Look at this sub....wild looking

hotwheelman
hotwheelman Posts: 1,300
edited June 2003 in Speakers
Just thought it was funky and had to share it.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3028679679&category=3275
"Its worked so far but we're not out yet."
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited June 2003
    Only needs to have Nipper sitting in front of it... :D
    More later,
    Tour...
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  • rs159
    rs159 Posts: 1,027
    edited June 2003
    The subwoofer level controls are located on the front of this unique Creature Subwoofer with Remote sensor, phase, Omni, turnover(60, 90, 120Hz) and volume control.

    Whats an omni and a turnover? :D
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  • LiquidSound
    LiquidSound Posts: 1,261
    edited June 2003
    Looks like it's crouched and ready to take a dump.
    Two Channel Main
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    "If you could put speakers in a needle, I'd never see him again..." - My Girlfriend
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  • rs159
    rs159 Posts: 1,027
    edited June 2003
    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

    That is effed, man!!!!




    Since trey is in NY today, I thought i'd keep the spirit alive ;)
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  • burdette
    burdette Posts: 1,194
    edited June 2003
    Turnover is obviously the crossover frequency.

    Omni, I believe, when applied to horn-loaded loudspeakers means that the speaker radiates evenly in all directions and does NOT have a tight dispersion pattern as many horns do. The specs of many horn-loaded speaker systems include one called "dispersion" that is given in degrees. Or.. the entry says 'omni.' Now.. if there is actually a "switch" that says Omni... don't know.. maybe there is a way to have the sub more or less directional out of the horn...?
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,743
    edited June 2003
    Originally posted by rs159
    Since trey is in NY today, I thought i'd keep the spirit alive ;)

    Thanx man, lol. I thought that was a couch I was looking at at first. Then I saw the horn and the yoga type fold of mediation below the horn, maybe its a blow hole connected to yoga fold woofers??
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • goingganzo
    goingganzo Posts: 2,793
    edited June 2003
    pure and simple it is a bass horn there is a small driver like a 6 in with will produce as much bass as a 10 or 12 you can buld these with real subs
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  • STUFFMD
    STUFFMD Posts: 381
    edited June 2003
    The lower ares looks like the Blose acoustic wave.
    Stuff
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited June 2003
    Good catch StuffMD, looks exactly like a Bose concept there...

    As for the Omni... it probably does have something to do with the directionality of the sound, but if you need that it's not a true sub...

    I still say all the thing needs is Nipper...
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    More later,
    Tour...
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    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
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  • LiquidSound
    LiquidSound Posts: 1,261
    edited June 2003
    I remember when Paul Harvey told the story of nipper.
    Two Channel Main
    Receiver - VSX-54TX
    Mains - Csi40's
    Sub - Spiked Velodyne Cht-8 On Spiked Landscaping Stones

    "If you could put speakers in a needle, I'd never see him again..." - My Girlfriend
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  • Stephen Bayley
    Stephen Bayley Posts: 17
    edited June 2003
    Hey Guys,

    dont you recognise this photograph. Its from the first series of phonographs (check your dictionary). There is no electricity applied to this unit. The turn table is powered by a clockwork mechanism, the "horn" connects directly to the needle that sits in the record grove, and the horn provides the acoustic amplification of the needles vibrations, developing reasonable sound pressure levels at 12 inches (not good for big rooms or the Matrix)

    Now if you ever find yourself on a desert island, with one of these players and a compatable set of records, just watch what happens when the needle wears out after 10 plays (ouch my ears).

    P.S. the Dog is listening to a recording of his masters voice (so the story goes), and some interesting information behind this can be found at:

    http://www.perfessorbill.com/nostalgia/nstlgia0.html

    Business hasn't changed in 103 years.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited June 2003
    Yup, we get it. The dog's name was Nipper.

