Echo Dot/Urge Cuatro Enclosure

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So, I'm just going to say it. This is a ridiculous project. You really shouldn't even think about building this. If there was an upvote button, this would be where you'd click and positive comments are well-deserved. If you feel compelled to try and impress me, I'll understand. That said, this is one of my favorite designs. It came together seamlessly, looks great, and I'm overall extremely happy with how it turned out. Done again, I'd try and make it bigger, but again, it's a brilliant idea so I will do it again. The original plan was to build an Amazon Echo for my garage at twice the cost using an Amazon Dot and a cheap $20 Bluetooth speaker called the Urge Basics Cuatro. If Amazon Echo's still cost $400, I would feel much worse about how this turned out. Unfortunately, around the time I ordered my dot, the echo's started rising in price. First they went to $199, and a few days ago I just saw one for more than $150. At that price, you really can't beat the quality and price (the rumor is that a nextgen version of the echo is nowhere near ready). I originally planned on leaving the Cuatro speaker alone and using it as-is. This would have left me with a much larger overall size, but upon disassembly, it became obvious that this was going to be way easier than I expected because of the passive radiator. Without that particular feature, the speakers sounded perfectly balanced so I ended up just using the entire speaker. I power mine with a [cheap 5v internal PSU](https://www.banggood.com/3Pcs-AC-DC-10W-Isolated-AC-110V-220V-To-DC-5V-2A-Switch-Power-Supply-Converter-Module-p-1139193.html?rmmds=myorder). I just as easily could have used a USB Y connector, but I ordered a bunch of these for arduino projects and wanted to avoid needing a wall-wart. So just to drive home how brilliant this thing is. Here's the breakdown. Design time: roughly 10 hours. Print time: 20+ hours (the first prototype succeeded). Filament cost: probably $5 to $10 bucks Electronic (Dot/Speaker/PSU): $70 Amazon Echo cost: $75 shipped