MythBusters: Shattering Subwoofer
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Printed Date: May 09, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Topic: MythBusters: Shattering Subwoofer
Posted By: luckydevil
Subject: MythBusters: Shattering Subwoofer
Date Posted: August 04, 2006 at 2:05 AM
They finally released the air dates for the episode.
https://dsc.discovery.com/tvlistings/episode.jsp?episode=58&cpi=25032&gid=0&channel=DSC
Shattering Subwoofer
On this episode the guys ask, can a car stereo destroy a car with just sound? Adam and Jamie pump up the bass to find out. And the Tory, Kari, and Grant hit the road to take on two tall tales from down under.
AUG 16 2006
@ 09:00 PM
AUG 17 2006
@ 01:00 AM
AUG 20 2006
@ 01:00 PM
AUG 27 2006
@ 08:00 PM
AUG 28 2006
@ 12:00 AM
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Posted By: jlord16
Date Posted: August 04, 2006 at 3:16 AM
it wont b in australia till much later  ------------- Clarion DB36MP
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Posted By: outtaluck72
Date Posted: August 04, 2006 at 7:29 AM
this is the episode they filmed at the Spring Break Nationals in Daytona Beach this past March if I'm not mistaken.
Posted By: coppellstereo
Date Posted: August 04, 2006 at 11:59 AM
sweet!
I'm excited about next wednesday's episode, its about mentos and coke. Have you guys seen the online clip where some guys recreate the fountain at Belagio?
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Posted By: luckydevil
Date Posted: August 04, 2006 at 12:08 PM
I had to go search for the video. That's some crazy stuff.
https://eepybird.com/dcm1.html
<- adds diet coke and mentos to shopping list
Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: August 04, 2006 at 1:42 PM
I love those guys! Adam is my hero! My wife has a thing for Jamie... What're ya gonna do?
When I grow up, I wanna be a myth-tern! (OK, not really, but still...)
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It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."
Posted By: luckydevil
Date Posted: August 16, 2006 at 9:51 AM
Just a reminder, this episode is on tonight.
Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: August 16, 2006 at 9:55 AM
Already got my DVR set to get it... Starting early, finishing late, JUST so I can edit out the commercials, and save it on DVD! OK, so I'm AR about things like this, but hey... I'm haemphyst! LOL
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It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."
Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: August 16, 2006 at 9:55 AM
Already got my DVR set to get it... Starting early, finishing late, JUST so I can edit out the commercials, and save it on DVD! OK, so I'm AR about things like this, but hey... I'm haemphyst! LOL
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It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."
Posted By: luckydevil
Date Posted: August 16, 2006 at 10:14 AM
Hahaha, I hear ya man. I've been waiting for this damn episode for two months so it better be good.
Posted By: fosgate152ohm
Date Posted: August 16, 2006 at 8:53 PM
MTX jackhammer aint got crap on the 51 inch metal thing lol
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Posted By: killer sonata
Date Posted: August 16, 2006 at 9:21 PM
"weve got 3 melodies.... its called first gear second gear and third gear."
Too bad they were only able to test first gear. I am quite impressed with their numbers though. 161DBs at 16Hz. Thats pretty crazy. The high speed footage of the woofer though was hilarious. That woofer was way off balance. lol. I did like the idea of a diesel powered woofer though. Quite creative.
Posted By: luckydevil
Date Posted: August 16, 2006 at 10:43 PM
fosgate152ohm wrote:
MTX jackhammer aint got crap on the 51 inch metal thing lol
What the hell was that cone, a salad bowl???
Hahaha.
Posted By: killer sonata
Date Posted: August 16, 2006 at 11:08 PM
you mean the dust cap? i think it was a big mixing bowl or some sort of kitchen bowl.
Posted By: cloak559
Date Posted: August 16, 2006 at 11:53 PM
what I dont understand is why they think they needed a dust cap....there was no voice coil!
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(2)RE Audio SX 10"s
(1)US Amps MD3D
3ft^3 @ 37Hz
Blowing up in a car accident doesnt worry me, as long as I'm putting out some major dB's when I die...
Posted By: Markland556
Date Posted: August 17, 2006 at 1:34 AM
LOL, i just watched it. I thought it did alot worst then it actually did. They should have just bought a jackhammer. LOL But that sun roof was going crazy. I think they could have dont better..
