So, you've downloaded some songs by Abney Park (one of the world's few steampunk bands) onto your Datamancer laptop or your Old Time Computers-accessorized PC ... do you just listen to them through the built-in speakers? Not if you're Polish tinkerer Conscious Flesh. He has created a speaker that not only looks delightfully mad-Victorian-scientist-esque, but it actually produces sound using plasma discharges. Nikola Tesla would definitely approve.
Ordinarily, speakers work by using a mechanical diaphragm (such as a woofer or tweeter) to move air. The Steampunk Plasma Speaker, however, heats the air using a high-frequency electric discharge. This causes the air to expand, creating pressure waves that act as sound waves. By manipulating the amount of power used to create those discharges, different sounds are made possible.
The voltage used to create the plasma discharges comes from what is known as a bottom-fed Tesla Coil (of course). One end of that coil is connected to a high-voltage, high-frequency generator, house within a vacuum tube. The discharges are contained within a sealed glass chamber, that maximizes the speaker's efficiency, while minimizing ozone production. A brass horn is connected to that chamber, which is said to improve the reproduction of lower-frequency sounds.
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Usually it's triggered by the sincerness communicated in the post I looked at. And on this post "Steampunk Plasma Speaker produces electrifying sound". I was actually moved enough to drop a thought ;-) I do have a couple of questions for you if you do not mind. Could it be just me or does it look like some of these responses appear like coming from brain dead folks? :-P And, if you are posting on additional sites, I would like to keep up with anything new you have to post. Would you list all of all your public pages like your Facebook page, twitter feed, or linkedin profile?
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