From Speaker Boxes to Boomboxes

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Two Kings meet: the M90 and a speaker box from King Tubby's legendary Hometown Hi-Fi sound system:
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The 935 in front of my friend's 40,000 watt sound system stack:
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restocat

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AE_Stereo said:
Do not keep the M90 there. It will fall over with the first beat!
Right, even with the M90 unplugged, those M90 speakers would be moving like they never moved before.
 

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These are "Houses of Joy" AKA sound system speaker boxes. The speaker boxes behind the M90 are from 1970s-1980s Jamaican sound systems including one run by legendary dub reggae producer King Tubby. :cool: :drool: :thumbsup:

The speaker stack behind the 935 is from the Dub Siren sound system based in Los Angeles. I erroneously stated that it is a 40,000 watt system; it is a 14,000 watt system which requires three separate circuits to run. :w00t:

You can read more about sound system culture here.

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BoomboxLover48

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AE_Stereo said:
Do not keep the M90 there. It will fall over with the first beat!
I think the sound pressure might kill the M90 speakers.

They will act like microphones and have no idea that might do to the internal circuits.

I've cracked 2 windows when my home theatre volume was barely 1/3rd (peak 2500Watts power).
 

Cpl-Chronic

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Two Kings meet: the M90 and a speaker box from King Tubby's legendary Hometown Hi-Fi sound system:
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two-kings-bbxc.jpg

The 935 in front of my friend's 40,000 watt sound system stack:
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lasonic-935-dub-siren-sonos-studio-bbxc.jpg

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AWESOME!!! Horn loaded woofers have the best sound & can be 5 times as efficient as regular woofer cabinets. Cleaner transients & more acoustic power out per watt in are reasons I LOVE horn loaded sound systems & King Tubby & his comrades of the DUB scene knew this & that is why they lugged around such complicated, heavy & HUGE cabinets. I was a roadie for 2 years & the 'W' horns they had at my work were the cleanest sounding bass cabinets I've ever heard, except of course the might Klipsh Corner Horns.

Nice pics BTW...


Cheers,
Cpl
 
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