Comments on: AirDesk MacBook External Speaker Mount

By: Nick Birks

Nick Birks — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 18:40:01 +0000

Super. I’ll keep you posted on my progress.

By: marcus

marcus — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 18:35:16 +0000

The kit I mentioned includes a circuit board and instructions. (Currently you can download them here to see if you're comfortable with them.) As for disconnecting the "Y," I just lopped it off with a shear and stripped back the individual wires a bit for connecting to the board. Remember for this kit you don't connect the speaker ground wires together. (The board has separate connections for all four wires.) I apparently decided the speakers' blue and brown wires were (+) and, and white and yellow were (–). Which is which doesn't matter, but you get better bass if you connect both speakers with the same polarity.

By: Nick Birks

Nick Birks — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 15:15:51 +0000

This is great, but as a complete novice, I have no idea where to start. Are step-by-step instructions available for detaching the Y cable and attaching the Philips chip and 12V wall wart?

By: marcus

marcus — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:08:15 +0000

Floyd! How are you doing? Sorry I missed your comment before; I’m still alive, but I haven’t been paying attention lately. Things have Happened (as usual). I’ll try to email you later with more.

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:08:33 +0000

This is a great idea – I may just do this… I have a fancy new iMac, but the sound quality was much better from my old G4 iMac.

By: Floyd Wray

Floyd Wray — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:08:45 +0000

Excellent banter. The Marcus Brooks I used to know was a genius when it came to banter. I wonder if you’re related to him. In any event, if this is you … the Marcus I used to know at BBB … a hale-’n-hearty hello. Glad to see, we’re both still among the living, and absorbed in the unrelenting flush of technology. So it shall always be, I’m afraid.