Attention Rock fans..

[kengr]

... it really *is* DEATH metal when the band has a gigawatt speaker stack.

Comments

[siliconshaman]

Been listening to Disaster Area have we?

[kengr]

No, different band. Can't recall the name, but they're in Traveller's Third Imperium.

As I recall, they use the "flames can be used as speakers" trick, but with "flames" worthy of the SSME or the F-1 engines.

Though we *did* discuss using a fusion rocket as a speaker... :-)

ps. "listening" to Disaster Area at "close" range (a few miles) is apt to liquefy your body.

[siliconshaman]

True that, I think someone calculated that Disaster Areas speaker stack was in yottawatt range...

I believe true fans say the best sound balance is achieved by listening to them in a concrete bunker a few miles underground... on the opposite side of the planet.

Although a fusion rocket would definitely give them a run for their money, and be as impressive as all hell in atmo! And hey, it doubles up as the light show as well! (hmm... positronic antimatter torch perhaps so you get really cool lightning as well?)

[stickmaker]

We know that as massive post-fusion stellar masses spiral towards each other they emit gravity waves in the range of human hearing. So, modulate the oscillation of a neutron body or point mass to produce the sound frequencies you want via gravity waves. Simple. :-) (Bonus points if the waves are strong enough to feel, so you don't need hypersensitive laser interferometry to detect them.)