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Speakers of Snow

One would think the term coined by E SolSi - "Audio Geeks Gone Wild" pretty much sums up the antics of the crew at Michigan Tech who built this monster as part of the Winter Festival.

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The specs for this thing, according to one of builders of the system are:

Source
Member's computer with optical out, s/pdif

Processing
Dual Behringer DCX2496 6-channel crossover/eq/etc. Fed by optical through: optical splitter -> optical/coax convertor -> standard unbalanced rca to xlr

Amplification
9 Behringer EP2500's, and 1 Crown XLS602. Something around 20,000 Watts total.

Drivers
Front, per side
Highs: 8 Selenium 2" dome compression drivers -> 1" throat horns
Mids: 16 5" sealed back MCM cone drivers (not horn loaded)
Midbass: 6 Selenium 15"s -> ~4' deep snow horn with 4'-by-8' mouth and 7'-by-2" throat
Subbass(mono): 6 Electrovoice 18"s -> ~15' deep snow horn with 15'-by-'ft mouth and an 18" throat

Back, per side
Highs: 3 Eminence 2" dome compression drivers -> 1" throat horns
Lows: 6 Selenium/EV 15"s (not horn loaded)

Amps -> Drivers
Front
highs: Behrginer EP2500, stereo
mids: Beh-EP, stereo
midbass: two Beh-EP's running bridged, one per side
subbass: three Beh-EP's run bridged, one EP per pair of 18"s

Rear
highs: Crown XLS, stereo
lows: Beh-EP, stereo

Beyond that its just snow horns and about a 1/8 mile of wire.

This snow stereo system was used during the all night statue building contest, to keep the crowd entertained. Historically, it's also kept half the city entertained as well, with the police normally showing up to the party in the wee hours of the morning, as residents several miles away struggle with sleep.

To see how this thing was built, with some commentary from one of the builders, click on this link