My GF-777Z ** Project PHAT-AZZZ DISCO-Pimp-TITE!!

[Cpl-Chronic]

Having finsished upgrading the sound for now, I wanted to spice up my plain Grey beast with some PHAT AZZZ Disco-Pimp-TITE!!! I wanted a lighting system that would simply blow the Flagship Disco-Lite away. I'm talking the big daddy with four woofers & the same basic shell as the Triple7-ZEE. I'm still working on it & again, my Kodak point & click sucks worse than trump's toupee but here's a preview of my work in progress. The sound is actually my Logitech Z-10's. Hands down, the most enjoyable powered 2-way for desktop computers. Anyway, the lights are battery powered for the video & so far the lights can run for hours without the battteries draining.

I'll post more pics of my progress later but here's a sneak peek at my alpha run...

Sharp GF-Triple7-DISCO-TITE 1st BUILD

 

[floyd]

kicks ass man

i can tell that gf 777 sounds a lot better than stock from the last video you posted.

wicked job.

 

[goodman]

I have similar idea... Info maybe very soon...

 

[stormsven]

Dope boomer dude. Love the blue blinks

I have similar idea... Info maybe very soon...

Dont hide your finished 777

 

[Cpl-Chronic]

kicks ass man

i can tell that gf 777 sounds a lot better than stock from the last video you posted.

wicked job.

Thanx JVC, the sound is actually coming from a small set of Logitech Z-10's that are used for desktop PC's. You have a good ear if you can tell a difference from my crappy Kodak camera mic. They're small but but they really kick & ported in the back for bass reflex.

The new lighting for the GF is actually an RGB strip light kit that came with a controller that has 12-24v input, remote, music sensor w/mic., 16 static colour selections, 2 music modes & the LED's can be cut into any length of 3 LED sections. The kit also includes a 5m strip of RGB led lighting, ready to go. If you look at the video I posted closely, you can see it flashes through the 16 different colours, between RED, GREEN & BLUE, to the beat of the music. Believe me, the lights are WAY more vivid & bright, in person. It's powered off of the 15v lead of the power board. That way, AC mains or DC batteries will run the lights, the same way as the original blaster.

Once I get it all together again, I'll post a video of the GF-Disco-TITE playing on it's own, very soon. I'm working on the details right now.

 

[Reli]

Cool way to take advantage of an empty space on the box :thumbsup
I would recommend a permanent tuner light, too.

It's too bad you've got those new speakers, because if you still had the stock ones you could install lights that would glow through the stock white speakers.

 

[Reli]

Check this out:

[youtube]2l4dlMGaPJw[/youtube]

 

[Cpl-Chronic]

Cool way to take advantage of an empty space on the box :thumbsup
I would recommend a permanent tuner light, too.

It's too bad you've got those new speakers, because if you still had the stock ones you could install lights that would glow through the stock white speakers.

Hey yeah, the speakers on mine were dark grey so wouldn't work so well but white woofers would look bomb. I saw that boomer on the tube when I first googled '777z'. He put a lot of bling on that monster. You can tell he used riser rings that had embedded L.E.D.s inbetween the woofers & the case. I bet there was a ring you could for your car speakers & that lit up maybe. It looks nuclear fresh, man!!!! Nice tag!! I fell in love with the idea right away. The speakers sucked ass compared to the new 1's anyway so I'm going a different approach but my setup is RGB with strobe & fade on the music sensor. I think it'll crank it up a notch.

I'm nearly done so will show some vids later in the early morning hours if all goes well.

 

[Cpl-Chronic]

Again. my camera sucks BALZZZ but oh well, you get the idea. Here's a video of the second build. I worked out some kinks & got the lights working well. Added strips to the bottom & will probably add 2 strips to the inner woofers to light them up with the light bouncing off the deep gloss of the black super-woofers. It's tricky work 'cause you have to cut the strips at the right spot, peel back the insulation & solder the wires to the bared leads for each strip you want to cut. It's tedious, but for me, rewarding in the end after 6 long hours of planning & fabbing.....

This video starts out slow showing system fading coulours without music but after about 2 minutes. hashim starts playing. If you watch the video all the way through, I think you'll like it. At least I hope so.

Project PHAT AZZZ DISCO-LITE & PIMP-TITE Video:Smokin' Hasim BALLZ!!!
Direct Link: http://tinypic.com/r/rvlk5f/6

 

[Cpl-Chronic]

Check this out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l4dlMGaPJw

Heyya, Reli. I was pondering your post with the cool YT video & thought about spacers you could make for various blasters. It only needs to be 3/8" deep to use the RGB strips & can be even thinner if you pick the right leds. Do you think most blasters have some wiggle room as far as woofer depth. My Sharp is nice & open in the bottom but some blasters are packed tight. Some RGB glo-rings would be 'SUPER-PIMP'...no?

