Giant Sub-Woofer

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @10:04AM from the crossing-the-line dept.

PuceBaboon sent us linkage to an amusing story about building a gigantic custom sub woofer. I was about to yawn until I looked at the pictures of them excavating a 60 cubic meter hole, and laying bricks. This one might be a little outside the realm of reasonable, but it's damn impressive.

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The "Biggest" (Score:3, Funny)

by winkydink ( 650484 ) * writes: <sv.dude@gmail.com> on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @10:05AM (#8779242) Homepage Journal

The question I have is, "why?" Is the guy making up for some other "shortcoming"?

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Oh my (Score:5, Funny)

by v_1_r_u_5 ( 462399 ) writes: on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @10:05AM (#8779244)

Howard Stern would have a field day with this puppy!

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drool... (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @10:05AM (#8779247)

Oh man.. that room with Motorhead's [imotorhead.com] Boneshaker DVD [amazon.com] and some Fort Garry Dark Ale [fortgarry.com].

All that'd be left are greasy, bloody smudges.

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Oh man... (Score:5, Funny)

by Hugh-know-who ( 716929 ) writes: on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @10:06AM (#8779256)

I can hardly wait for someone to put it in their car, and drive through my neighborhood at 3 am...

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Re:The "Biggest" (Score:5, Funny)

by rokzy ( 687636 ) writes: on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @10:07AM (#8779266)

yeah he was so upset he couldn't get a first post he decided to build this so he couldn't hear himself sobbing.

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Giant Subwoofer + Barry White Record (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @10:07AM (#8779267)

There in lies the secret to cold fusion

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Doc brown would be impressed (Score:1, Funny)

by plexxer ( 214589 ) writes: on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @10:07AM (#8779269)

*obligitory BTTF reference*

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Re:The "Biggest" (Score:5, Funny)

by grub ( 11606 ) writes: <slashdot@grub.net> on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @10:07AM (#8779271) Homepage Journal

I think so, but wouldn't it'd be cheaper to just buy an SUV?

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Dare I ask (Score:3, Funny)

by Illserve ( 56215 ) writes: on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @10:08AM (#8779275)

What those apparently puddles of yellowish brown liquid in the pics near the bottom are? Just how powerful is this thing anyway?

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Old News (Score:5, Funny)

by somethinghollow ( 530478 ) writes: on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @10:08AM (#8779277) Homepage Journal

This MUST be old news. From the looks of the shwank pad, it must be the 70s. This is where pot will get you. Making giant subwoofers. Oh wait... pot will get you sleeping on the couch or laughing about things that aren't funny.

Nevermind.

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Biggest? (Score:2, Funny)

by mal3 ( 59208 ) writes: on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @10:09AM (#8779283)

Is this really the biggest? I heard somewhere Larry Ellison had an inground pool in his basement that he had turned into a subwoofer.

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In related news... (Score:5, Funny)

by ravind ( 701403 ) writes: on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @10:11AM (#8779298)

...scientists are predicting Southern California could be in for a major earthquake [kutv.com] this spring or summer.

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Disaster Area scheduled to appear (Score:5, Funny)

by CarrionBird ( 589738 ) writes: on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @10:11AM (#8779299) Journal

Hotblack quated as saying, "You call that a woofer??"

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Obviously they're just... (Score:2, Funny)

by clickety6 ( 141178 ) writes: on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @10:11AM (#8779307)

...setting up for a "Disaster Area" gig!

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Obligatory Spinal Tap reference... (Score:5, Funny)

by bennomatic ( 691188 ) writes: on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @10:12AM (#8779315) Homepage

The main question is, does it go to eleven?

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Re:Dare I ask (Score:5, Funny)

by RetroGeek ( 206522 ) writes: on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @10:12AM (#8779318) Homepage

What those apparently puddles of yellowish brown liquid in the pics near the bottom are?

ear wax

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questions, questions... (Score:4, Funny)

by whathappenedtomonday ( 581634 ) writes: on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @10:14AM (#8779338) Journal

everybody's asking "what sense does it make" - i have a different question:
where do i plug in my guit?!
this is awesome. really, incredibly oversized and inappropriate - but absolutely awesome.

