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The shock and awe system!! phaze 2!!!!

should shock and awe! 2.0 happen??

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stereorob said:
and yes, it sounded like a 1985 toyota camery with 4 12" subs booming at 1000 wpc, -without dynamats.
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So why would you proceed with 2.0? Looking to improve the sound to a 1990 Camry?

I can't see how this multi-receiver mess could possibly sound good. And you've already found out that your wiring and structure can't handle it. So unless your master plan is to burn the place down and collect the insurance, I don't see much point.
 
Rob is this about getting the best sound or how loud you can make it and how much damage can I do to my home? I think you should leave this kind of stuff to the Mythbusters if your goal is just volume and destruction.
 
Yeah, if it's about volume and/or damage, just call Tom Danley, and have him bring over one of his sonic boom simulators. How about enough output to make the wall of a house flex in and out over SIX INCHES? He can do it. No combination of vintage receivers and/or speakers will ever do that...

Regards,
Gordon.
 
GordonW said:
Yeah, if it's about volume and/or damage, just call Tom Danley, and have him bring over one of his sonic boom simulators. How about enough output to make the wall of a house flex in and out over SIX INCHES? He can do it. No combination of vintage receivers and/or speakers will ever do that...

Regards,
Gordon.
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holy crap!!!
 
The question I have is: "Why?"

Figuring a typical speaker efficiency of 91 db SPL, your can add roundabout 3 for every pair of speakers you add to the setup, right?

That would, at around 1 to 3 watt each amp/reciever ((Keep that bass knob down!) be a dbSPL of ... 230db! (Which is impossible.)
No wait. Something is wrong in those calculations. You MUST wear ear protection!

My tip: Lay all the speakers down on the floor, and you can skip pulling the trailer... Because it flies!
 
hmmm a flying trailer! cool! lol, well it dont really matter, ive had it with this friggin trailer anyways, im probubly gunna get a real house here really soon. so the hell with this place, SHOCK AND AWE! 2.0 WILL GO ON!!!
 
Nice pic's, months in the making and there is still no sign of electrical damage, maybe a little mold though.....
 
stereorob said:
...so far the votes are in favor!!
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Rob, I have no idea what you're smoking, but I'm going to jump in with three comments, and I apologize for being blunt.

1. The votes are running almost 2-to-1 against.

2. There is a very good reason why the total number of Yes votes is not zero: When some poor soul is standing on the railing of a bridge, about to commit suicide by jumping to his death, there is at least one person in the crowd screaming: "Jump!!!".

3. Don't listen to them.
 
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Fisherdude said:
Rob, I have no idea what you're smoking, but I'm going to jump in with three comments, and I apologize for being blunt.

1. The votes are running almost 2-to-1 against.

2. There is a very good reason why the total number of Yes votes is not zero: When some poor soul is standing on the railing of a bridge, about to commit suicide by jumping to his death, there is at least one person in the crowd screaming: "Jump!!!".

3. Don't listen to them.
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I agree, but some people are driven by a craving for attention, a look at me, look at me thing. This seems to be the case here. His post on another audio forum about 3 weeks ago stating how AK had banned him told me he may be an attention seeker. After he had posted that AK had banned him, I came to AK about 2 hours after his posting and looked him up, he had not been banned here. Different strokes I guess.
 
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Fisherdude said:
Rob, I have no idea what you're smoking, but I'm going to jump in with three comments, and I apologize for being blunt.

1. The votes are running almost 2-to-1 against.

2. There is a very good reason why the total number of Yes votes is not zero: When some poor soul is standing on the railing of a bridge, about to commit suicide by jumping to his death, there is at least one person in the crowd screaming: "Jump!!!".

3. Don't listen to them.
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Seconded.

I'm sorry for being so tactless young man, but this project is the most pointless thing I've ever seen at AK and I've been here a long time. You even mentioned earlier that you're unhappy with this house, and don't really care if you destroy it. It's the mark of a immature child, to destroy something just because he can.

You get offended at members who try to talk sense to you, and goaded by those who cheer you on. Yes there are people who are interested in seeing you do this. They're the same lookie-loos who tie up traffic on interstate so that they can gawk at a bad wreck. I know that part of the fun of this idea to you is being able to come to AK and tell us all about it. But stop and think just a minute... What happens if you burn your house down this time, and don't make it out? Who you gonna brag to then?

I know you're not going to listen to me. You have your heart set to do this, and you don't care what anyone else says, or the damage you might do when you try it. I'm saying it anyway, because I wouldn't feel right if I didn't.
 
Maybe the rules of AK should be amended a little.

Include a statement outlawing activities that are unsafe to others. To oneself, who cares, Darwin's theory can take hold. But encouraging potential damage to many people, read trailer park in this inane activity, should be disallowed.
 
newguy1 said:
But encouraging potential damage to many people, read trailer park in this inane activity, should be disallowed.
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I agree.

To quote our legal administrator:

Negotiableterms said:
We will not allow any more of this.

Why?

AK is about karma, meaning respect and positive attitude. Building a foolishly large system, ignoring common sense and safety, and watching while it burns one's home down may sound like a lot of destructive fun to some people. We're not here to comment on that. But recall that the vintage gear being risked or actually destroyed is stuff that many of our members would dearly love to own. There are folk here who think of the Marantz 18 (the first oscilloscope receiver) as a historically significant item, and not something to be casually tossed on a heap of absurdity.

Please note, we're not saying that you can't deal with your gear any way you want to, but we are saying that too many members here really care about this old gear for AK to be an appropriate venue to destroy it for fun, or to risk it by inclusion in a project that can't possibly yield a positive result.

Finally,of course, AK absolutely does not endorse, or become involved in, any project that results in real fire hazard, injury, or other catastrophic result. The producers of "Jackass" have huge insurance policies. We don't.

Thanks for understanding.
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