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Are there 36" speakers?
- Thread starter SuperSubSonicRainboom
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That's done with laser interferometry, it shows the resonances in the cone.
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the kinetic energy looks as if it's capable of virtually slingshot-ing the wave off the cone which would have no focus, as the sound was hurled off the peaks of those tsunamis. It wound sound like "a big globe" and have no definition between high's and low's time separation.
Our band's PA uses two 2400 watt powered 21" neo drivered subs, and they move a LOT of air.
From an old interview with John Paul Jones:
What were some of your early amplifiers?
I've used everything from a lousy made-up job, to a great huge top valve (tube) amp. We started off in a deal with Rickenbacker where we had these awful Rickenbacker amps; they were so bad. Our first tour was a shambles. For about a year I never even heard the bass. They said, We've designed this speaker cabinet for you, and I said, Let me see it, what's it got in it?' It had one 30 speaker! I said, All right, stand it up there alongside whatever else I've got, and I'll use it. I plugged it in, and in a matter of five seconds it blew up. I thought the bloke was having me on; I said, There's no such thing ads a 30 speaker! And I had to take the back off because I couldn't believe it. Then we met the guy from Univox, and he came up with a bass stack, which unfortunately didn't last the night. But while it was going, it was the most unbelievable sound I've ever heard. It was at the Nassau Coliseum in New York, I remember, and the bass filled the hall. It was so big, it couldn't have lasted. I don't think I'll come across anything that sounded like that. But as I said, three numbers and wheel the Acoustics out again. I used two or three 360 standard Acoustics for quite a long time. They served me well.
What were some of your early amplifiers?
I've used everything from a lousy made-up job, to a great huge top valve (tube) amp. We started off in a deal with Rickenbacker where we had these awful Rickenbacker amps; they were so bad. Our first tour was a shambles. For about a year I never even heard the bass. They said, We've designed this speaker cabinet for you, and I said, Let me see it, what's it got in it?' It had one 30 speaker! I said, All right, stand it up there alongside whatever else I've got, and I'll use it. I plugged it in, and in a matter of five seconds it blew up. I thought the bloke was having me on; I said, There's no such thing ads a 30 speaker! And I had to take the back off because I couldn't believe it. Then we met the guy from Univox, and he came up with a bass stack, which unfortunately didn't last the night. But while it was going, it was the most unbelievable sound I've ever heard. It was at the Nassau Coliseum in New York, I remember, and the bass filled the hall. It was so big, it couldn't have lasted. I don't think I'll come across anything that sounded like that. But as I said, three numbers and wheel the Acoustics out again. I used two or three 360 standard Acoustics for quite a long time. They served me well.
Cool video! Thanks for sharing that...I can't say for sure whether it was the same version or wasn't, since that was 30+ years ago. However, my very vague recollection was that it was even older than that, with a Big Band sound. Maybe this 1951 version?
