Monday, March 06, 2006

Deafening Tech: The Biggest Subwoofer Ever Made


Image source: OhGizmo!


David Ponce writes over on OhGizmo!:

Liquefied innards anyone? Just stand next to Richard Clark and David Navone’s little creation when it’s on full steam: a 60inch subwoofer. Here’s some quick specs.

The cone moves 6 inches peak to peak under full-tilt output.

The actual cone diameter is 54 inches, with the 3 inch wide surround on the outside of that. The radiating surface area is 2,290 square inches. That yields a one way displacement of 6,871 cubic inches. That is equivalent to the displacement of 161 ten inch woofers that move 1.5 inches peak to peak.

The motor is capable of producing 6,000+ pounds of linear force, which is necessary when considering the very large surface area and displacement volume required to produce high SPL levels.

The woofer was designed with the capability to produce SPL levels of 188 dB.



2 Comments:

At Mon Oct 09, 01:38:00 PM PDT, Anonymous Anonymous said...

ok! were can i get one?.. .188Db that might be enough to fit my stereo (with a proper amp) :P

 
At Tue Feb 05, 09:56:00 PM PST, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I wonder how long it took to make this and i really am a freak for bass and ill do anything for bass, well more bass. my dream is to have this and 6 jackhammers. imagine the power itll take to make this whoofer and 6 jackhammers to push their hardest. thats crazy power.

 

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