[TCML] Speakers - was: Terry filters (speaker/motor load modeling)

[Bill Lemieux]

On Jan 2, 2008, at 9:44 PM, David Rieben wrote:

> ----- Original Message ----- From: <FIFTYGUY at aol.com>
> To: <tesla at pupman.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 5:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [TCML] Speakers - was: Terry filters (speaker/motor  
> load modeling)
>>
>>
>>> Sorry to get a little OT here, but has anyone else heard this   
>>> "story"?
>>
>>
>>   Well, now that I typed all this, I figured we might  as well find  
>> out.
>> I'm just dumb enough to try something like this, and in a  position  
>> to do so:
>>   I just took a single 901 speaker, Series V, 1983  vintage,  
>> downstairs to
>> the garage. Donned safety goggles and *earmuffs*. I  plugged it  
>> directly into
>> the wall. No ballast, no variac, no switch, no nothing!  Twice in a  
>> row for
>> five seconds each time. No smoke, no smell, and a good clean  60 Hz  
>> sound with
>> no indications of clipping. Lights dimmed very significantly.  VERY  
>> loud. My
>> wife upstairs said it vibrated the whole house.

Wow, Phil, that is DELIGHTFUL!  I was never a big fan of the 901  
"sound", but I
admire bullet-proof stuff.

- G.