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Old October 2nd 03, 07:07 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
Don Pearce
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On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 20:02:32 +0100, "Stewart"
wrote:

Some amps do have more SLAM! I can personally vouch for this and demonstrate
it! and it can be measured accurately and scientifically with a db Meter and
a seismograph.

If you take a big Krell or McIntosh and throw it on the ground it will
produce allot of slam, but if you take a wee Cyrus and throw it on the
ground the same way it produces way less slam. this can easily be measured.
On the other hand, if you take a Cyrus and launch it from a trebuchet it can
produce more slam than the krell dropped from head height.

Slam is what happens when two objects collide. It's to do with velocity x
mass / d (density of arrival surface) = s (slam) = energy expelled during
impact

I recommend the trebuchet method for launching if you want to test out your
own equipment. subs are the most fun.

Stew.

I've seen an upright piano thrown by trebuchet, and I can vouch
personally for the truth of your theory!

d

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