Here's a better quality video to view.
Blaster back together & blasting Hashim

The blaster is playing the Hashim track on its own power & also powering the RGB controller. The lights can run form the AC Mains or batteries, the same as the original electronics & independant from the power switch of the GF which means the lights can run even if the blaster is powered down. Sorry for the poor production quality, shitty 10M Kodak picture camera, but better lighting on the box to give you an idea of the strength of the RGB LEDS & how it all looks together...

Let me know what you peeps think of the DISCO-PMIP-TITE Project. I'm working on a dial light next & have a few ideas swirling around in my brain.

 

[Cpl-Chronic]

Some DUB-STep...

DUB ENGINE

HEAVY DUB

 

[Cpl-Chronic]

The colours look washed out because of the camera but, in person the colours are very vivid & extremely bright. You have to see it in person to get the full effect. The photo doesn't even come close but at least the resolution is better. Here's a sample:

 

[Cpl-Chronic]

Heyya all,

UPDATE:

Manged to integrate a sweet VU-LIGHTING mod witth the RGB strips. THe 3 LED's fit perfectly across the top of the meters os they glow nicely.

Here's some quick shots of the VU to give you an idea of what I have planned. Might post a video once finished but the pics give you an idea of the color range & how it looks on the scales, I'm partial to the outome & am extremely pleased with the way the project is progressing.

Cheers.

 

[Cpl-Chronic]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J790D3D2oEs

Compare that tot he original Disco-Lite.

 

[Maxx134]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J790D3D2oEs

Compare that tot he original Disco-Lite.

You could get dail area lit,
You could tweeters lit,
You need hot glue gun to angle/position lights to shine where you want
You could drill tiny holes anywhere you feel a single led could be placed around woofer area
Woofers could be swapped for clear cones with lighted background.
LED stips could be placed around cones without the spacers.
You could light up the cassette area or cassette buttons with a nice strip.
Yo could alsi paint the woofers.
You could get another controller so other lights would move to different parts of the music.
They sell ones with THREE different outputs for different parts of music.
You could just get a discolight lol.

 

[Cpl-Chronic]

You could get dail area lit,
You could tweeters lit,
You need hot glue gun to angle/position lights to shine where you want
You could drill tiny holes anywhere you feel a single led could be placed around woofer area
Woofers could be swapped for clear cones with lighted background.
LED stips could be placed around cones without the spacers.
You could light up the cassette area or cassette buttons with a nice strip.
Yo could alsi paint the woofers.
You could get another controller so other lights would move to different parts of the music.
They sell ones with THREE different outputs for different parts of music.
You could just get a discolight lol.

Thanx Maxx134. Those are all good ideas. The trick is to not go overboard & keep it clean looking. The wooferes are upgraded already, osund great & weren't cheap or easy to find so changing them is not an option. I mangaed to get the VU meters lit & the next step is the tuner dial & or cassette decks. I'm going to a vintage electronics boutique to see if I can get the guy to adjust the tuner so that FM comes in clear. If that goes well, maybe next week I'll sort out some lighting for the tuenr dial & cassette decks. There isn't alot of room in those areas so it's touch & go for now. Either way, I'm happy with the results already & if you could see it in person, it would be so much brighter & viviid to the eye. The RGB strips are fast acting too so a strong strobe effect is the result It looks AWESOME!!

 

[Cpl-Chronic]

Another idea I had was to replace the horns with flush mounted tweeteres & use the horns for strobe lights. You mount the strobe inside the horn lens & have the light emit throught he mouth of the horn.

 

[kraftmatic]

Love your mods to the Sharp, Chronic. I've got my own 777 that I'm not really impressed with. Seeing what you've done, I'm thinking there's a way to mod it so I actually like the damn thing.

 

[Maxx134]

Another idea I had was to replace the horns with flush mounted tweeteres & use the horns for strobe lights. You mount the strobe inside the horn lens & have the light emit throught he mouth of the horn.

I am pretty shure that the tweeter is not optimal for your new woofers.
Not talking about the loudness as you can adjust that.
I would look for one that has freq response that overlaps nicely with your woofers,
as I assume your replacement woofers dont cover mids as easily as originals and goes lower in bass.
Also newer tweeters handle more mids.
Not shure if you opened but I'm pretty shure its just a simple paper tweeter on a modified mounting,
similar to what I found in the jvc m70.
My experience/preference would be silk dome tweeters over paper and metal tweeters

 

[Cpl-Chronic]

Another idea I had was to replace the horns with flush mounted tweeteres & use the horns for strobe lights. You mount the strobe inside the horn lens & have the light emit throught he mouth of the horn.

I am pretty shure that the tweeter is not optimal for your new woofers.
Not talking about the loudness as you can adjust that.
I would look for one that has freq response that overlaps nicely with your woofers,
as I assume your replacement woofers dont cover mids as easily as originals and goes lower in bass.
Also newer tweeters handle more mids.
Not shure if you opened but I'm pretty shure its just a simple paper tweeter on a modified mounting,
similar to what I found in the jvc m70.
My experience/preference would be silk dome tweeters over paper and metal tweeters

Heyya, =) Yeah, interesting you mentioned the tweeters. Here's a link ot my other thread covering the speaker upgrades I already did.

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