I bought a few Veho wireless speakers not long ago – and they’re great. You plug in the USB transmitter to your PC/Mac and simply switch on the speakers. They have a rechargeable battery inside and last for (what seems like) forever!

The only downside to them is the quality of sound. Because they’re so small, they can sound tinny and they don’t produce great base (obviously). They are perfect for background music, but not if you had a party.

This got me thinking…. inside the speaker there must be a receiver and attached to the circuit board there must be speaker output terminals for the internal speakers. So… could I simply bypass the internal speakers and use my own?? The simple answer is YES…. and here’s how.

1. Dismantle the speaker unit

This, I found to be a pain. There are four screws at the base of each speaker (under sticky tabs). Remove these and you should be able to move the middle.

Let me make this clear… I found NO easy / nice way to take apart the speaker. The top ring (where power and volume are) does come off with some help from a small screw driver. It’s stuck on with some pretty strong double sided tape!

Once that’s removed you will see some more screws. Undo those and eventually everything should start to come apart.

The main problem I had was the power / aux in part of the speaker. It has screws which ensure the little circuit board stays on the body of the speaker. I simply couldn’t get to these, so I ended up cutting it out. Once that was done, everything came apart nicely.

2. Speaker Cables

Once you have the circuit board out of the case, you will see that there are four wires connected to the speakers. Two to each. Cut these from the speakers.

Off the top of my head, I think the cables were marked LN LL and RN and RL. I assume for left and right neutral and live?? I could be wrong. I just matched up my speaker cable to the correct ones using the black and red as most standard hifi wires use.

I used a pair of junction box type joiners to make sure I had a good connection. I also added another blob of solder to the circuit board as the speaker cables looked a little delicate.

3. Testing

At first, I wasn’t expecting anything to happen as I assumed the power output from the circuit board would be too low for these larger speakers.

But guess what, it worked perfectly! Using some Bose speakers I picked up at a car boot (£10 – bargain) I heard a good volume and plenty of base. A completely different sound to the internal old speaker I’ve just disconnected.

So once tested, I began reassembling the speaker unit. I drilled two small holes in the case near the power supply (do it to the left or right of this as there isn’t much room). I didn’t put the speakers back in, but I did cut out the mini sub type speaker from the plastic box… as I needed the room for the speaker junction boxes. You do need this box back in as the top of the speaker screws in to it. I made the mistake of not including it at first.

So with the testing complete, I then looked at using some better looking speakers. I got my other Bose ones out and hooked it all up. Now the Veho speaker sits on top of the base box and works like a dream.

The speaker cable I wired to the circuit board probably would have looked better in black, but at the time white is all I could find. What I’d really like to do is to put speaker terminal points in to the design. This way it can be more portable without the trailing wires hanging out the back. Alternatively, I could make my own unit and place the circuit board in to it….. plenty to think about!


4. Have a listen

I’m not sure this video works terribly well for demoing the sound, but trust me, it’s MILES better! The Veho speaker on the surface is a non modified one (out of the box) where as the one on the base box (near the floor) is the modified one above.

If you have any questions or tips about modifying the veho wireless speaker, please get in touch! I’m keen to have a go at another one, but try and retain the look with out having to cut in to the body!!