DrToothache's Jango WIP (Kamino)

[Thebountyhunter]

Made some changes to my speaker setup for Jango. One of the problems I have run into is the lack of useable pouches for housing an amplifier. I have been using a typical Anker amplifier and hiding it on my side under my flak vest, but this isn't ideal as it creates a "bulge" in the flak vest and also makes the sound come out of my side rather than the front.

To fix this I disassembled the amplifier, disconnected the speaker and soldered a 4ohm exciter. An exciter is designed to be mounted to a hard surface and then uses that object as the "speaker". This allows an exciter to be much smaller than a traditional speaker while producing similar levels of sound.
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I disposed of the amplifier housing and then mounted the exciter and the included battery against the abdomen plate. I then ran the 2 wires through a small hole in my flak vest where it connects the low profile amplifier circuit board from the amp where I can plug in my microphone. I used hot glue to insulate the circuit board and hopefully protect it from sweat during troops.

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It seems to be least as loud as the speaker was, but seems to be louder to me. It also has much more bass than the speaker did. I took a quick video but it doesn't really do it justice.
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Nice work! Really transforms the kit and takes it to the next step. I had the exact same set ups! But I settled with the opposite. The quality didn’t sound good on mine but on the cosvoz it’s so load, I have to put it on like the lowest setting or It sounds ridiculous ridiculously loud lol. I liked the hand controller for that speaker as well.

I was able to put the battery pack in the gauntlet and the cords under my flight suit. I downloaded voice lines from Star Wars bounty hunter and it worked really well.

I put the speaker on the inside bottom of my helmet. I had tons of room. I might just have a smaller head. But sounds straight from me.

You must be stoked on the build. Loved seeing all your updates! Great work!