artto Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 At the Pilgrimage a few of us had an "after hours" chat with Trey Cannon. Trey mentioned he had suggested something to Klipsch marketing about Klipsch being a sponser with NHRA much like the Live Nation music theater partnership. Trey also told us about one of the Klipsch rigs he tested at one of the nearby drag strips. Well, a friend of mine drag races his 1970 Buick Grand National GS 455. Today he calls me from the US Route66 drag strip in Joliet, IL and tells me they are using Klipsch speaker systems. He said the sound was clear and distortion free and he could clearly hear what the announcer was saying as the cars sped by at full throttle. I think Trey may be onto something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhoak Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Well it's been a LOT of years but I used to attend the "Gatornationals" in Gainesville when I could. I have no idea what they were using for the PA system at that time but I can tell you that it purely sucked. I couldn't hear a D@MN thing that was being announced and we had "good" seats. Like they say "Any exposure is good exposure". If Klipsch can climb in to bed with the NHRA I can't see anything bad coming from it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 One of the best PA systems I ever heard was at the Philadelphia Airport somewhere around 1960's. The next best system was at the Balistic Missile Early Warning Site in Thule, Greenland in 1970. JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdog Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 The PA systems I have heard at national events have been very poor. Even if you did not need to be wearing ear plugs they would be lacking. That said I am pretty sure no PA on the planet could be heard over the sound of Top Fuel, Top Alcohol, or even the pro stock cars and if you could hear it it would destroy your ears in short order. Try to imagine speakers that could cut through a 150db. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davis419b Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Klipsch might be a little sensitive for drag racing. My grandaughter's Jr. Dragster warming up on the stand at idle is a whopping 122db ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 IMHO it would require a huge amount of multiple aimed speakers placed about 50 ft apart with a huge amount of power. Your talking maybe about 50 Cornwalls. JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davis419b Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 IMHO it would require a huge amount of multiple aimed speakers placed about 50 ft apart with a huge amount of power. Your talking maybe about 50 Cornwalls. JJK Or maybe just 26 904's ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Do they have speakers of the proper caliber? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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