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Re:Undetectable very-low frequency sound increases dancing a... by pvarangot on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @02:51PM (#33523415)
You can get a similar effect with a floating or semi-floating floor and a huge sub hanging from the ceiling. You have to tune it though.

If you are on the Bay Area, The Great Northern had a setup like that on the hallway at the entrance before the main floor. They use VOID for their soundsystem but I don't think that particular part of the setup is COTS.

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Re:Undetectable very-low frequency sound increases dancing a... by fragmede on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @07:31PM (#33526143)
they actually had to turn down that system for being too loud. but at that level, none of the stuff is really COTS because it requires a ton of tuning due to each particular venue's layout and acoustics
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Re:Undetectable very-low frequency sound increases dancing a... by austinprete on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @09:07PM (#33526799)
Damn. Consider myself pretty into sound but have never heard COTS and Googling was less than successful :(
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Re:Undetectable very-low frequency sound increases dancing a... by paranoidrobot on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @09:12PM (#33526827)
Commercial Off-The-Shelf.

As opposed to some custom solution.

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Re:Undetectable very-low frequency sound increases dancing a... by kevinmchugh on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @11:46PM (#33527613)
Not audio specific, if that helps
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Re:Undetectable very-low frequency sound increases dancing a... by bburrito on Thursday November 10, 2022 @04:09AM (#33543996)
The Void gear is COTS including the Powersoft amps they use. You can set it up and it will work and it will sound amazing.

But once you have Void’s guy out to tune it to your space? The sound blows you away. I think that guy has one of the most fun jobs I’ve ever seen.

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Re:Undetectable very-low frequency sound increases dancing a... by pvarangot on Friday November 11, 2022 @07:45PM (#33568765)
I don't think the subs hanging from the ceiling on the hallway in front of the bar are COTS. If they are it's not on their websites or catalogues. Like it may be the same cone but it's not the same enclosure or anchoring.
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