Here's a wierd dealio...

[mlr]

Just saw this on ebay. Not really on topic I suppose, but thought you cats might like to peruse this wierd cabinet.
ebay auction link:ebay auction

[Old Guy]

I thonk I recall the blueprints to those- it was signed by the designer R. Goldberg.

Interesting piece. Bad design.

Thanks for posting it- always like to see crazy stuff.

[Audio_by_Goodwill]

Originally posted by Old Guy:
I thonk I recall the blueprints to those- it was signed by the designer R. Goldberg.

Interesting piece. Bad design.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Who is R. Goldberg? I tried Googling for the answer, but came up empty.

What makes the cabinet a bad design? It's close enough for me to bid.....Hmmmm.

[Old Guy]

http://www.rube-goldberg.com/

[bowtie427ss]

Who is R. Goldberg? I tried Googling for the answer, but came up empty.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">LMAO! ................. i almost asked this question myself.

That was close, i nearly shot myself in the foot while it was in my mouth.

[Audio_by_Goodwill]

Originally posted by Old Guy:
http://www.rube-goldberg.com/

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">While searching Google, I did pull up Rube Goldberg in a few searches, but I thought that wouldn't make since we're talking speaker cabinets not weirdo "machines". I do feel a bit silly/dumb, Though :-)

[Audio_by_Goodwill]

Originally posted by Audio_by_Goodwill:
but I thought that wouldn't make since we're talking speaker cabinets

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That should read..... make sense, since we're talking about speaker cabinets.....

I never noticed this before, but apparently, we can't edit posts :-(

[Old Guy]

Did you look closely at that cabinet?

I think "maximum effort for minimal results" is a perfect description. It certainly qualifies as a contraption IMHO.

[GM]

Greets!

It appears to be a multi-stage 6th order bandpass alignment. With the right drivers I bet it's pretty awesome in its optimum passband, though like a Karlson, its performance might leave something to be desired in the SQ dept..

GM

[Audio_by_Goodwill]

Originally posted by Old Guy:
Did you look closely at that cabinet?

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">As best I could.... it wasn't obvious to me, how the thing was constructed. The darker areas were kind of hard to see on my monitor.

I think "maximum effort for minimal results" is a perfect description. It certainly qualifies as a contraption IMHO.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Quite possibly.... the guy did say it was horn loaded both front and back. I remember thinking about that when I was dreaming of the "ultimate" cabinet.... but in reality, it's probably a bit much for one cabinet to do/be everything.