Posted By: jeffchilcott
Date Posted: August 17, 2006 at 7:12 AM
That was really a truly amazing score.....I have only seen a handfull of 150's done in the 30hz range....and I have never seen anyone try to accomplish a score at 16hz!
wow if these guys would have tuned to the resonant frequency of the vehicle, it would have been really scary.
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Posted By: killer sonata
Date Posted: August 17, 2006 at 8:33 AM
Markland556 wrote:
They should have just bought a jackhammer.
Why do you guys keep on insisting that the jackhammer is the most impressive sub ever? Most impressive PRODUCTION sub, maybe! I would be my life that a jackhammer would never do 161db at 16Hz
Posted By: Flakman
Date Posted: August 17, 2006 at 10:59 AM
Very impressive considering how much they probably lost due to the uneven excursion. If they could have made the excursion more even throughout the stroke, they could have blown away the 161 mark. They spent a decent amount of time showcasing the car audio show. It was some good pub. ------------- The Flakman
I feel strange. I have deja vu and amnesia at the same time.
John | Manteca, CA
Posted By: Aruman
Date Posted: August 17, 2006 at 3:39 PM
Posted By: kirktcashalini
Date Posted: August 17, 2006 at 5:35 PM
You guys seriously ALL need to email them and tell them about tuning it to a higher hz and everything. If you notice, they ALWAYS revis the myths that they get alot of emails about!!! and i want a part 2, that would kick so much ass i want a diesel sub!
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99 Blazer LT. Yellow Top. Big 3. Infinity Kappa Speakers All Around. Jensen CD/DVD flip out. 2 Infinity Kappa Perfect 12DVQs powered by a Alpine PDX600.1 (in one custom box, building a FG box)
Posted By: luckydevil
Date Posted: August 17, 2006 at 9:35 PM
If they had reached 2nd and 3rd gear would it still have been 16Hz with just more output, or would they have reached a higher frequency?
Posted By: killer sonata
Date Posted: August 17, 2006 at 9:44 PM
yeah ok kirk. And how would you go about tuning something like that hmmmmm? lol. Like they said in the show, Hz is the amount of sine waves per socond. If they were able to reach second or third gear, the Hz reached would have been much higher.
Posted By: sprawl85
Date Posted: August 17, 2006 at 9:48 PM
it would have reached a higher freq because the drivetrain would have been spinning faster. Still 161 db at 14 hz or whatever it was is loving amazing. Too bad that sunroof busted out, I wanted to see some shattered windows damn it.
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Posted By: killer sonata
Date Posted: August 17, 2006 at 11:56 PM
the sunroof only busted because the cone hit it. You can see it in the high speed footage.
Posted By: bdl666
Date Posted: August 18, 2006 at 7:20 AM
If they revisit the myth they need to add a spider to their woofer. That will prevent all the wobbling the woofer was doing.
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Posted By: Silvrefox
Date Posted: August 18, 2006 at 9:28 PM
My understanding is that they were trying to prove or disprove that spl from a subwoofer arrangement could blow out a windshield. If you ask me, you throw in 30 10" subs in a similar wall like they did by taking out the seats to maximize the area for airspace, build and actual enclosure, don't use a car with a sunroof and power the crap out of it and I bet you could blow out or flat out break out a window. Just my 2 cents...
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Posted By: killer sonata
Date Posted: August 18, 2006 at 10:18 PM
im sure that idea would work silvrefox, but the whole reason why they went with the diesel powered sub is so they didnt have to mess with a crapload of amps and batteries. All they really needed to do was build their woofer stronger and make it slide up and down perfectly straight and they would havve been able to get into atleast 2nd gear. That would have allowed them to produce more SPL at higher freqz which would definitely have busted the windows.
Posted By: integratyper934
Date Posted: August 19, 2006 at 12:04 AM
that epidsode was better than the brown note episode!
Posted By: kirktcashalini
Date Posted: August 19, 2006 at 9:41 AM
wtf, i missed the brown note episode, what happened? I had a physics teacher who told me the whols story of the professor at i forget what college, who supposidly discovered the brown note. I was told there was a patent/trademark on it that is almost up, and it could be used for science and hospitals and such.
no clue, but what happened on the episode
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99 Blazer LT. Yellow Top. Big 3. Infinity Kappa Speakers All Around. Jensen CD/DVD flip out. 2 Infinity Kappa Perfect 12DVQs powered by a Alpine PDX600.1 (in one custom box, building a FG box)
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