There was a new function in the new Arc browser, calling up ChatGPT to ask questions.
For fun, I asked about speaker designs, specifically full range.
It gave me short paragraphs about horns, drivers, etc... with pictures to illustrate the options.
The pictures were quite funny. 🙂
Here's an example:
For fun, I asked about speaker designs, specifically full range.
It gave me short paragraphs about horns, drivers, etc... with pictures to illustrate the options.
The pictures were quite funny. 🙂
Here's an example:
When it’s good it’s great, when it’s bad…
You should ask it what is the connection between cubed beef and whizzer cones.
You should ask it what is the connection between cubed beef and whizzer cones.
Too bad it’s not tuna fish. Back when I had whizzer cone speakers I had cats that loved whizzer cones. Had many destroyed from cat’s claws.
So the best whizzer cones are made of tuna. Got it.
Back in the day (when hi fi was a thing) we used to make fun of whizzer cones. But guess what? They actually work.
Back in the day (when hi fi was a thing) we used to make fun of whizzer cones. But guess what? They actually work.
And in reality, the whizzer cone is attached to the voice coil, NOT the cone.
Take that, ChatChump. You were.......WRONG.
Take that, ChatChump. You were.......WRONG.
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I know a Fast Eddie, he is dealing in Triumph motorcycle parts and is a great man.
Now, if the same man is also an audio fanatic... wow... just wow!
Cats go after that whizzer cone just like it was made out of tuna fish. Like a |-v(%ing magnet.
Back in those days I never made fun of whizzer cones. I sought out old vintage drivers that had them. And had a pair 8” of blue cones from Radio Shack that put the original BOFU to shame.
I had several pair of those blue 8" Radio shack full ranges with whizzer and they had a lot of bang for the buck.
I'm not familiar with McGee. Radio Shack, Lafayette, Kelsea's Electronics, and a big electronics surplus store on Archer were my sources for parts. I also bought broken stuff from electronic repair businesses.
I grew up listening to 8” Goodman’s Axioms. They were so much better than the run of the mill cheap speakers, but nowhere near as good as the more expensive Bowers and Wilkins Hi Fi speakers of the time.
When I was in high school, I was keen to emulate the Bose 901s after hearing them at the store. I already had a pair of the blue Radio Shack 8" full ranges and deemed them the right choice for my scheme. I bought two more pair and built the cabinet to be shaped like the 901s with the triangular back. I mounted two in back and one in front with a tweeter. I ported the cabinets (the Fred Flintstone way with an oscillator and series resistor) and mounted them on stands (homemade of course) and placed them against a concrete wall. I used two stereo amplifiers to drive them.
Obviously, there were a lot of things these speakers weren't. But what they were, they were in a big way. They were loud, dynamic, and the added ambience was real and sounded great with rock music of the era. They really created a wall of sound and a live music illusion.
Obviously, there were a lot of things these speakers weren't. But what they were, they were in a big way. They were loud, dynamic, and the added ambience was real and sounded great with rock music of the era. They really created a wall of sound and a live music illusion.