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Re:Giant Subwoofer + Barry White Record (Score:2, Funny)

by youngerpants ( 255314 ) writes: on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @10:15AM (#8779346)

Its also a way to save the snakes from snake-bashing day

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How about... (Score:5, Funny)

by Stavr0 ( 35032 ) writes: on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @10:17AM (#8779359) Homepage Journal

A giant subwoofer made with a wooden speaker cone soaked in sake [slashdot.org]?

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Re:Audiophile (Score:3, Funny)

by valis ( 947 ) writes: on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @10:17AM (#8779362) Homepage

> As an audiophile myself ...
> I have competed in IIASCA sound competitions

You seem to be contradicting yourself.

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Mod me down if you must (Score:5, Funny)

by Kulaid982 ( 704089 ) writes: on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @10:17AM (#8779367)

All your BASS are belong to us

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Officer? (Score:5, Funny)

by Himring ( 646324 ) writes: on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @10:19AM (#8779389) Homepage Journal

Speaker guy: Is there a problem officer?

Policeman: The neighbors are throwing up. Can you please turn down your gigantic, crater-filling sub-woofer?

Speaker guy: Huh?

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Re:Disaster Area scheduled to appear (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @10:21AM (#8779413)

Depends whether he's still spending time dead for tax purposes.
(Trivia fact - Hotblack Desiato is genuinely the name of a London real estate agency [hotblackdesiato.co.uk] near where DNA lived.)

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Meanwhile in the afterlife... (Score:3, Funny)

by Trikenstein ( 571493 ) writes: on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @10:23AM (#8779436)

the standing waveform that was once Nikola Tesla makes the harmonic that now passes as its smile.

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Hotblack (Score:5, Funny)

by thorgil ( 455385 ) writes: on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @10:23AM (#8779439) Homepage

I've heard Hotblack Desiato used a black hole as a subwoofer at the galaxy twist gig next saturday.

Fans whom have will heard it claims:

-It really rocked!

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Oh Joy! (Score:3, Funny)

by Virtex ( 2914 ) writes: on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @10:26AM (#8779454)

The neighbors must be thrilled!

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Re:The "Biggest" (Score:5, Funny)

by Lev13than ( 581686 ) writes: on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @10:30AM (#8779483) Homepage

these guys build custom home cinema installations so this was either for a client or I think their own demo to show off what they can do....

I'm still not convinced. Does anyone have an .mp3 recording of the room? I want to hear the difference between that setup and my laptop's speakers.

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Re:Dare I ask (Score:5, Funny)

by Diamon ( 13013 ) writes: on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @10:33AM (#8779515)

What's the first thing do you do with a subwolfer that size? Why play the brown noise (that certain frequency that causes someone to lose bowel control and crap their pants [tvtome.com]) of course.

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Take a five point penalty (Score:3, Funny)

by cprincipe ( 100684 ) writes: on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @10:35AM (#8779525) Homepage

For having the gigantic subwoofer and having mandolin music on the giant TV screen.

A far better screenshot would have been "Apocalypse Now" or even a "Quake" game.

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Re:Oh man... (Score:5, Funny)

by Inuchance ( 559556 ) writes: <inu@inuRABBITchance.net minus herbivore> on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @10:43AM (#8779631) Journal

Given the size of this subwoofer, I'd imagine you'd put the car in the subwoofer! (Especially in soviet russia)

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Re:Mod me down if you must (Score:2, Funny)

by ultrasound ( 472511 ) writes: on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @10:45AM (#8779651)

Is that a geek fishing joke? Maybe they would appreciate it here [go.com]?

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Re:Giant Subwoofer + Barry White Record (Score:5, Funny)

by Paulrothrock ( 685079 ) writes: on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @10:57AM (#8779795) Homepage Journal

<Barry>Baby, I know you been hydrogen waaay too long. You been yearning for a change. Come on over here baby, and fuse with me, make me a whole helluva lot of helium. It's what I need, baby</Barry>

Que funkalicious bass line...

