shop stereo ideas

[lowbucktruck]

My shop stereo is a running gag in my family.
My house has two home theater setups, involving among other things, 2 15 inch subs, one 12 inch sub and enough other speakers to fill the bed of my F150, well, almost.
Pioneer and Sony Dolby systems on both the big TV's.
My 'computer speakers' are a Bose wave wrcc2 (really just because I didn't want the clutter of computer speakers and radio on my desk)

So how much did I invest in the shop, where I listen to loud music all day?

Nothing.
I had a leftover Sony receiver, 120 watt from the 80's. Pipe it into thirty free speakers, that is, speakers I pull from various projects, lots of Bose and other cheap car speakers that I replaced with more modern stuff. Built several long (eight foot) boxes that hold the leftover speakers and hung them from the ceiling.
In the house the music is so nice you can hear the third violin farting, but in the shop IT'S LOUD.
I play MP3's mostly over a cable from the shop computer, so I have ten or twenty thousand of my favorite songs cued up, so I don't get bored.

Although, some of my neighbors swear they can hear Flogging Molly in their sleep, I always turn it way down before sundown. And never play it loud before 9 am.

Nice! Oh-kay.... I think we need to see a photo of that recycled ceiling speaker setup!

 

[Kevro]

Any one have a good way to (wireless) transmit a computer signal out to the garage speakers? (so all that extra stuff could be eliminated?)

I have an older Logitech Squeezebox, which is awesome. All my music is ripped to FLAC format on my computer, and the Squeezebox streams it wirelessly, and can also do all kinds of internet radio, Pandora, etc. The one I have plugs into a receiver's input with RCA cables, but they also have models with built-in speakers, which can eliminate all the other hardware altogether. Highly recommended.

 

[Chris Adams]

Nice! Oh-kay.... I think we need to see a photo of that recycled ceiling speaker setup!

Can't get photo's right now. Very bad day around here, but I noticed I have a partial shot of the one over the farthest left box. There are two more above the big door.

Each of the boxes is 8 feet long, really just a bunch of leftover OSB reflective screwed into long box shapes.

 

[Test Tech]

As for my garage stereo I have a GM factory am/fm/cd hooked to a 12VDC supply. the good part is that I have a lightning audio 3-way 6X9 in each corner of the garage ceiling, mounted in the usual trapazoid shaped aftermarket box. Having the speakers spread that way means that you can almost always hear the radio without having to have it blasting.

 

[BiltFordTuff]

my dad built a wooden box and put a car radio and some speakers inside hooked up to a porta power, love that thing

 

[Boyd Who]

I got a late 70's Sony amp, tuner, CD player, and Radio Shack equalizer on one of my junk removal jobs. Everything works fine except the cd player (doesn't like my home-burnt cd's), which I replaced yesterday with a cheap DVD player.

The speakers were a close-out sale item at the local furniture store that I snagged for 80% off. I mounted them up near the ceiling. They sound fantastic and are more than loud enough for my litle shop.

 

[blazsawgras]

have music on in garage most all time have radio with cd player with 2 speakers hanging in the ceiling.