picky Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Check this out from the "Great White North": Last year, some Michigan Tech students fancied a 20,000 watt horn system our of SNOW! That's right, I said SNOW! Sorry if this has been posted here before, but this is the first time I've seen it. Amazing. I wonder how it sounded.....other than L-O-U-D! http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/14/michigan-tech-students-craft-20-000-watt-snow-horn/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seti Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Bet that is a coool sounding horn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 I'm afraid the success of this research could have a chilling effect on the audio industry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picky Posted July 22, 2009 Author Share Posted July 22, 2009 I'll bet the sound is so-o good that it will run chills up your spine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 That will really piss my wife off when I swap out the Jubilees for 5 of those in her basement... Hmm... with 5 dogs, perhaps I would end up with yellow speakers? imagine! [&] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest larouchea Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 This is actually not the first horn constructed by the Michigan Tech Chapter of the Audio Engineering Society. As former President of the MTU chapter I can assure you that this horn is always a major task for the group. They spend about one Month constructing the horn in their free time between classes and in the evenings. Actually, the first snow horn we created was back in 2000 I believe. I was President at the time and we wanted to do something to boost our enrollment in the student chapter. There was quite a response. We played the horn all night during the Winter Carnival "All Nighter" Party. Literally we played the system from 8pm until about 8am. We had complaints and praises from up to a half mile away. We did gain some great support for our student organization. It was such a success that the chapter has constructed some version of the horn each Winter Carnival since that year. The configuration changes each year but the spirit remains the same. High SPL with low input. YEA HORNS!!! Andre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picky Posted July 23, 2009 Author Share Posted July 23, 2009 Hello, Andre: Do you remember who made the drivers for the horn back in 2000 and how did it sound? Great story: thanks for sharing! -Glenn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picky Posted July 23, 2009 Author Share Posted July 23, 2009 Here's some other attempts at wild horns and other things.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picky Posted July 23, 2009 Author Share Posted July 23, 2009 A snow woofer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picky Posted July 23, 2009 Author Share Posted July 23, 2009 A 140 db truck-mounted. compressed airhorn.... Can you say "R-I-C-K-O-L-A !"? LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picky Posted July 23, 2009 Author Share Posted July 23, 2009 A 180 db truck-mounted subwoofer from MTX.... 3 in. excursion peak-to-peak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picky Posted July 23, 2009 Author Share Posted July 23, 2009 Maybe, an early boombox on its way to Woodstock? LOL "Groovy, baby! Do I make your horny?" LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Perhaps that was Roy's inspiration for the K402? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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