity, stiffness and weight. Not trying to copy Mac Book laptop designs, which are, by the way, computers made for never being opened.
Sound test:
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