myu701
Vintage futurist
Agreed. Really amazing what people have come up with... some very impressive, others insanely avant-garde. Love that Star Wars mockery of the one above! :nutz:
Unique & Distinctive Speakers
- Thread starter Yamahalic
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Agreed. Really amazing what people have come up with... some very impressive, others insanely avant-garde. Love that Star Wars mockery of the one above! :nutz:
Does anyone else think MBL's look like onions on pedestals?
I wonder what those hard drives sound like.
Has anybody ever heard these?
michaelhigh
mind's eye music
Here is one interesting POWERful sub from QSC (mostly known for their commercial products). Here is info, specs and a photo:
QSC ISIS 215SB Subwoofer---
The cabinet of the 215 enclosures is constructed of Composilite™ carbon fiber and composite materials, which is extremely stiff and strong. The high rigidity of the cabinet walls raises the enclosure's natural resonances to frequencies higher than the subwoofer's operating range, so the cabinet acts more like an ideal enclosure.
Frequency Range
- Recommended Bandpass: 35 Hz- 150 Hz (±3 dB)
- Frequency Response: 36 Hz - 360 Hz (-3 dB)
- Usable Frequency Range: 29 Hz - 440 Hz (-10 dB)
Maximum Output
- Calculated Peak Output: 141 dB SPL*
- Measured Continuous Output: 131 dB SPL**
Impedance
- 4 ohms (nom.) 3.7 ohms (min.) 23.3 ohms (max.)
Power Handling
- 1300 W RMS, 2 hours (AES)
- 1000 W RMS, 8 hours (IEC)
- 800 W RMS, 100 hours (IEC)
Sensitivity
- 101 dB half-space, 95 dB full space, 35 Hz - 100 Hz, 1 W, 1 m
Nominal Coverage
- Omnidirectional (100 Hz)
Transducers
- Two 15 inch (394 mm) high efficiency subwoofer drivers.
Weight
- 175 lbs (79.4 kg)
Overall Dimensions
- 40" W x 26" H x 25" D
* Calculated maximum peak SPL at 1 meter distance, half-space, speaker operating at rated RMS power with 6 dB crest factor pink noise input, 35 Hz - 100 Hz.
** Measured maximum RMS SPL referenced to 1 meter distance, loudspeaker operating at rated RMS power with 6 dB crest factor pink noise input, 35 Hz -100 Hz.
I'll take 4 for my small bass rig! Awesome design, I'll bet it blooms out around 25 feet away! I LOVE IT!!!:yes:
michaelhigh
mind's eye music
This is JBL at it's finest. This is true awesomeness. Did I mention how awesome the Paragon is? I have never heard one, I'd probably die and go to heaven to do so.
michaelhigh
mind's eye music
For 50 cents you get a can of soda and killer sound (hehe). These horn cabs just flat out look awesome.
michaelhigh
mind's eye music
Can't dig the Darth look. The force of this speak ain't with me, sadly.
michaelhigh
mind's eye music
michaelhigh
mind's eye music
Cost = $2,000,000 USD
The system, containing 4 separate dipole Subwoofers, (seen in the middle), made from a total of 40pcs of 15" woofers, followed by 1 dipole panel per channel, each containing 24pcs of 8" units, in turn followed by 2 full MF ribbon dipoles per channel plus one HF panel per channel, containing a total of 68 meters of true ribbons, has a sensitivity of +100dB/1W/1meter and can continously handle 15500W with +3dB headroom. A total of 31000 Watts, equalling 146dB SPL. The system comes complete with its own poweramplifiers to match.
This would be the bass guitar rig from he-doubletoothpicks.
marqueemoon
Gimme indie rock!
treserious
Post Punk Junkie
yep, I heard several pairs of MBL speakers at one of the trade fairs, they are quite something.
I've heard a couple of models of the MBLs at AK Fest. If I could afford them, I'd own them.
Yamahalic
Super Member
These are so cool...I wonder if the sound is "compressed"
I bet they can attain a high Sound "Pressure" Level
Probably the only speakers rated to withstand "depth" charges
I wonder how "deep" these can go?
Yamahalic
Super Member
My pleasure, except I did not get a lot of reponses for a while in this thread, then this week I realized I have been posting late at night PST, so my posts would not have been seen until the next day for many of you in earlier time zones. And, by the next day, my posts were way Way WAAAY back in the "New Posts" queue and might be missed by many...OOPS! :sigh: I posted a whole lot of cool designs over the past many months, hope you all get a chance to see them. :thmbsp:
I'll thank you also,but add that sometimes there is not much to be said.We enjoy your efforts. :thmbsp:
80sKid
Who You Calling A Kid?
I'm going to submit an uncharacteristic speaker for this collection. It's the complete opposite of the exotic speakers mostly featured here. It's a portable speaker system from Logitech, called MM28.
Why is it unique? Because it's as thin as speakers can be and still sound good. They're based on the the design concepts of NXT, who have a patent for "flat" speakers.
Sadly, the MM28 is now discontinued, but I acquired a few of them before they all disappeared.
They are the best sounding portable speakers I have ever encountered. And they are just so convenient, I can't help but love them. You can even run it from four AA cells (with remarkable battery life, too).
The only weakness is the poor stereo separation (that's what you get with the drivers 8" apart). But for the sake of sheer portability, I can live with that.
Why is it unique? Because it's as thin as speakers can be and still sound good. They're based on the the design concepts of NXT, who have a patent for "flat" speakers.
Sadly, the MM28 is now discontinued, but I acquired a few of them before they all disappeared.
They are the best sounding portable speakers I have ever encountered. And they are just so convenient, I can't help but love them. You can even run it from four AA cells (with remarkable battery life, too).
The only weakness is the poor stereo separation (that's what you get with the drivers 8" apart). But for the sake of sheer portability, I can live with that.
myu701
Vintage futurist
No way... that's just a spoof, right? Or if they're real, you'd expect that they must have some serious sound dampening material on the inside. Plain metal cabs would wreak all kinds of sonic havoc...
Yamahalic
Super Member
The Bone Phone
Those are cool, I was very interested a while back when I read about the NXT speakers, then awaited to see what might happen in the market with this tech. I wonder if some of these will make it into the new ultra flat screen TVs we are seeing around?
80's kid, your name plus these speakers triggered a long ago memory of another audio innovation I think about now and them, only I wish I bought some before they disappeared. As we are both "80's kids", do you remember the Bone Phone?
Just before the Sony Walkman, the concept worked by sending audio vibrations to the inner ear via the shoulders, neck and chest.
Reminds me of yet annother innovation for cars that would turn the front windshield into a tweeter (I forgot the name of this one...probably suffered from lack of high frequency separation for stereo sources).
Those are cool, I was very interested a while back when I read about the NXT speakers, then awaited to see what might happen in the market with this tech. I wonder if some of these will make it into the new ultra flat screen TVs we are seeing around?
80's kid, your name plus these speakers triggered a long ago memory of another audio innovation I think about now and them, only I wish I bought some before they disappeared. As we are both "80's kids", do you remember the Bone Phone?
Just before the Sony Walkman, the concept worked by sending audio vibrations to the inner ear via the shoulders, neck and chest.
Reminds me of yet annother innovation for cars that would turn the front windshield into a tweeter (I forgot the name of this one...probably suffered from lack of high frequency separation for stereo sources).
