http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/ Engadget Comments for Austrians build concrete cast 5.1 speaker set http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/Jan 23rd 2007 9:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/
I also think that the feet of the sub looks sorta dangerous/painful with that block of concrete on it...

Also, I am pretty sure that a concrete casing won't help the midrange speakers... The sub maybe, but not the satellites.]]>Jan 23rd 2007 9:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/Jan 24th 2007 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/Jan 23rd 2007 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/Jan 23rd 2007 9:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/Jan 23rd 2007 9:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/
Karl]]>Jan 23rd 2007 10:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/There are companies that make speakers out of marble (both synthetic and natural) they have practically 0 cabinet vibration.


Bose does NOT make good audio products WHATSOEVER. They make very poor, very gimmicky, very slickly marketed crap. There is NOTHING special about ANYTHING they make at all. ]]>Jan 23rd 2007 10:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/Jan 23rd 2007 10:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/
MR. BOSE probably got his start by selling his speakers out of the back of a WHITE VAN.]]>Jan 24th 2007 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/Jan 23rd 2007 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/]]>Jan 23rd 2007 10:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/Jan 23rd 2007 11:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/soopoib sound.]]>Jan 23rd 2007 11:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/Jan 23rd 2007 11:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/
Still wish I'd bought it back then from One Off in London. It's estimated at $30k now. Oh well.]]>Jan 23rd 2007 11:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/http://tinyurl.com/3666j8 )

Kudos to this DIYer, my hat goes off to him for some innovation in the world of acoustics. Oh, and pyro, those scary spike-feet are pretty traditional subwoofer mounts, they are meant to transfer as much vibration as possible into the floor instead of resonating the cabinet. (though with a concrete enclosure and a relatively small driver I think that might be a little overkill, nothing wrong with that though)]]>Jan 24th 2007 1:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/
They are painted in a high gloss white, and the closest they resemble is a pair of submarime pericscope, poking out of the floor. Each speaker is about 3' tall and weighs in at about 80 lbs (hence, you do not move too often). Dual woofers and a tweeter, all on a cement/conrete baffle where the "optics" are found on a periscope.

And, no I have not had any troubles with them ending up just as a pile of powder. Assume they are the cement is poured over a "shape" with chickenwire before they are "cast" and the speakers get the final shape.]]>Jan 24th 2007 1:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/
I have a set of speakers from Green Mountain Audio that are cast in marble...it's actually a cool process and I had the privilege of watching Roy and his crew make their magic while I was going to school in Colorado. The Europas sound fantastically clean and the cabinets are bomb-proof. Highly recommended from my audiophile-wannabe-point-of-view. ]]>Jan 24th 2007 4:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/Jan 24th 2007 3:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/Jan 24th 2007 9:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/
as the one who made the Homepage for my mate Markus' project, I'd like to add that while wo do indeed speak the german language we are actually from AUSTRIA. :-)

Cheers
-Richard]]>Jan 24th 2007 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/No Lows,
Gotta Be Bose!]]>Jan 24th 2007 12:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/germans-build-concrete-cast-5-1-speaker-set/Jan 25th 2007 4:52AM