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Title: Possible To Upgrade The Wiimote Speaker?
Post by: twistedsymphony on December 18, 2006, 10:05:00 AM

Definitely a low quality speaker... the problem is mostly the fact that the speaker is tiny and the volume is cranked WAY up so that you can hear it clearly at arms length.

it's about the same quality as a cheap earbud cranked all the way up.

there doesn't seem to be any sort of static and only a slight (almost unnoticeable) bit of distortion due to the volume level.

There also the fact that the holes in the remote for the sound aren't all that great, so even if you managed to shove a larger, higher quality speaker in there, it would probably get muffled by the controller case.

Title: Possible To Upgrade The Wiimote Speaker?
Post by: grim_d on December 18, 2006, 10:32:00 AM

this is what im talking about.

Title: Possible To Upgrade The Wiimote Speaker?
Post by: omegajedi on December 18, 2006, 12:15:00 PM

Putting in a headphone jack may be more logical.

Title: Possible To Upgrade The Wiimote Speaker?
Post by: twistedsymphony on December 18, 2006, 01:50:00 PM

headphone jack? how is that more logical?

the sounds the come out of the remote are the noises that supposedly would come from the device in your hand... the firing/reloading of a gun the connection of a bat and a ball, the swathing of a tennis racket.

wearing headphone would make the location of those noises nonsensical, not to mention severely detract from the 5.1 DPLIIx surround sound. The whole point of the Wii Remote speaker is to further enhance the surround sound, not replace it.

Title: Possible To Upgrade The Wiimote Speaker?
Post by: SR388 on December 18, 2006, 02:42:00 PM

yea, and you can always turn the volume down or just turn it off in the home menu thing

grim_d will have the first 1200 watt wiimote

Title: Possible To Upgrade The Wiimote Speaker?
Post by: liquid-core on December 20, 2006, 07:31:00 AM

I think it would be interesting to remove the speaker. It would deffinitely be a challenge but would probably be an interesting mod. Now to find some old speakers... and a tri-wing screwdriver .

O'Malley

Title: Possible To Upgrade The Wiimote Speaker?
Post by: limtk55 on December 31, 2006, 02:13:00 AM

Here is where u can get a triwing for cheap:

TRIWING

Ray

Title: Possible To Upgrade The Wiimote Speaker?
Post by: SICKdimension on December 31, 2006, 05:42:00 AM

There's certain sounds I've noticed in Zelda, that even after the real sound plays, there's some softer crackling at the end. I think the sound degradation is caused mostly by very heavy compression, rather than a poor speaker. Well, that and the fact that if you accidentally rest your ear on the remote in your hand, once a sound comes from it you'll jump from your chair from the extreme volume that little thing puts out.

Title: Possible To Upgrade The Wiimote Speaker?
Post by: SR388 on December 31, 2006, 10:59:00 AM

you could always turn the volume off for the wiimote

or at least turn it down a bit

Title: Possible To Upgrade The Wiimote Speaker?
Post by: liquid-core on December 31, 2006, 11:30:00 AM

Tri-wing ordered. Modding to come!

O'Malley

Title: Possible To Upgrade The Wiimote Speaker?
Post by: bigjimmy on December 31, 2006, 02:04:00 PM

QUOTE(SICKdimension @ Dec 31 2006, 11:49 PM)

There's certain sounds I've noticed in Zelda, that even after the real sound plays, there's some softer crackling at the end. I think the sound degradation is caused mostly by very heavy compression, rather than a poor speaker. Well, that and the fact that if you accidentally rest your ear on the remote in your hand, once a sound comes from it you'll jump from your chair from the extreme volume that little thing puts out.

Yeah ive noticed that aswell. Its not a bad speaker considering its size and everything.....