Voice amp questions

i have a vortex for my jango and was going to cut into my jet pack to hide it, but then got to thinking about the integerty of the pack after i did not to mention having to find a place for the PA....anyone have any good "hiding spots" that im not thinking about??

Inside your bucket. BobaFettish has the RadioShack ver and eveything is in his bucket. It works and looks great.

doesnt that gives a lot of noise feedback?

well, not sure if you guys can do it but I have my radioshack amp system under my ab plate, right above my belt. I actually have it attached to my jet pack harness strap that goes across there and it works great for me.

i bought a while back the same kind of amp, the discontinued one. but i think is too bulky to put anywhere. did you gutted the thing out in order to make it fit?

i know the one you are talking about, the black C shaped one? i have the littler white boxy one i trimmed down as small as i could get it, i hear a little feedback but not alot, would like to have ZERO but that may not be a option, but its better than the muffled guy under a helmet sound anyday :-)

or girl for that matter :-)

Could a voice AMPs fit in a Rubies bucket? Thanks. I saw BobaFettish's one and it looks sweet.

You can always paint the smaller one brown and hide it among your pouches. That's my plan.

Wes

I have a Rubies helmet and the C shaped RS amp is heavy and bulky. I can not see how anyone would fit that in a helmet.

I have the big RS "C" shaped speaker too. You're right, it's very big and cumbersome. It's loud though. It takes 6 AA batteries and is very heavy. This is why I'm going with the smaller one and painting it brown.

Wes

I've tried other voice amps, and none of them compare to the sound quality of the black
Radio Shack amps. They are a bit large, but most of the bulk is in the casing. Once you
break it apart, it isn't that hard to distribute the smaller components as you see fit.

As for me, I'm still debating whether or not to put the speaker in the helmet. It seems
like the most logical place for your voice to come from, but shielding against feedback
has been a challenge so far. Any suggestions from the veterans out there?

I took mine apart, replaced the battery connection to run off a 9V battery, and i stuck all the guts in the helmet. I extended the wires for the speaker itself and used a small plug so I could disconnect it easily. The speaker will either go under my chest/ab armour, or possibly in my neck seal.

Here it is minus the 9V battery connector.

JFJ,
Can you measure the parts and post dimensions?
They might fit in my pouches broken down like that.
I'd hate to tear it apart and discover it won't.

Wes

This is probably a subject for another thread but:

With all the people with electronic skills in here would it not be possible for someone to take apart one of the RS voice amps , study its workings and post schematics and a parts list so we could make our own? Living in the UK the only way to obtain a RS amp is to buy off Ebay (expensive and getting more so) or from here when they come up . Call me tight but I always prefer to build rather than buy if at all possible.It adds to the satisfaction of knowing you have done it all yourself and leaves money to be spent on other items you can't build yourself. I have tried searching the web for schematics for a voice amp but have drawn a blank. It would also enable us to resize/ position elements of the rig to better suit our needs re hiding the speaker etc etc.

Just a thought....

The main board is approximately 2", it fitts no problem in a helmet.

That's just sweet! I love the settings, JFJ, interested in make mine?...

LOL send me it and I will, it took all of 15 minutes to do!

Where can I find a Voice AMP? I was at Radio Shack today and they said they don't carry them any more. Thanks.

I like yours Boba Fettish.

Do a search, check the cargo hold, Ebay, etc. There seem to be new threads about this every week.

I did a search on Cargo Hold. nothing.

Also, I did a search on ebay. a lot of stuff showed up. What do I need to be looking for? Thanks.

Here ya go: http://tdh.prop-planet.com/viewtopic...c=9235&forum=2

thanks Kristen.

You're welcome.

I'm going to order one from Radio Shack tomorrow.

carbonitekid wrote:
This is probably a subject for another thread but:

With all the people with electronic skills in here would it not be possible for someone to take apart one of the RS voice amps , study its workings and post schematics and a parts list so we could make our own? Living in the UK the only way to obtain a RS amp is to buy off Ebay (expensive and getting more so) or from here when they come up . Call me tight but I always prefer to build rather than buy if at all possible.It adds to the satisfaction of knowing you have done it all yourself and leaves money to be spent on other items you can't build yourself. I have tried searching the web for schematics for a voice amp but have drawn a blank. It would also enable us to resize/ position elements of the rig to better suit our needs re hiding the speaker etc etc.

Just a thought....

Do I take it this idea does not meet with peoples aproval?

No luck again at the local Radio Shack.

I'm trying to contact Radio Shack ca but they don't accept my postal info since I live in the USA and not Canada.

Help!

Unfortunately, there's no other options for those of us
living outside of Canada. eBay is pretty much it, even
though they tend to be going up in price lately. I did a
search for "fett voice amp" just now and one turned up.

Thanks Joren Fett. I just bought one from ebay.

Cool! That one went FAST. Congrats!

I just received my Stormtrooper/Fett voice amp in the mail yesterday.

I was wondering how I can install it in my new JF helmet. Could someone help me? Thanks.

I also notices that the speaker and battery compartment is really big. I need help here too. Thanks again.

I also just bought a Radio Shack voice amp and I'm trying to figure out where to hide it.

Have someone tried the ipod external speakers?...They are very small,and looks like they can fit inside a ammo belt pouch...

i have a voice amp that has no name on it it is pretty small and runs on 3 AAA and has a normal voice, alien and monster setting and no volume control ... the mic on this thing sucks major arse and you literally have to put it almost in your mouth for it to pick up your voice, does radio shack or other places sell a decent small mic i could splice and cut onto this thing or will i end up seeing how many times it will skip across the pond lol

patiam69 wrote:
i have a voice amp that has no name on it it is pretty small and runs on 3 AAA and has a normal voice, alien and monster setting and no volume control ... the mic on this thing sucks major arse and you literally have to put it almost in your mouth for it to pick up your voice, does radio shack or other places sell a decent small mic i could splice and cut onto this thing or will i end up seeing how many times it will skip across the pond lol

I got the EXACT SAME ONE. I havnt tried to change the mic on it yet, but it sounds like a good idea. I dontknow what those people were thinking when they made that stiffwire thingey on the wire. I'm sure you could splice the wire and use a diff mic.