How loud would this be? Could we even calculate this?

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How loud would this be? Could we even calculate this?

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Right now, all you actually have is a theoretical surface area and excursion distance, but you could compute it with a few little factors.

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E40 - Poor Man’s Hydraulics

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Alright, I’ll do my best.

The Tianyan Telescope in China is that place. The telescope has a diameter of 500 meters. Let’s take this as the cone area as it has a surface area of around 196000 square meters. It can accommodate over 1.7 million 15" subwoofers. To move all that cone area, you will need 1.7 gigawatts of amplifier power, assuming that each subwoofer can withstand 1000 watts. With a lot of factors assumed, I estimate that the overall output will be between 250 and 260 dB.

The enormous forces created during the trip will be too much for current materials to withstand. I don’t think traditional speaker designs can handle anything like this.

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Pink Floyd - Welcome to the machine

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I’ve been checking how low subs hit since high school; why should this be any different? Patron: Yung Joc.

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EDM music or Disney music just so everyone can hear electronic music

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Not very, unless there is a massive amount of air space under the driver.

“My Generation” by The Who Live at Leeds album