That black box of death is Von Schweikert's new VR-S/7 super subwoofer. I heard their $60k VR-9 speakers at the Los Angeles (and OC!) Audio Society's Von Schweikert demo and, let me just say, those things made my face bleed. They played "The Battle" from the Gladiator soundtrack and, yeah, there were babies crying, women screaming, old men clutching their arms...it was awesome.
Albert Von Schweikert, for those who don't know, is kind of like the Caroll Shelby of the audio world. He has tricked out dozens of speakers for other major brands before branching off with his own hyper-performance stable. His VR-4 Jr is a major player in the $4000 bracket and his whole line has won buckets of awards.
The VR-S/7 uses the same 15" driver as the VR-9 monsters combined with 1000 watts of ICEpower for claimed performance of 10-100 Hz +/- 2dB. No prices yet but it ain't gonna be cheap.
