Re: [TCML] Speakers - was: Terry filters (speaker/motor load modeling)

[Bill Lemieux <gomezaddams@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 2, 2008, at 9:44 PM, David Rieben wrote:

> ----- Original Message ----- From: <FIFTYGUY@xxxxxxx>
> To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 5:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [TCML] Speakers - was: Terry filters (speaker/motor  
> load modeling)
> > > Sorry to get a little OT here, but has anyone else heard this   
> > > "story"?
> >
> >
> >   Well, now that I typed all this, I figured we might  as well find  
> > out.
> > I'm just dumb enough to try something like this, and in a  position  
> > to do so:
> >   I just took a single 901 speaker, Series V, 1983  vintage,  
> > downstairs to
> > the garage. Donned safety goggles and *earmuffs*. I  plugged it  
> > directly into
> > the wall. No ballast, no variac, no switch, no nothing!  Twice in a  
> > row for
> > five seconds each time. No smoke, no smell, and a good clean  60 Hz  
> > sound with
> > no indications of clipping. Lights dimmed very significantly.  VERY  
> > loud. My
> > wife upstairs said it vibrated the whole house.

Wow, Phil, that is DELIGHTFUL!  I was never a big fan of the 901  
"sound", but I
admire bullet-proof stuff.

- G.

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