Comments on: DIY MP3 How-to

By: funetik

funetik — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 03:14:33 +0000

bakes: sounds like a lot more hassle than it’s worth. You can already buy portable mp3 cd players and headunits for the same price as non-mp3 playing ones. If you’ve got the skillz, I dare say it’s possible. They really would need to be some skillz, though!

By: Bakes

Bakes — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:50:42 +0000

Ok, so I'm just thinking about this MP3 decoder chip (and possiby a few other necessary parts). I'm think about other applications here.

[Now I just glanced over this article, so if what I say doesn't make any sense, don't kill me].

1) Wouldn't it be possible to take the MP3 decoder chip and a 5$ portable CD player and combine the two? IE: figure out a point to solder the decoder chip somewhere onto the CD player circuit board and then have a 5$ portable CD player that plays MP3 CDs?

2) Once somebody figured out the above, couldn't this application be driven to mod car stereos so that they too can play MP3 CDs if they don't already?

By: viktor

viktor — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 06:15:51 +0000

navships on ebay seems to usually sell teflon wire at the best prices. if you’d rather not buy from there, i’d recommend asking people at head-fi or any other audio community; there are a whole lot of people there who think teflon has superior sound compared to pvc (whatever)

By: TheBlunderbuss

TheBlunderbuss — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 06:13:56 +0000

Yaaaay! I saw this on another weblogs inc blog and was hoping there was a how-to.

By: mattyfu

mattyfu — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 03:19:15 +0000

I know the Ben Heck article is about the cad design but a picture of a finished product would have been nice. Just sayin.

By: TJ

TJ — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 22:12:48 +0000

The MP3 player kit is cool, but why the hell is it so much money? I could buy a real MP3 player for cheaper than that (with included storage) and tear it down to use in whatever project I had in mind. It would be easier than building this one too.

The kit should be no more than $30. I certainly wouldn't give it the time of day at any higher than that.

By: twistedsymphony

twistedsymphony — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 14:14:43 +0000

hmm, I suppose this could be used for the component video switcher I’ve been debating building… Now All I need are some solid schematics for a SCART to Component converter so I can convert a couple of my old consoles over (Dreamcast and Saturn).

By: FRS

FRS — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 13:11:13 +0000

Ebay for the Teflon insulated wire… only place i’ve seen it and it’s usually cheap enough.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 11:32:58 +0000

Nice little write up there, for the newbs like me it’s nice to see something simple done step by step. Even if we could have figured it by ourselves it acts as a reminder that even here ‘measure twice cut once’ is a good axiom.

By: luke travers

luke travers — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 09:38:55 +0000

nice
try ebay for the wire