Mini LEGO Airplay Amplifier Tower

by jhuangtw in Circuits > Speakers

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Mini LEGO Airplay Amplifier Tower

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Minimalistic media shelf for a music-streaming amplifier. hook it up to speakers and you are good to go!

Problem:
1. need sweet tunes in bedroom.
2. cables running from laptop to amp is annoying and tripping hazard.

Solution:
- LEGO-based mini bookshelf to stack up small amplifier with airport express for wireless streaming.
- adequate cooling.
- minimized mess, maximized awesomeness.

Materials

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- Any Apple Airport Express that supports airplay.
- some sort of amplifier. I used a small Lepai amplifier based on strong review and size constraint.
- Pile of LEGO bricks.

Assemble!

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Step-by-step LEGO instructions and part list are available as a LEGO Digital Designer file.
Download the necessary LEGO software to open the file.