BackBurner Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 The diet coke of extreme, as DR Evil might say. Let me introduce you to the kind of thinking that makes a purpose built listening room seem about as committed to the cause as lifting your amp off the carpet and putting it on the nearest table. First, mark out your area, say 23 x 28ft; spacious, but not excessively so. Now build the biggest sub in the world. Not out of MDF,but out of bricks and mortar.Under the floor.All of it. We're talking 2 sub horns sunk into a metre-deep "bass-ment", each with a length of 31ft and mouth area of 7sq ft, placed either side of a central compression chamber, driven by 16 18 inch bass drivers, eight per side . Add 600kg of reinforcement to the enclosure ( making a total enclosure weight of 720kg). That's the ten hertz at full power bass extention taken care of. Surround sound ? No problem. Assemble 32 impossibly esoteric,real wood, hand made,two-way horn loadspeakers, each weighing 23.5kg, and assign eight each ( in a special stacked and coupled configuration flanked by 7ft high exponential wood panels for extra efficiency) to the four main channels. Detail another 4 to center channel duties. Now put all the amplification - two 17 watt, zero feedback, push-pull valve amps ( bi-amped) for the main drivers, a 1.7 watt single ended tube amp for the high horns- into a hole in the ground decoupled from the rest of the room, connect everything with 1700ft of OFC cable, treat the walls in the usual way ( virtually anechoic at the back) and there you have it .!!! Not such a listening room as a highly efficient speaker system you can actually sit inside. A blueprint for audio insanity ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 So how the Hell am I supposed to listen in near field with that setup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banned Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 Sounds like the setup on the (Royal Device?) site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BackBurner Posted February 15, 2004 Author Share Posted February 15, 2004 Arggg !!!! Just had to be " open minded Dean " to respond first . I was waiting like a lion for it's pray !!! for the first non-believer to show up.lol ( just kidding ) A BLUEPRINT FOR AUDIO INSANITY ? " NO WAY " This room actually exists in italy !! A joint venture between Royal devise and speaker maker Alliante. Apart from it's frightening bass extension, overall efficiency is rated at 100db for 1 watt at 1 meter !! The system uses " no " crossovers or feedback, and claims to play at " real life " levels with no distortion on just a handfull of watts. My audio " mentor " told me about this system and now i'm on the hunt for pictures ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BackBurner Posted February 15, 2004 Author Share Posted February 15, 2004 ---------------- On 2/15/2004 7:34:05 PM HEPA TITUS wrote: Sounds like the setup on the (Royal Device?) site. ---------------- Whats the website address ?? I'd love to see more of this kit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike stehr Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 http://www.royaldevice.com/custom3.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just1n20 Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 those things are ridiculous and impractical. if you are going to spend that much money on a subwoofer alone it must be for bragging rights. someone has too much money and is not getting enough from a woman to build that in their house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 http://www.royaldevice.com/custom3.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dzapper Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 Just buy a Klipschorn and be done with it! Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyKubicki Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 Anyone experiencing problems in the WAF dept should show these pics to wife and explain she should be grateful you're not building one, that you have the little KHorns instead . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BackBurner Posted February 15, 2004 Author Share Posted February 15, 2004 Thanks for the link guy's . Thats just totaly insane !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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