OT: Bose Car Suspension
David E
the principles of speaker design?
You have to worry about something like that especially from Bose. ;-)
David E
Phil Allison
"David E"
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> Did anyone read in Motor magazine about Bose making car suspension based
> on the principles of speaker design?
** So does the Bose car have 9 wheels ?????
Use a dinky paddle for steering ???
Have a fat exhaust pipe 12 feet long ????
>
> You have to worry about something like that especially from Bose. ;-)
>
** No power, no brakes and barely goes - must be Bose !!!
............. Phil
David E
"Phil Allison" <phila...@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
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> "David E"
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>> Did anyone read in Motor magazine about Bose making car suspension based
>> on the principles of speaker design?
> ** No power, no brakes and barely goes - must be Bose !!!
ROLF, I like that.
David E
Kai Howells
I have read about this, and seen some videos of it in action.
If it does what it promises, then it's bloody amazing.
Sure, it will be very expensive, and will have it's downsides
(increases unsprung mass of the vehicle) but if the videos of it in
action weren't staged, then it's pretty revolutionary...
Sure, there are the downsides, like cost and complexity, but it is at
the prototype stage at the moment.
check it out:
Cheers,
Kai
Trevor Wilson
"David E" <ye...@yeah.com> wrote in message
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> Did anyone read in Motor magazine about Bose making car suspension based
> on the principles of speaker design?
>
> You have to worry about something like that especially from Bose. ;-)
**And the lies begin:
"The amplifiers are based on switching amplification technologies pioneered
by Dr. Bose at MIT in the early 1960s."
These clowns never cease to claim other people's work as their own.
Nevertheless, the technology appears interesting. It needs to be. Their
abject failures in the areas of sound reproduction are legendary. I suspect
the peak power requirements would be, er, prodigious. At least several 10s
of kW.
--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au
Eiron
> On 2004-12-27 08:54:24 +1100, "David E" <ye...@yeah.com> said:
> I have read about this, and seen some videos of it in action.
> If it does what it promises, then it's bloody amazing.
> Sure, it will be very expensive, and will have it's downsides (increases
> unsprung mass of the vehicle) but if the videos of it in action weren't
> staged, then it's pretty revolutionary...
The videos look fake to me. The 'conventional' Lexus wouldn't
rock and roll like that unless its anti-roll bars were removed
and the variable damping disabled.
--
Eiron.
Fred at Home
"Trevor Wilson" <tre...@SPAMBLOCKrageaudio.com.au> wrote in message
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They claim on their site " Bose suspension requires less than a third of the
power of a typical vehicle's air conditioner system". That would indicate a
few kW at least.
The videos on the site (those that actually work!) indicate that the testing
was done at slow speeds and I would like to see them again at much higher
speeds.
My real concern with the system is that it is a replacement for the springs
and dampers only and they are only part of the story.
Trevor Wilson
"Fred at Home" <hdsmdjf...@habeebi.com> wrote in message
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> "Trevor Wilson" <tre...@SPAMBLOCKrageaudio.com.au> wrote in message
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>> "David E" <ye...@yeah.com> wrote in message
>> news:kqGzd.89197$K7.4...@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>>> Did anyone read in Motor magazine about Bose making car suspension based
>>> on the principles of speaker design?
>>>
>>> You have to worry about something like that especially from Bose. ;-)
>>
>> **And the lies begin:
>>
>> "The amplifiers are based on switching amplification technologies
>> pioneered by Dr. Bose at MIT in the early 1960s."
>>
>> These clowns never cease to claim other people's work as their own.
>>
>> Nevertheless, the technology appears interesting. It needs to be. Their
>> abject failures in the areas of sound reproduction are legendary. I
>> suspect the peak power requirements would be, er, prodigious. At least
>> several 10s of kW.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Trevor Wilson
>> www.rageaudio.com.au
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> They claim on their site " Bose suspension requires less than a third of
> the power of a typical vehicle's air conditioner system". That would
> indicate a few kW at least.
**Perhaps. Since the system recovers energy expended, when the suspension
returns, AVERAGE power may be fairly low. PEAK power, however, is likely to
be considerably higher.
> The videos on the site (those that actually work!) indicate that the
> testing was done at slow speeds and I would like to see them again at much
> higher speeds.
> My real concern with the system is that it is a replacement for the
> springs and dampers only and they are only part of the story.
**Of course.
--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au