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  • Klayfish

    Dec. 13, 2011 10:18 a.m. Klayfish HalfDork

    And I always thought they used the Astro van for these things...

    Guess it's a generational thing, I don't get it. Strip all the electronics crap out of it, then we'll talk...

    http://allentown.craigslist.org/cto/2723975699.html

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  • BBsGarage

    Dec. 13, 2011 10:20 a.m. BBsGarage HalfDork

    Ours goes to eleven.

    No mention of price.

  • mad_machine

    Dec. 13, 2011 10:59 a.m. mad_machine SuperDork

    turn the speakers around and use for propulsion

  • Giant Purple Snorklewacker

    Dec. 13, 2011 11:01 a.m. Giant Purple Snorklewacker SuperDork

    He is probably typing so loud because he damaged his hearing.

  • Jay_W

    Dec. 13, 2011 11:09 a.m. Jay_W Dork

    What?

  • 44Dwarf

    Dec. 13, 2011 11:18 a.m. 44Dwarf Dork

    Can it even move under it's own power with all that weight? 10 batteries can't be light....

  • ST_ZX2

    Dec. 13, 2011 11:18 a.m. ST_ZX2 HalfDork

    Just because you can do something does not mean that you should do something. Why on earth would you start out with a more fitting platform for this sonic monstrosity?

  • ransom

    Dec. 13, 2011 11:37 a.m. ransom Dork

    Kill it with fire! Now and a lot!

    I thought we were done with stereo competitions? Like, years and years ago?

  • Tyler H

    Dec. 13, 2011 11:39 a.m. Tyler H Dork

    This is the dumbest thing I've seen on the internet today.

  • dean1484

    Dec. 13, 2011 12:15 p.m. dean1484 SuperDork

    BBsGarage wrote:

    Ours goes to eleven.

    No mention of price.

    10K in the title of the add if I read it corectly.

  • Dec. 13, 2011 12:16 p.m. z31maniac SuperDork

    ST_ZX2 wrote:

    Just because you can do something does not mean that you should do something. Why on earth would you start out with a more fitting platform for this sonic monstrosity?

    I'm guessing you mean "why on earth wouldn't you" and it's easy.

    Small interior volume good for SPL and it's cheap and disposable since you're basically making it worthless as a "car."

  • Appleseed

    Dec. 13, 2011 1:10 p.m. Appleseed SuperDork

    Point them down and make it hover.

  • Giant Purple Snorklewacker

    Dec. 13, 2011 2:01 p.m. Giant Purple Snorklewacker SuperDork

    z31maniac wrote:

    ST_ZX2 wrote:

    Just because you can do something does not mean that you should do something. Why on earth would you start out with a more fitting platform for this sonic monstrosity?

    I'm guessing you mean "why on earth wouldn't you" and it's easy.

    Small interior volume good for SPL and it's cheap and disposable since you're basically making it worthless as a "car."

    Adding wheels to a safe or vault would do the trick. Bonus if you can design it to a particular resonant frequency.

  • Alan Cesar

    Dec. 13, 2011 4:18 p.m. Alan Cesar Associate Editor

    It's not a generational thing, it's a cultural thing. I don't know how big sound competitions are today, but This American Life did a segment on it back in 2004. Top-level competitors often fill body panels with cement and do other crazy things.

    It's more an engineering feat than anything else. These cars aren't meant to be driven more than the required 50 feet or so. It's purely academic, or for bragging rights. Anything that doesn't go toward meeting the mission is stripped out.

    Road racers take the same approach. Race cars are meant to go fast, but have no stereos at all. It's a competition to build a car to a singular purpose.

    It was re-aired a few weekends ago. Interesting stuff to nerd out over. Listen to the story here: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/play_full.php?play=279&act=1

 
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