The World's Largest Subwoofer Wants to Kill You

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It's been a while now since we first wrote about the Danley Sound Labs Matterhorn. The Matterhorn is considered to be the "World's Largest Subwoofer" and was designed for the military who would presumably use it as some sort of weapon. In the video below portions of the Matterhorn build are shown and Tom Danley also mentions other possible applications, such as an avalanche control device or to reproduce the sound signature of tornadoes. I'd like one just to watch Master and Commander a couple times for life like cannon blasts.

Video and more info after the jump.




Taken from our original article on the Matterhorn:
At the request of a military customer, Danley Sound Labs has created an absolute behemoth of bass. Using a steel cargo container they constructed "The Matterhorn" using 40 subwoofers and amplifiers producing 40 kilowatts of power.

Specification is -3dB @ 12 Hz and flat from 15-80 Hz. It will do 105 dB @ 250 meters.

- x40 Subwoofers
- x40 1,000 Watt amplifiers
- 20' x 8' x 8' Cargo container
- 53 Sheets 4' x 8' 18mm 13 ply Baltic Birch plywood
- 645 feet of 3" x 3" 1/4" angle iron
- 23 feet of 4" x 4" square steel tubing
- 39 feet of 1" x 1" X 1/4" angle iron
- 23 lbs of .030 welding wire
- 95 Tubes of heavy duty construction adhesive
- 1100 feet of 12 Gauge speaker cable
- Approx. 5000 screws and bolts
- $200 worth drill bits


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