36" monsters from the fridge brixton
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Topic: 36" monsters from the fridge brixton
Posted By: H...
Subject: 36" monsters from the fridge brixton
Date Posted: 15 September 2008 at 5:07pm
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Has anyone got any pics of these big ol' berthers?
4D you must have right?
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Posted By: 4DPA
Date Posted: 15 September 2008 at 6:33pm
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Somewhere I will search the archives. They were so hidden under the balcony and a few tms'4's that they never revealed themselves that well in photographs. Irrc 36" Mitsubishi's developed for the mod, they shook dust.. ------------- bs8901 compliant |
Posted By: 4DPA
Date Posted: 09 November 2008 at 9:45pm
     Cliffe looking rather woodstock..  ------------- bs8901 compliant |
H... wrote:Posted By: fuzzylogic
Date Posted: 09 November 2008 at 10:04pm
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I need those in my front room!
Can I ask what happend to them...can you still get hold of them second hand? ------------- NEIGHBOURHOOD SOUNDSYSTEM Infinitely baffled. |
Posted By: Deadbeat
Date Posted: 09 November 2008 at 10:14pm
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I need those installed in my ceiling! Reminds me of the Fostex ones... Do those still work properly? ------------- Away on extended leave. |
Posted By: CLsystems
Date Posted: 09 November 2008 at 10:47pm
| i once heard rumurs of a 36" kef driver, dont know how true it was.. |
Posted By: super-hero
Date Posted: 10 November 2008 at 6:00pm
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I think EV also did some 30" drivers for home cinema only about 30watts though. ------------- I'm not an animal, I'm a human being. |
Posted By: H...
Date Posted: 14 November 2008 at 10:51am
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Well done Ford!
Cliff looks a little strained in the pic, how is he ? haven't seen him in years.
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Posted By: 4D
Date Posted: 15 November 2008 at 2:10pm
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Yeah he's on good form, given up the evil nicotine but still on a thousand gold blends a day. Busy rewiring the fridge, which as just changed hands again, bye bye Craig Elder and welcome back Andrew Czechbounski so watch out Brixton...... Hopefully I can give Cliffe back the 320 parcans I have been storing for the last four years. Talking to Noosh about these drivers yesterday he thinks one can find the patents online.. (go on deadbeat).. nb: He sends his regards.. /tx F |
Posted By: Sheggy
Date Posted: 17 November 2008 at 6:45pm
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When were they in use at the Fridge? I was there a lot from the late '80s to the early '90s. Don't remember stupidly loud bass but I did like the sound in there. S |
Posted By: tektaff
Date Posted: 07 July 2009 at 1:41pm
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haha, funny old world! I supplied these speakers to the fridge in 1992. I bought them off a tech who used to work for Mitsubishi UK, and he had them under a tarp in his dad's garden for a number of years. Since they were designed for exterior use, the cabs and cones were OK.
As far as i know there was only one pair of these cabs brought over to the UK to demo to anyone interested, but they never sold any.
I was really excited about getting my hands on them, but they turned out to be a major disappointment. The cones were just too heavy to have any transient response useful for music, so they just rumbled away merrily in the background. Since the fridge wre mosly vinyl based, then those extra low frequencies would have been filtered out anyhow.
At the fridge they were used more for visual impact than anything else. When i installed them they were mounted in a balcony area where they would dwarf the dancers who would be performing in front.
I was told that there were some even larger 80in cones around that were demoed to the MOD, but that was never confirmed independently.
Cheers
Taf
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Posted By: Sheggy
Date Posted: 07 July 2009 at 5:00pm
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I used to go to the Soul II Soul nights - can't remember too well but I think the sound was pretty good by the standard of venues of the time. Perhaps they used more than just the house PA? Bassline used to be quite heavy - especially when they used to play that Courtney Pine dubplate - memories... S |
Posted By: chunkydj
Date Posted: 07 July 2009 at 10:23pm
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courtney pine was my neighbor a few years back, I have a melodica and a xylophone that he gave me! (i was only 10!) sorry thread hijack! ------------- http://www.maxmarcusevents.co.uk" rel="nofollow - http://www.maxmarcusevents.co.uk |
Posted By: Abo
Date Posted: 21 December 2009 at 2:13am
| mad back ache |
Posted By: Andylaser
Date Posted: 03 January 2011 at 1:02am
| I remember those speakers being on the side walls of the fridge, just in front of the stage. |
Posted By: 4D
Date Posted: 03 January 2011 at 1:38pm
 ------------- DMZ. "The bass was intense. Girls were literally running up to stand next to the subs" |
Posted By: Andylaser
Date Posted: 24 January 2011 at 8:26pm
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The Mitsubishi drivers were manufactured by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatone - Diatone , which was their OEM speaker manufacturing company. The speaker in question is the Diatone D-80, refering to its 80cm diameter.  It was also available in a http://audio-database.com/MITSUBISHI-DIATONE/diatonesp/d-80m-e.html - domestic enclosure 
Some enterprising chap actually managed to acquire 6 of these drivers for his home hifi system. It seems strange to use 15" JBL's as "mids".  |
Posted By: Andylaser
Date Posted: 24 January 2011 at 8:44pm
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However, everything in the post above is all rather nice. But what is
really important is the knowledge gained from building these drivers was
put to use to build the "holy of holies" in bass drivers. Enter this bad boy, the Diatone D-160 So called due to its 160cm (63") diameter. 