    10 plays??? Steel needles... about 100 grams of tracking force... yeah, that's about right. Low volume, yes, but pure sound, no electronics to add color... ;)

    Aside... a friend of the family had an original Edison model cylinder player that worked. Wish I owned it. I would love either it or a good platter model for a display piece.
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • gidrah
    gidrah Posts: 3,049
    edited June 2003
    I think it would look cool with some Blue Room Minipods.
    I would say it's probably a TQWT (tapered quarter wave tube) or a TL (transmission line) similar to my periscopes. Their is a horn flair at the end, but I'd say this is for show. The rate of flair and mouth are to small to be functional.

    TL subs all day!
    Make it Funky! :)
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  • hotwheelman
    hotwheelman Posts: 1,300
    edited June 2003
    Here is a link to another one.

    http://cgi.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/auc.pl?spkrfull&1055469520
    "Its worked so far but we're not out yet."
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  • Stephen Bayley
    Stephen Bayley Posts: 17
    edited June 2003
    Originally posted by Tour2ma
    Yup, we get it. The dog's name was Nipper.

    10 plays??? Steel needles... about 100 grams of tracking force... yeah, that's about right. Low volume, yes, but pure sound, no electronics to add color... ;)

    Aside... a friend of the family had an original Edison model cylinder player that worked. Wish I owned it. I would love either it or a good platter model for a display piece.


    These early inventors were really lateral thinkers. These early mechanical devices, such as the telephone, cylinder player, the phonograph then the Radio, kicked of a consumer demand for home entertainment devices that still hasn't subsided. I wonder if these people (Edison, Marconi and other inventors / engineers) had any idea that these consumer items would fuel the world economies for the next 120 years (so far).

    I think this might be a bit heavy, so I best give it up before I embarrass myself and invite ridicule.
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  • HBombToo
    HBombToo Posts: 5,256
    edited June 2003
    Originally posted by Stephen Bayley


    I think this might be a bit heavy, so I best give it up before I embarrass myself and invite ridicule.

    Nothing embarassing in what you have stated. You are absolutely correct. Tesla is my HERO.

    BTW, our IT department has blocked access to ebay so if there are some funny things there and if you don't mind can you please post the pic?

    HBomb
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  • hotwheelman
    hotwheelman Posts: 1,300
    edited June 2003
    Let me see if the polk server will let me. Well hell no, justin these pics that I am wanting to post for all to see are not that big, whats the deal I posted some a while back about the same size and had no problem with it then. Is there anything that I can do to enable me to post them. I day this in reference to what was said by hbombtoo previous to my post about the i.t. guys blocking them from ebay.


    Mike
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    "Hey big man let me hold a dollar"
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  • Stephen Bayley
    Stephen Bayley Posts: 17
    edited June 2003
    Originally posted by HBombToo
    Tesla is my HERO.

    I recognise your point, I mentioned "consumer" inventors, while Telsta proved initially to be industry and infrastructure orientated. There is no doubt that his concept and commitment to AC voltage as the superior form of power has been fundamental to where our societies we are now (suppose this include HT). DC based systems (pushed by Edison at the same time) would have slowed the evolution of the technologies we now use.

    It looks like the 1890 - 1900 period really produced a number of genesis's. I'm not in the same class.
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  • Stephen Bayley
    Stephen Bayley Posts: 17
    edited June 2003
    Originally posted by HBombToo
    Tesla is my HERO.

    I recognise your point, I mentioned "consumer" inventors, while Telsta proved initially to be industry and infrastructure orientated. There is no doubt that his concept and commitment to AC voltage as the superior form of power has been fundamental to where our societies we are now (suppose this includes HT). DC based systems (pushed by Edison at the same time) would have slowed the evolution of the technologies we now use.

    It looks like the 1890 - 1900 period really produced a number of genesis's. I'm not in the same class.
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  • HBombToo
    HBombToo Posts: 5,256
    edited June 2003
    Originally posted by Stephen Bayley
    Originally posted by HBombToo


    It looks like the 1890 - 1900 period really produced a number of genesis's. I'm not in the same class.

    I agree 100%.

    I have to say I'm not anywhere close to that caliber of individual but can say I have had the fortune of working with 2 guys that I can truely say are geniuses. They are rare and eccentric birds to say the least!

    HBomb
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