OK, I see this everywhere but I gotta ask...

Jstas

...what the hell is a Kubuki speaker?

I mean, I know that it basically means flashy, loud junk and that meaning came to me through my cognitive ability at inference but I have yet to see a definition. I see this term used to refer to the old Japanese speakers with all the fake chrome, huge 15" woofers and 9 different tweeters and so on. But then I see people reffering to speakers without any of that crap as Kabuki too.

So what is it?

dragon1952

kabuki
1899, from Japanese, popular theater (as opposed to shadow puppet-plays or lyrical Noh dramas), lit. "art of song and dance," from ka "song" + bu "dance" + ki "art." Alternate etymology (in Webster's) is from nominal form of kabuku "to be divergent, to deviate," from early opinion of this form of drama. Since c.1650, all parts are played by males.

Hmmmm......sounds kinda **** to me. A bunch of males playing with puppets. I wonder whose puppets they're playing with :rolleyes:

dragon1952

kabuki: New York ****-slang of the 1960s for a black male homosexual .

Ha! I KNEW it :cool:

dragon1952

"to be divergent, to deviate,"

I think these are the operative words here

gatemplin

You're right Jstas, speakers that were designed with the philosophy that the crappier the cabinet, and the more drivers the better.

Here is a typical example:



Here is the grand daddy of kabuki:

VR3

WHAT? Not mirrored imaged???

jarros

Originally posted by Vr3MxStyler2k3
WHAT? Not mirrored imaged???

Two different molds weren't in their budget (or their intellectual capacity)

polksda

Egads!

Those remind me of speakers from all the Fisher, Pioneer, Kenwood, and Soundesign shelf systems back in the 70s and 80s.

*shudder*

fireshoes

I bet those would own Cerwin-Vega's!

Airplay355

man they are ugly, put their clothes back on

pjdami

...what the hell is a Kubuki

I thought Kubuki was the wrestler who used to spit that green stuff in Junkyard Dog's and Ted Dibiase's eyes?

LOL.... am I the only one that remembers those days?:D

DarqueKnight

I remember when Junkyard Dog went underground, changed his name to Stagger Lee,and joined up with Tony Atlas.

dorokusai

Kabuki = Non-Essential Parts.

I've heard Polk SDA's called Kabuki.....basically, anything with way too many drivers in an array that simply doesn't need them....or use them.

My SDA reference is just what I have seen run in other places....obviously since I own a few pairs, I don't think it's Kabuki.

Tide

Originally posted by pjdami
I thought Kubuki was the wrestler who used to spit that green stuff in Junkyard Dog's and Ted Dibiase's eyes?

LOL.... am I the only one that remembers those days?:D

I remember Kubuki. He was back in the Gordon "it's a Pier 6 donnybrook" Solie days.

PolkThug

Bulldog Bob Brown rules!

polksda

Kabuki, Kubuki, Bukkake, it's all the same...