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TAC-15 Tactical Crossbow Makes Me Wish for a Zombie Outbreak
7:20AM Sean Fallon | Hunting will get a lot more interesting next month when PSE releases their TAC-15 crossbow. It mounts directly on a AR-15 rifle, allowing you to swap between both weapons with minimal tinkering. More »
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Horn Subwoofer Takes Up Crazy Man’s Entire Basement
3:25AM Adam Frucci | While you might think you have a pretty sizable subwoofer, when it’s compared to this crazy Italian man’s subwoofer, it’s downright pathetic. That’s because he essentially converted his entire basement into one ridiculously large subwoofer.Update: OK, so this is a few years old (circa 2000), but I’d never seen it and it seems like many of you haven’t either. So I’m leaving it up, but if you are offended by things that were made a few years ago you’ve been warned. More »
Entertainment
11:02AM Nick Broughall | Yes, you read that right. The RX-Z11 features connections for 11 speakers and two subwoofers giving you surround sound for your home theatre. It’s the kind of setup millionaires would enjoy. Well, at least they’d have the room for 13 speakers in their loungeroom.
The setup looks something like this: Take 7.1, add in two front “presence” speakers and two rear “presence” speakers, then add another sub, so you have “left and right” channel subs or “front and rear”. Of course, subs are omni directional, so I guess it’s more about showing off keeping up with the speaker output than anything else.
A few of you are probably already shaking your head, saying that there’s no format that offers 11.2, and you’d be 100 per cent correct. Instead, it uses Yamaha’s own DSP technology to create virtual surround from a 5.1 or 7.1 signal. It creates a 360 degree music atmosphere that not only gives audio from around you, but also above and below you as well.
Does it work? Initial verdict after the jump…
Yamaha Goes Crazy, Cooks Up 11.2 Channel Flagship Receiver
11:02AM Nick Broughall | Yes, you read that right. The RX-Z11 features connections for 11 speakers and two subwoofers giving you surround sound for your home theatre. It’s the kind of setup millionaires would enjoy. Well, at least they’d have the room for 13 speakers in their loungeroom.
The setup looks something like this: Take 7.1, add in two front “presence” speakers and two rear “presence” speakers, then add another sub, so you have “left and right” channel subs or “front and rear”. Of course, subs are omni directional, so I guess it’s more about showing off keeping up with the speaker output than anything else.
A few of you are probably already shaking your head, saying that there’s no format that offers 11.2, and you’d be 100 per cent correct. Instead, it uses Yamaha’s own DSP technology to create virtual surround from a 5.1 or 7.1 signal. It creates a 360 degree music atmosphere that not only gives audio from around you, but also above and below you as well.
Does it work? Initial verdict after the jump… 