Author Topic: BIG Subwoofer (Read 298 times)

paulman · « **on:** August 18, 2006, 07:31:19 AM »

Did anyone happen to catch Mythbusters this week?

The essentially made a diesel powered subwoofer in an attempt to blow the windows out of a car.

16hz at 163db. Take THAT Phil hee hee.

mikedm · « **Reply #1 on:** August 18, 2006, 08:01:26 AM »

My name is Mike and I'm a Mythbusters Junkie. What the diameter of that thing, four feet?

olieoliver · « **Reply #2 on:** August 18, 2006, 08:43:18 AM »

My name is Olie and I am an Alembiholic!

Did they succeed?

paulman · « **Reply #3 on:** August 18, 2006, 09:20:05 AM »

No they popped the sunroof out and it lost seal. It was really cool to see though.

paulman · « **Reply #4 on:** August 18, 2006, 09:28:31 AM »

Um what I mean to say, is the sunroof popped from the extreme pressure from the subwoofer, and it lost seal. Accept my pre-apologies for the ambiguity!

dadabass2001 · « **Reply #5 on:** August 18, 2006, 10:45:19 AM »

Mechanically linked to the driveshaft, It plays three tunes: 1st gear; 2nd gear; and 3rd

misquote of the day: I reject your Fender bass prejudice and substitute my Epic

I've seen an episode or two.
Mike

mikedm · « **Reply #6 on:** August 18, 2006, 11:44:51 AM »

it looked like an out of control trampoline with no one on it, quite the scary ride

olieoliver · « **Reply #7 on:** August 18, 2006, 12:42:10 PM »

I have a nephew with a Ford Aspire that has the rear seat removed and 4 15's and 2 18's in place of the rear seat. I've ssen him bounce around in it a few times.

gare · « **Reply #8 on:** August 18, 2006, 03:10:14 PM »

Isn't that a great show. Would that not be a good job to have ?

Bradley Young · « **Reply #9 on:** August 18, 2006, 06:02:01 PM »

163dB is some serious pressure, especially at 16Hz.

That would homogenize your internal organs, and you could really forget ever hearing again.

It would cause hearing damage even with a good pair of earmuffs.

Bradley

bigredbass · « **Reply #10 on:** August 18, 2006, 06:35:21 PM »

Want loud? The dB at the floor of Launch Complex 39A @ 00:01 in the take off of the Space Shuttle is around 250dB ! ! They routinely have to replace some of the 40ft-thick concrete pad after every launch.

J o e y

Bradley Young · « **Reply #11 on:** August 18, 2006, 11:43:42 PM »

Two hundred decibels will kill you. Two hundred fifty is just a stunning (literally and figuratively) amount of energy.

In the 60's NASA built plans for a rocket that basically detonated a series of nuc-u-lar (I've given up on trying to pronounce it properly!) bombs to put it in orbit.

Bang!

Bradley

bigredbass · « **Reply #12 on:** August 19, 2006, 06:48:33 PM »

Amazing to see John Meyer on 'MythBusters' for some of their audio-based experiments (the Brown Note, etc.).

J o e y

elwoodblue · « **Reply #13 on:** September 06, 2006, 07:05:18 PM »

that was the coolest thing I've seen in a while...it's diameter was 51,

...someone should post the vid (and add a soundtrack)...
If they had used a car w/out a sunroof ,
I wonder if they could of blown out the windows, I hear the old VW beetles had a tight seal.

crgaston · « **Reply #14 on:** September 06, 2006, 08:17:05 PM »

Is there room for a 51 speaker ANYWHERE inside a Beetle???