Woofer size isn't the status symbol it used to be, but if you still want the biggest woofer on your block, Mitsubishi is ready to oblige. Their Japanese product line now includes the Model D-160 superwoofer with a 160-cm (63-inch) cone for about $ 150000. The D-160, naturally, goes down to a rated 8 Hz and handles 1250 W continuous, 3 kilowatts maximum. The 3300 pound D-160 measures 7.8 x 7.6 x 4.5 feet. One of these (in working condition) recently sold on Craigslist for $550. Buyer collects. |
Posted By: OGHinz
Date Posted: 24 January 2011 at 8:50pm
| electro voice 30w |
Posted By: colint
Date Posted: 24 January 2011 at 9:14pm
Ok so who's gonna be the first one to ask if it'll work in a horn?  8hz? that's just nut's! love to hear one though! ------------- Never criticise another man until you've walked a mile in his shoes. Once you have, call him what you like, you're a mile away and you've got his shoes! |
Posted By: studio45
Date Posted: 24 January 2011 at 10:13pm
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These look like they would work quite well as part of a digital church organ system. I was looking up Youtube videos last night of organists demonstrating their lowest stops, there are some digital organs that have 128' voices in which the lowest note is 4hz. From what I could hear their attempts at reproducing this consist of multiple 18" woofers in very large sealed enclosures which are made to hit their backstops 4 times a second I think it might sound better on that D-160 beastie... ------------- Studio45 - Repairs & Building Commotion Soundsystem -Mobile PA |
Posted By: Andylaser
Date Posted: 24 January 2011 at 10:30pm
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At the risk of going slightly off topic. Some chaps have recently build this 60" driver   The cone moves 6 inches peak to peak under full-tilt output. The actual cone diameter is 54 inches, with the 3 inch wide surround on the outside of that. The radiating surface area is 2,290 square inches. That yields a one way displacement of 6,871 cubic inches. That is equivalent to the displacement of 161 ten inch woofers that move 1.5 inches peak to peak. The motor is capable of producing 6,000+ pounds of linear force, which is necessary when considering the very large surface area and displacement volume required to produce high SPL levels. The woofer was designed with the capability to produce SPL levels of 188 dB. |
Posted By: bass*en*mass
Date Posted: 24 January 2011 at 10:35pm
any scoop plans out yet? 
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Posted By: Andylaser
Date Posted: 24 January 2011 at 10:53pm
You could probably up-end some 20' containers. 
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Posted By: fuzzylogic
Date Posted: 25 January 2011 at 11:57am
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The question is, will it fit in a hatchback...? ------------- NEIGHBOURHOOD SOUNDSYSTEM Infinitely baffled. |
Posted By: burningbush
Date Posted: 25 January 2011 at 5:36pm
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Mitsubushi EVO bass drivers, cool. ------------- music is the message |
Posted By: JR.junior
Date Posted: 25 January 2011 at 7:45pm
 ------------- Support the scoop technology, larger mouth plays louder! |
Posted By: greenmachine
Date Posted: 25 January 2011 at 9:45pm
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whats that a 1850 ------------- some will love some will not round deep solid bassline clean clear mid tops.pre amp oh yes. |
Posted By: Strange Daze
Date Posted: 09 September 2011 at 2:47pm
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bump!!......just because this whole thread has made me laugh haha |
Posted By: jazomir
Date Posted: 10 September 2011 at 9:09am
Looks to me like a new driver for TonyASS's new scoops - possibly someone commented when they auditioned them that they weren't 'heavy enough', but I think Tony may have misunderstood! ------------- For sidefills, can we have two enormous things of a type that might be venerated as Gods by the inhabitants of Easter Island, capable of reaching volumes that would make Beelzebub soil his pants. |
Posted By: Adam_Iron_Horse
Date Posted: 10 September 2011 at 1:21pm
| Is that ^^ a precision devices driver? :O looks like its got the hexagonal or whatever shape :P |
Posted By: GregM
Date Posted: 13 June 2014 at 6:12pm
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Guys, I have a rare opportunity to take a full tour around the old Brixton Fridge building next week, anything anybody particularly wants to know while I'm there? - my colleagues know I will be wanting to poke about everywhere, so I won't disappoint! ------------- Remember, if you don't want to hear the answer, don't ask the question! |
Posted By: cardiffdon
Date Posted: 13 June 2014 at 7:46pm
| Any drivers for sale !! |
Posted By: GregM
Date Posted: 13 June 2014 at 11:58pm
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Ha!, somehow I really doubt that - but I'll be keeping 'em peeled just in case! ------------- Remember, if you don't want to hear the answer, don't ask the question! |
Posted By: godathunder
Date Posted: 17 June 2014 at 4:32pm
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Check if that blokes still stuck in the soca under the balcony ------------- LOUDER THAN LOUD |
Posted By: wiz247
Date Posted: 01 July 2014 at 10:13pm
If the edges of that monster were round, I hate to think what would happen if it took a roll down the stairs...Yikes
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Posted By: burningbush
Date Posted: 02 July 2014 at 11:20am
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If the magnet was REAL, can you imagine how much it would weigh? ------------- music is the message |
Posted By: TONY.A.S.S.
Date Posted: 02 July 2014 at 11:24am
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Thats a great Photoshop jobby, although the guys hands look a little stretched. ------------- http://www.facebook.com/tony.rossell.3" rel="nofollow - http://www.facebook.com/tony.rossell.3 |
Posted By: djlp
Date Posted: 02 July 2014 at 1:27pm
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I've
registered specially to reply on this topic! Awesome speakers, especially the
MTX one. Is there any more info available? I've checked the internet, but info
is hard to find. Surface area =
pi*R^2 = 3,14*0.75^2 = 1.767 m2 Definitely fake |
Posted By: woody2
Date Posted: 03 July 2014 at 6:00pm
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going back around 25 years ago, there was a guy in west Yorkshire who did re-cones had some 6 footers in |