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TAC-15 Tactical Crossbow Makes Me Wish for a Zombie Outbreak

Sean Fallon — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:20:00 +0000

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.

Why would you need a crossbow when you are already holding an AR-15? I cannot envision a scenario where it makes sense—unless you are invited to some island beyond the bounds of law where men are hunted for sport. You don’t want to make it too easy, so you hunt with the crossbow. Then again, we are talking about the most dangerous game of all here, so you have the high-powered rifle as a backup. Speaking of backups, you might want to add the G.R.A.D. .22-cal knife gun to your double-kill arsenal just in case. Hit the following link to see a video of the TAC-15 in action. [YouTube and PSE via BBG]

Horn Subwoofer Takes Up Crazy Man’s Entire Basement

Adam Frucci — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:25:11 +0000

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.

The “Real Total Horn” consists of two cavities, each three feet deep and 31 feet long, functioning as horns and driven by eight 18-inch woofers each. It releases more than 110 dB/1W/1 meter sensitivity starting from below 10 Hz aimed at the listening position. Let me tell you, there’s not a better suited sound system in existence for producing an effective brown note.

And really, frequencies that low are barely audible, but I have no doubt that this thing will make action movies shake his living room way more than any other sub out there. I’m not sure I’d want to do this to my own home, but I’d certainly give it a test run. [Royal Device via DVICE]

Yamaha Goes Crazy, Cooks Up 11.2 Channel Flagship Receiver

Nick Broughall — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:02:39 +0000

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…