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Re:Disaster Area scheduled to appear (Score:5, Funny)

by Analogy Man ( 601298 ) writes: on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @11:00AM (#8779827)

I was surprised to see how far I needed to scroll down the posts before the first HHGuide reference.
When I first saw the concrete work, I thought it was the bunker for the listeners and the woofer would be in a seperate facility.

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They hate it when... (Score:2, Funny)

by kabocox ( 199019 ) writes: on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @11:10AM (#8779934)

folks like me walk in and say that I can't hear anything different from my $30 walkman.

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We called it "A Bong" (Score:3, Funny)

by da5idnetlimit.com ( 410908 ) writes: on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @11:17AM (#8780009) Journal

and you wern't limited to sake, either 8)

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Re:shame video didn't get the same attention (Score:5, Funny)

by Chairboy ( 88841 ) writes: on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @11:20AM (#8780047) Homepage

Make sure you run only quality Monster brand optical digital cables. I have it on good authority from the guy at Circuit City that if you aren't using Monster, the actual bits for the data stream have little jags on them that true audiophiles can hear.

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Re:How will an MP3 recording help? (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @11:25AM (#8780083)

To you, humor is just something that other people experience, isn't it?

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Now that we have our giant subwoofer.... (Score:3, Funny)

by Fizzlewhiff ( 256410 ) writes: <.moc.liamtoh. .ta. .nonnahsffej.> on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @11:29AM (#8780135) Homepage

Let's break out the mandolin. I don't think the mandolin is the best thing to test out the bass with. Maybe if they were building a giant tweeter.

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That reminds me... (Score:3, Funny)

by JasonMaggini ( 190142 ) writes: on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @11:37AM (#8780233)

Marty, you might not want to hook up to the amplifier. There's a slight possibility of overload.

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Re:The "Biggest" (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @11:37AM (#8780235)

I enjoy visiting my audiophile friends and casually mentioning that whatever song is playing sounds a little clipped in the high end.

Then I go hit on the wife while the guy spends an hour fiddling with the dials and sliders.

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Re:Blown Speaker? (Score:4, Funny)

by mahler3 ( 577336 ) writes: on Tuesday April 06, 2004 @11:39AM (#8780262)

Anyway if you had looked at the pictures, the speakers are easily accessed through a removable floor panel.
If nothing else, the output grates certainly don't weigh a ton. Just remove one, and send your buddy crawling down the horn with a flashlight and screwdriver to replace the blown cone. Oh, and promise him that you won't fire the system up while he's down there. ;-)

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The "Biggest" (Score:3, Funny)

Oh my (Score:5, Funny)

drool... (Score:5, Funny)

Oh man... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:The "Biggest" (Score:5, Funny)

Giant Subwoofer + Barry White Record (Score:5, Funny)

Doc brown would be impressed (Score:1, Funny)

Re:The "Biggest" (Score:5, Funny)

Dare I ask (Score:3, Funny)

Old News (Score:5, Funny)

Biggest? (Score:2, Funny)

In related news... (Score:5, Funny)

Disaster Area scheduled to appear (Score:5, Funny)

Obviously they're just... (Score:2, Funny)

Obligatory Spinal Tap reference... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Dare I ask (Score:5, Funny)

questions, questions... (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Giant Subwoofer + Barry White Record (Score:2, Funny)

How about... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Audiophile (Score:3, Funny)

Mod me down if you must (Score:5, Funny)

Officer? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Disaster Area scheduled to appear (Score:1, Funny)

Meanwhile in the afterlife... (Score:3, Funny)

Hotblack (Score:5, Funny)

Oh Joy! (Score:3, Funny)

Re:The "Biggest" (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Dare I ask (Score:5, Funny)

Take a five point penalty (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Oh man... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Mod me down if you must (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Giant Subwoofer + Barry White Record (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Disaster Area scheduled to appear (Score:5, Funny)

They hate it when... (Score:2, Funny)

We called it "A Bong" (Score:3, Funny)

Re:shame video didn't get the same attention (Score:5, Funny)

Re:How will an MP3 recording help? (Score:1, Funny)

Now that we have our giant subwoofer.... (Score:3, Funny)

That reminds me... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:The "Biggest" (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Blown Speaker? (Score:4, Funny)

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