Hey all,

Just thought i'd take a cue from Wildchilds thread on NZICE, and make something ongoing and fun you can get involved with. Its called : Project Phoenix.

Like the mythical Phoenix, this involves things dying, and then being reborn... In this case, we're talking subwoofers

How it works is : You need to take an old subwoofer. Any old subwoofer, so long as it works. Now, you need to kill it in the most spectacular manner you can : feed it mains power, drive over it with a steam roller, throw it out of a plane at 30,000 feet, we dont care, but make it cool Then video it happening, and post the video here for all to see. At the end of February, a selected group of judges will judge all the videos, and the most spectacular videos will get their entrants rewarded with a brand new subwoofer for their efforts, like so :

- 1st Place : Adire Audio Koda 10" or 12" subwoofer valued at around $500
- 2nd Place : Digital Designs 1000 Series 10" or 12" subwoofer valued at around $250
- 3rd Place : Resonant Engineering RE Series 10" or 12" subwoofer valued at around $200

To qualify, you must show the sub still works properly before you blow it up. And please try and keep the videos below about 15MB : huge videos wont make anyone happy You can enter any number of times, but each instance has to be unique. You cant just nuke 10 subs in pretty much the same way and enter one each, nor can you nuke multiple subs at once and count each one as an entry

Shame i have changed jobs, last place i worked had a 250 tonne press, could have made a pancake sub

can't you go over there and have some fun?

slash goes to trademe an old sub ^_^

3.3kV + old sub could be interesting, pity that OSH would have my balls tho.

hrmmmm..... bout time i tried to get my a$$ to waiouru........

*IDEAS* hehehe

Thinks about brother-in-law in the army!!! damn - who i know with a front end loader

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 479503.htm hmm i came across this while looking for a sub... what do you guys rek? shes a beut, right?

got it

Is there a limit to how many times you can enter? ie a couple of goes at 1st place

hmmmm wonder when work will next rent a digger ....

Nope, if you nuke 10 subs and they're all legit, you get ten entries
EDIT : Each instance has to be unique tho. You cant just nuke 10 subs in pretty much the same way and enter one each, nor can you nuke multiple subs at once and count each one as an entry

what defines a sub? (some of us dont have cupboards full of old gear)

heh, I think it'd be cheaper for me to just buy a Kona

Needs to be 10" or larger. Sorry 8" fans, it just dont cut it

Do we get extra points for killing "special" subs.....like the Thunderdome??

If its spectacular, perhaps... its gotta impress the judges

How can killing a 32" sub not be impressive

If, for instance, you killed it by boring it to death. Or leaving it in the desert sun to perish.

whats wrong with 8" subs??


and you know my place of work

And care of the lady who comes past work each Thursday with her books and trinkets, we've even arranged a booby prize for the worst entrant ! And yes, i know its juvenile : thats the point... It had an entire storeful of staff ranging from 22 thru 58 in stiches

8"s are subs in the same way 650cc Fiat's are cars : They technically qualify, but noone cares if you blow one up

Also, mods, can you move this to General Car Audio? I have no idea how it ended up here

Lol Aunt Bettie, that's the best comparison I have heard made yet.

P.S. got_mail?

Dammit, there goes my two ideas

*ponders going out, buying a goliath and blowing it apart, just to see how its made......... *

HAHAHA now that woud be a winner even if you just filmed someone taking it apart properly

Pity I got no way of making a video and putting it on the net

I got a couple mean as ideas

digital camera short clips

muzz, if you don't have access to a digital camera, I can take the movie clip for you.

from Andy

yeah, mines probly gonna be a digi cam video, hope thats acceptable?

I'm expecting them to be digcam movies... converting normal vidcam movies to PC formats is WAY too much of a hassle lol...

Do you guys need somewhere to upload them?

being black i cant afford a fancy camera can i draw a picture?








yes please- somewhere to upload movies would be a good thing

and for the record we cant use 8's...?

No, no 8"s

looks like ima gonna hafta find me some old subs

what about if its a pair of 8's

im thinking either acetylene and/or gunpowder

for refrence are these going to be public knowledge and i should refrain from semi illegal activities that may be misconstrued as "terriosm"

I might have some.....

well we all will want to see them so they will likely be public.. otherwise people may think the judges just went for someone they like more

Do you get more points for more expensive subs ie I know of a certain H2.2 12" Orion sub with RRP of $1999.99 thats just dying to get some special treatment