Speakers

To coin a phrase invented by my good friend Wolf, and the one that I've mentioned before - my current brain itch is for speakers. The reason for this has to do with my blue and white G3. The issue is there is only one speaker on the front of the machine and it's mono. It's fine for the Mac chime or for system alert beeps but for anything more it's a bit lame. 

Cue my scouring eBay for something appropriate. I do have some JBL Duet speakers that sort of matches the aesthetic of vintage Macs and PCs but they really stand out next to a funky coloured Mac. I did find a video or a picture of some translucent blue speakers but I couldn't find them for sale and I now can't remember the name or brand of them. Anyway back to the eBay search. I did a search for vintage computer speakers and not much came up. I then did a search for vintage multimedia speakers and these bad boys popped up. 


Wolf and I are terrible influences on each other. I sent him the link and he said I had to have them so I bought them. I even got a 99p discount! WOOHOO!

Unfortunately, when they arrived they were rather filthy, so I decided to take them to pieces and clean them. Here's a video I did on that:


When I next get a chance, I'll have to get the G3 out and set it all up with all the translucent peripherals I have. Stay tuned!

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