[atledreier]

AND...ya gotta love that big screen he or she got to go with that system...he he!
I REALLY REALLY REALLY love audio, but anyone in my area has my permission to commit me when I go that far (like I could...LOL) :dizzy:

All that kit, and he's got a rack of what? 30 CDs... Yeah, I bet they're not even his favourite music, just the usual 'audiophile' stuff...

You should have seen the reaction in my store when I cranked Rage against the machine on a pair of Original B&W Nautilus speakers. :wits-end: Those were incredible, though! Love them to bits! :clap:

 

[mrstampe]

Interesting subwoofer designs:


Rubik's Cube Sub with build thread

Deathstar Sub with build thread

Miller Lite Case Sub

Super Mario Bros Sub

Dodecasub

 

[Bob_99]

All these posts make me realize what a sheltered life I must be living. I have got to get out more and see some of these things and hopefully get to listen to some of them!

Bob

 

[Funkmonkey]

Seems like horns are always the most bizarre.
I recently saw some pics of a guy who had built some massive horns extending 50ft out of the side of his house, but can't find it again...

 

[Sonnie]

I saw that too, but not sure where. It was pretty amazing though.

 

[tc-60guy]

Greetings, The Mona Lisa, any Ferrari, a Rolls Royce, a P-51 Mustang or a $250,000 stereo system...... Except for the Mustang, I have no urge to own any of these things,and yet I'm glad they exist. Some of this "Bleeding edge of the art" gear pushes the envelope of what's possible in sound reproduction. In addition, the very best of these products are crafted by dedicated audio heads who are really jazzed up by what they're doing. I'm a strong believer in the trickle down theory when it comes to audio. A lot of these advances come down to a price level where us mere mortals can afford it. Snake oil and mirrors junk excluded, there is a lot of lust worthy gear out there!

 

[terry j]

Seems like horn are always the most bizarre.
I recently saw some pics of a guy who had built some massive horns extending 50ft out of the side of his house, but can't find it again...

is it this one??

http://www.soundsolutionsaudio.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=10834

 

[Funkmonkey]

Yep, Thats the one! :T

That is insane, and awesome at the same time. I want to hear it. By the looks of it that whole system is worth way more than the house!


Lots of amazing stuff out there.

 

[Sonnie]

Yeah... $300,000 worth. :raped:

 

[yourgrandma]

That takes the cake. Wild. How muck do you think he spent on cables to the compression drivers on the other end of the yard?:rolleyesno:

 

[tc-60guy]

General Vader, Your stereo is ready to be deployed!

 

[Sonnie]

No telling... a few thousand most likely.

 

[terry j]

regarding the '50 ft horns in the backyard', gee it would be a bit hard to fine tune them wouldn't it? better make sure all the sims are spot on, bit tricky to decide it needs to be shortened by a foot!!

 

[drf]

regarding the '50 ft horns in the backyard', gee it would be a bit hard to fine tune them wouldn't it? better make sure all the sims are spot on, bit tricky to decide it needs to be shortened by a foot!!

I was wondering something like that, it would be a major pain in the neck if he screwed up the mathes and ended up paying 300,000 for system with midrange distortion and holes in his FR.

 

[Ricci]

That 50ft horn system is crazy! I would love to hear that thing. Who knows it may not even sound that great:dontknow:. Those tube amps look awesome too(just not 20K awesome:rolleyesno, like some kind of Tesla contraption. What I want to know is... What is he using for compression drivers on the bass horn? Anybody know?

 

[JCD]

That 50ft horn system is crazy! I would love to hear that thing. Who knows it may not even sound that great:dontknow:. Those tube amps look awesome too(just not 20K awesome:rolleyesno, like some kind of Tesla contraption. What I want to know is... What is he using for compression drivers on the bass horn? Anybody know?

I saw a horn enthusiast/expert comment on that system... he said it would sound awful. For something that big, you'd have to have a room that was the size of a gymnasiasm -- something about how the wave form couldn't resolve itself in so small a place.

Sad to spend so much $$ AND not have it sound amazing.

JCD

 

[Funkmonkey]

Kind of like sitting right inside the horn. "Can't see the forest for the trees" comes to mind...

 

[Spuddy]

... sure does look cool though :daydream:

 

[Toby Jack]

Magico Ultimate II Speakers...definitely fits the weird category

 

[31Orcas]

Those Magico's are one of the few high-high-end speakers that actually look like they have really loud bass (basshead here).

Also, wayyy wayyy back in this thread, back at post #2, with those Stradavari's... those are some of the nicest looking speakers I've ever seen. Ever.