[geeks] Speaker Stands and Keyboards

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Lionel Peterson wrote:
> On Jun 17, 2009, at 11:53 AM, Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>
>> I just picked up a Sunfire True Sub about a week ago, but I've sold it 
>> for way more than what I paid for it.  I'll see if I can get another 
>> (or a high-end Velodyne, or a multi-driver MartinLogan).  It would be 
>> a significant step up in bass reproduction over the Klipsch and Energy 
>> subs I'm using now.  (Going from a pair of $500 subs to one or more 
>> $3000 subs has that effect.)
> 
> I remember visting a speaker component shop in Rochester about 20 years 
> ago, and the woman there was working on a 15-18" subwoofer, with a voice 
> coil that had the same diameter as a large peanut can (maybe 5-6" 
> across) - we asked her about the speaker and she said (repeatedly) that 
> it was not for sale, though we never asked about price...
> 
> It was an awfully big speaker!

Sounds like a Velodyne HGS-series, but older.

Peace...  Sridhar