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Bladder Buster Subwoofer and Peter Jackson's Fluids

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by Josh Ray on July 18 '06

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Yes, Bladder Buster is the name of this super subwoofer from Arvus out of New Zealand. What makes it a bowel burster, you ask? If you look at that little picture, each of those six tiny drivers is actually a 12" subwoofer. That big black eye in the center is a 27" "non-linear compensator." Here's what Arvus says of the Bladder Buster:

"This 2 Metre tall generator of bass will force all fluids to vacate your body when used at levels that will put the foundations of your house under stress!"

Yeah, I'm afraid too. In any case, the "non-linear compensator" is, I believe, a passive bass radiator. A passive radiator is a normal driver cone without the magnet or the watts pumping through it. Those little 12" drivers move the air inside of the sealed box causing the big 27" bubble to pulse in tune. Passive radiators are a good way to get deeper bass but some feel only a fully sealed active subwoofer can be tight and controlled on the bottom end.

Frequency is said to be from 12-200Hz (+/- 4dB), power is 1000 digital watts and total size in good ol' American measurements is 79" high (6 1/2 feet), 31" wide and 17" deep. Weight is 368 lbs. Remote control is included to perfectly tailor just how much fluid you want vacated.

Did I mention Peter Jackson owns one of these bad boys? For those who wondered how Jackson lost so much weight between Rings and Kong, now you know the answer. Price is $8710 and Arvus will ship these cave trolls anywhere in the world. They'll even include adult diapers. Seriously. Cryoed too. Not seriously.

Comments

Riply's Believe It or Not or massive home theaters of hollywood types. Otherwise, what's the market for something like this?

Posted by: anon | July 18, 2006 1:35 PM

I don't think you could pay me enough to make me want one of those in my home.

Posted by: nelamvr6 | July 18, 2006 3:13 PM

I imagine it's what the vagina of a large space-insect would look like ....

Posted by: Magnus | July 18, 2006 3:53 PM

Gotta love it when the best stroke of genius audio equipment manufacturers can come up with when describing their features is to evoke references to bodily functions. I'll better spare you the Freudian references that try to explain this, um, peculiar way of marketing not so uncommon in the audio world. What makes it a bowel burster, you ask? (Insert any joke involving a taco truck here) :D

Posted by: beto | July 18, 2006 5:34 PM

"...Remote control is included to perfectly tailor just how much fluid you want vacated." :D I always envied the audiophools who don't live in apartment buildings. My main concern most of the time is how to minimize bass in my music so as not to disturb my neighbors.

Posted by: henryp | July 18, 2006 7:22 PM

Web site is "worldbestspeaker"... Gee I thought only Revel had right to call themselves that way... or was it Bose?

Posted by: Robert G | July 19, 2006 5:07 AM

Mythbusters tried this with some pro audio equipment and a frequency generator. It was pretty funny to watch the whole lot of them walk around with adult diapers on. It was busted. Episode 25: Brown Note Ever the chance-taker, Adam puts his body to the test for science. Will he be able to withstand subsonic frequencies, or will adult diapers be his only hope with the Brown Note? There was a rumor at my college that if you stood in front of the sub in the auditorium that would have the above mentioned affect. It was a 40 foot BOSE pro audio tube jobber. I bet it would just make you fart.

Posted by: Fred F | July 19, 2006 7:31 AM

Mythbusters tried this with some pro audio equipment and a frequency generator. It was pretty funny to watch the whole lot of them walk around with adult diapers on. It was busted. NON LINEAR COMPENSATOR -Oh its just a passive radiator. Mythbusters didnt use enough SPL - They only had as much SPL as a good DIY HOME SUB does - 108dB SPL at 5hz. Myth not busted.

Posted by: Michael.Elliston | September 12, 2006 8:52 PM