The $40,000 Subwoofer - Blu-ray Forum

Big Daddy · 09-29-2009, 09:20 PM

The $40,000 Subwoofer

The Haliaetus Booster subwoofer is listed for $40,000. You can match it with 5 or 7 Haliaetus Firebirds ($10,800 each) or 5 or 7 Haliaetus Blackbirds ($???). Check prices at HigherFi. You can find the technical specifications HERE.

What can I say? They are French speakers and are expected to be sexy and overpriced.

Booster.jpg

Firebird.jpg

Blackbird.jpg

sokrman14 · 09-29-2009, 09:22 PM

I guess if you call that sexy

Propellarhead9 · 09-29-2009, 09:25 PM

That would have to be one hell of a subwoofer to cost that much money. It would have to be able to make someone poo themselves.

Big Daddy · 09-29-2009, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Propellarhead9

That would have to be one hell of a subwoofer to cost that much money. It would have to be able to make someone poo themselves.

Sorry, they don't say Poo in France. They say Merde.

P@t_Mtl · 09-29-2009, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Big Daddy

Sorry, they don't say Poo in France. They say Merde.

And I say

Merde alors ca vraiment pas d'allure un prix comme ca

Big Daddy · 09-29-2009, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

And I say

Merde alors ca vraiment pas d'allure un prix comme ca

I second that.

Beta Man · 09-29-2009, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by sokrman14

I guess if you call that sexy

I do! Those are NICE looking.......

I didn't jump into the specs, but I'm guessing they're a bear to drive.

Propellarhead9 · 09-29-2009, 09:40 PM

Probably need your own power station to run them lol

MCT · 09-29-2009, 09:54 PM

they look like elaborate toture devices.

Propellarhead9 · 09-29-2009, 09:56 PM

The sub reminds me of like the fog horn you see on large freighter ships

BrettBell_eD_Rep · 09-29-2009, 09:57 PM

Kind of cute looking, don't know if I'd call it sexy. Specs +/-3 25-95 Hz. So for you guys that love your infra-sonic bass, there might be a sexier way to spend $40,000+. Interesting design though.

Big Daddy · 09-29-2009, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by BrettBell_eD_Rep

Kind of cute looking, don't know if I'd call it sexy. Specs +/-3 25-95 Hz. So for you guys that love your infra-sonic bass, there might be a sexier way to spend $40,000+. Interesting design though.

ED should make something similar.

BrettBell_eD_Rep · 09-29-2009, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Big Daddy

ED should make something similar.

Well the enclosure is one of our favorite colors.

Twitch9 · 09-29-2009, 10:09 PM

The details are not very impressive, especially for the amount of money they cost.

Big Daddy · 09-29-2009, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Twitch9

The details are not very impressive, especially for the amount of money they cost.

If you look at the technical specifications of most of the speakers and subwoofers that are listed on HigherFi, you will notice that they are not very impresive. However, it does not mean that they will not sound very good. That is the nature of high end audio.

BrettBell_eD_Rep · 09-29-2009, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Big Daddy

If you look at the technical specifications of most of the speakers and subwoofers that are listed on HigherFi, you will notice that they are not very impresive. However, it does not mean that they will not sound very good. That is the nature of high end audio.

Agreed, and it generally are those that are in search of that last 1-5% in SQ. Also the reason why $250,000+ turntables exist.

Johnny Vinyl · 09-30-2009, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Propellarhead9

Probably need your own power station to run them lol

Big Daddy has one in his back shed!

John

Driver_King · 09-30-2009, 12:40 AM

I like their styling. The Booster looks like the sonic cannon from The Incredible Hulk, the Firebird looks like a starship from Galaga, and the Blackbird looks like a Transformer.

brett_day · 09-30-2009, 12:45 AM

looks like someone went down to o'reillys or auto zone and bought some cheap chrome tipped exhausts, like the boy racers do and stuck them on a subwoofer! now they think it goes faster....lets hope it does not sound like a ricer

Drew664 · 09-30-2009, 04:03 AM

Looks odd.

Almost like a jet engine. Almost like a robot with jet engine arms.

09-29-2009, 09:20 PM	#1
Big Daddy Blu-ray Champion Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Southern California Home Theater Gallery:79 Blu-ray collection:122 Trading Score:1	The $40,000 Subwoofer The $40,000 Subwoofer The Haliaetus Booster subwoofer is listed for $40,000. You can match it with 5 or 7 Haliaetus Firebirds ($10,800 each) or 5 or 7 Haliaetus Blackbirds ($???). Check prices at HigherFi. You can find the technical specifications HERE. What can I say? They are French speakers and are expected to be sexy and overpriced. Booster.jpg Firebird.jpg Blackbird.jpg Last edited by Big Daddy; 09-29-2009 at 09:57 PM.

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09-29-2009, 09:22 PM	#2
sokrman14 Special Member Member since:Mar 2006 Location:Omaha, NE Home Theater Gallery:9 Blu-ray collection:32 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:1	I guess if you call that sexy

09-29-2009, 09:25 PM	#3
Propellarhead9 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jul 2009 Location:Clarksville, Indiana 4K collection:498 Blu-ray collection:1721 Blu-ray reviews: 1 Trading Score:9	That would have to be one hell of a subwoofer to cost that much money. It would have to be able to make someone poo themselves.

09-29-2009, 09:40 PM	#8
Propellarhead9 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jul 2009 Location:Clarksville, Indiana 4K collection:498 Blu-ray collection:1721 Blu-ray reviews: 1 Trading Score:9	Probably need your own power station to run them lol

09-29-2009, 09:54 PM	#9
MCT Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Nov 2008 Blu-ray collection:499 Blu-ray reviews: 8 Trading Score:1	they look like elaborate toture devices.

09-29-2009, 09:56 PM	#10
Propellarhead9 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jul 2009 Location:Clarksville, Indiana 4K collection:498 Blu-ray collection:1721 Blu-ray reviews: 1 Trading Score:9	The sub reminds me of like the fog horn you see on large freighter ships

09-29-2009, 09:57 PM	#11
BrettBell_eD_Rep Elemental Designs Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Newton, IA Blu-ray collection:6	Kind of cute looking, don't know if I'd call it sexy. Specs +/-3 25-95 Hz. So for you guys that love your infra-sonic bass, there might be a sexier way to spend $40,000+. Interesting design though.

09-29-2009, 10:09 PM	#14
Twitch9 Expert Member Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Nov 2008 Location:Canada Home Theater Gallery:83 Blu-ray collection:49 Blu-ray reviews:16 Trading Score:2	The details are not very impressive, especially for the amount of money they cost.

09-30-2009, 12:40 AM	#18
Driver_King Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Tampa Bay, Florida Home Theater Gallery:96 Blu-ray collection:28 Trading Score:10	I like their styling. The Booster looks like the sonic cannon from The Incredible Hulk, the Firebird looks like a starship from Galaga, and the Blackbird looks like a Transformer.

09-30-2009, 12:45 AM	#19
brett_day Blu-ray Guru Member since:Mar 2008 Location:Moore, Oklahoma Home Theater Gallery:18 Blu-ray collection:45 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:1	looks like someone went down to o'reillys or auto zone and bought some cheap chrome tipped exhausts, like the boy racers do and stuck them on a subwoofer! now they think it goes faster....lets hope it does not sound like a ricer

09-30-2009, 04:03 AM	#20
Drew664 Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Oct 2007 Location:South Dakota Home Theater Gallery:28 Blu-ray collection:68	Looks odd. Almost like a jet engine. Almost like a robot with jet engine arms.

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