oscarsear Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 I've never heard them or heard of them but indeed they do exist. Don't know how to post a link. Go to www.aaudioimports.com plow into Acapella speakers and locate the "Sphaeron Excalibur". At $325,000 per pair they damn well better fly, pick your nose, clean up runny dog poo and sound good doing it!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrWho Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 http://www.aaudioimports.com/store/ProductDetail.asp?catID=43&subCatID=1&productID=64 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscarsear Posted August 19, 2005 Author Share Posted August 19, 2005 Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrWho Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 aw heck, here's a pic too: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazytubepower Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 They weigh over 1000 pounds! Maybe colin should get them so his new girlfriend can't put them in the street! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunburnwilly Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 Good One ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrot Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 Darn! They're no good with SET either! The manufacturer recommends 15W minimum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anakin26 Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 No matter how good they sound, I wouldn´t pay 1 buck for their looks. Uglyyyyyyy. I´d rather haver Marylin Manson stand naked in the corner of my living room than those monsters. (The price might be the same though....) Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1BigBore Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 Is it just me, or do those big red horns look like they should be in a Dr.Seuss book? 1BB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Garrison Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 Did you guys check out the website for Acapella? One of the reasons they cost so much is the tweeter... "ACAPELLA ION TW 1S (Ionic Tweeter) The Acapella ion tweeter Ion TW 1 S is a perfected and sophisticated loudspeaker chassis, whose exceptional performance and qualities can only be enjoyed completely if used properly. It was designed to reproduce the harmonics of the music as detailed as possible. To reach this goal, a design with the smallest possible mass had to be developed. Relative to its function the Acapella ion tweeter has no mass! To carry out this project, a very unusual kind of design had to be created. High voltage within the unit produces a constant arc. This arc is modulated with the musical signal (flame oscillates with the time of the music). This is the reason why the number of electrons within the arc varies. A larger or smaller amount of electrons requires similar space. Due to this variable need of space the surrounding air molecules have to dodge the more or less quickly. This evasive action or bumping of the air molecules generates over-, resp. underpressure and, therefore, sound. In this way, the Acapella ion tweeter is able to reproduce sound without membrane and without mass Regarding transient capabilities and phase stiffness, the obtained sound quality cannot be realised by using conventional tweeters. Comparing the ion tweeter with other tweeter systems, its unobstrusive sound image will attract you. This kind of reproduction is to be attributed to the lack of harmonic and transient distortions." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 LOL it would be even better if they were bigger! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anakin26 Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 If you take out the ion tweeter you have darth vaders laser sword! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAKO Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 I can make them for you at half the price & still make a large proffet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dzapper Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 ---------------- On 8/19/2005 4:38:42 AM Parrot wrote: Darn! They're no good with SET either! The manufacturer recommends 15W minimum. ---------------- What cha talkin' 'bout? Haven't you ever heard of Parrallel SET? Two 300Bs in parrallel is 16 Watts. I would like to introduce to the world my latest invention, The Ionic Woofer: http://forums.klipsch.com/idealbb/files/ionicwoofer.jpg Yes Paul, it needs more power than SET can deliver. Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skonopa Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 To go along with those $325,000/pr speakers, make sure you also pick up thier $2,500 to $2,900 per meter cables. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piranha Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 How much is shipping? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KlipsDude Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 Wooooooooo, these foks are making some serious, but serious profits! I guess Billy Gates can say he is the very, but very few that can afford a set, that only the most Royal can beget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KlipsDude Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 Ummm, I'll take a pair of those, send it my way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KlipsDude Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 Does it come with a 30-day refund if you dont lik'em??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HornEd Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 Ray, it's great to see you are alive and, well, still indulging in the black art of engineering... Do you have any thoughts about http://www.royaldevice.com/custom.htm? I thought you might like to see the updated version of this big horn. Frankly it influenced my desire to build a big, smooth gunnite, subterranean horn subwoofer. I was a bit taken aback when I saw the numbers of this behemoth were a bit under what I now have with my custom SVS rig. Have any of our globe trotting Forum friends heard this beast? Tom V. of SVS fame offered to design his concept of an enormous, no holds barred, custom subwoofer for me... one that would need its own major space... maybe it's time I took him up on it. It's time we Klipschophiles took the Big Horn title back from the sheep! -HornEd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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