Mythbusters - Homemade Hi-def Speakers

[RyuuStyle]

It was a fan request video. They needed to test this one, even though they knew it was fake.

[videobserver22]

... you can get a 1/8" jack for $0.01

[roberij05]

He did it wrong! One wire goes above the penny, and the other goes below

[NamesROverated]

@roberij05 either way it still won't work. that's not how speakers work.

[antontonybekker]

he hooked the wires from the jacks wrong one wire goes under the penny while one goes over the penny!!!

[mojoefly]

@antontonybekker have you tried it?

[PepeCaseres]

@antontonybekker hahaha what an idiot, like that would make any difference!!!

[antontonybekker]

I'm guessing that putting the penny in between the wires is kind of like winding copper around a metal to create an electromagnet or voice coil. Here the tinfoil is the speaker cone, the penny and jack wires are the voice coil, there is no spider to aid in moving the tin foil and no magnet to attract and repel the electromagnet witch is why it may not work. If you have a deep sort of bowl, fit a magnet use paper instead of tin foil and a use conductive metal it may work but i can't guarantee.

[VincenVincen]

did you hear it? Gotta listen like me!

[BobbyMcwho]

also you'd be stupid to pay $10 for an audio jack, just go buy a $.50 pair of headphones and cut the wire.

[BobbyMcwho]

I wonder if using an all copper penny would differ from using the newer zinc core ones

[kizzwizz98]

you hear that? thats the sound of money being thrown away

[kizzwizz98]

you hear that? thats the sund of money being thrown away

[venomch123]

Dude in the house hold hacker vid they used aluminuim foil the myth busters guy used tin foil

[FoxShot01]

@venomch123 Tin Foil is the name for aluminum foil, it's a misnomer.

[izziebee13]

no it would work if u layed it down as u see it is slightly tilted forwrd so it wont work but he never tried that cuz hes gay!!!!!!!!

[fitzgerald95971]

arent the wires supposed to be touching?

[Neonspinnazz30]

@fitzgerald95971 No, that'll complete the circuit. They're supposed to be touching only the penny...

[HappyBombFilms]

First of all the Jack was supposed to come from an old headset meaning you weren't supposed to buy one for ten dollars. Second, HOUSHOLDHACKER TROLLED SO GET OVER IT!

[MasterTweak]

You have to twist the wires to complete the circuit, as you can see in the video that he did not twist the wires. Kind of bullshit that they only tried once.

[akamaru77]

all i can say is. you sir. are a retard. ive actually done it myself just to check. it REALLY doesnt work. listening to this video explains why. just watch it. Twisting actually has NOTHING to do with an electrical circuit. nothing. at all. just makes it so it makes contact better. if it is even slightly touching it would make contact. it just doesnt work. at all.

[Neonspinnazz30]

@MasterTweak Aluminum and copper are almost the worst conductors to use in something like this, then if you use plastic tape (plastic is not really conductive) it only makes it worse.

It's not rocket science but HouseHold hacker made people spend money and time only to be disappointed, so something like this was in order...

[FoxShot01]

@Neonspinnazz30 Pennies are made out of Zinc now. If it was made of copper, it likely isn't a shiny one, unless they payed much more for an old penny that was preserved.

[Neonspinnazz30]

@FoxShot01 Interesting...I don't think Zinc is that conductive either though...

[FoxShot01]

@Neonspinnazz30 I don't know how conductive it is, I'm just pointing out it isn't copper.

[Neonspinnazz30]

@FoxShot01 Me neither...I didn't know that new pennies aren't copper...

[BiboDL]

Lol, they didn't have to buy the mini jacks... :P

Just cut a cheap $1 pair of head phones and use that

[Tr1LLW1LL]

yea jus amp up the power and touch the foil...

[fatzy9ttuts]

PWNET HOUSE HOLDHACKER

[JamesJohnson3rd]

No sir HouseHoldhacker Pwned them out of 150 $ XD he meant for it to be a joke lol

[fatzy9ttuts]

@JamesJohnson3rd

yeah lol

[SoULja51NGH]

maybe you shouldn't of threw those penny's on the floor, it was probably bad luck even thou this 'speakers' are unlikely to work

[lildragon5555]

Don't you need a magnet? I tried it, but didn't work

[MLH]

WTF happened, Dylan and Traveler? W T F happened?

[naimop]

it was dylan traveler didnt get involved

[coyote42351]

I bet you could make this work with a couple extra items.

[key2anime]

Well most people would have headphones around home, so he means things most people would have around the house.

[no4no4u]

you can tell that they knew it wouldn't work all along

[skullface20]

lol

[JoohyunCha]

haha hhh is such a flange

[GiftOfStrx]

lalalaal ftw : D

[lionairidn]

haha... Look at Tory, he was very mad..