• Project Goals

    gareth • 03/26/2018 at 20:26 • 0 comments

    Always state your goals!


    1. Wearable Bass unit for portable use with smartphone audio player

    2. Compact, Modular design

    3. "Tactile" bass frequencies (20-50Hz)

    3. Drop-in mounting to hiking water carrier backpack

    4. Rechargeable battery for a couple of hours use

    5. 3.5mm standard audio jack connection

    Possibility to add bluetooth connection later.

  • Resonater material

    gareth • 03/26/2018 at 20:17 • 0 comments

    I'm still puzzling over the resonator material.

    The speaker/exciter needs to mount to something dense but very light that will propagate the low frequencies, but that I can easily shape to fit.

    I'm thinking something like a thick yoga mat maybe...

  • Initial Planning

    gareth • 03/26/2018 at 19:21 • 0 comments

    Decided that the actual backpack part would be easy - a regular hikers water carrier will be the 'case' of choice:

    It already has a pocket which will be about the right size and will hold the unit close to the wearer's back.

    I also have a redundant PC speaker set with subwoofer which will form the basic electronics.

    Still need to arrange a suitable battery for this.

    I plan to  test with the original speaker (although it's only a cheapie) as a POC. Researching around the Dayton Audio Bass Exciter looks like it will operate down the the frequency range required (sub 50Hz), so I will source one of these eventually.