Snow Horns College Style (20,000+ watts)

Yes, that is nine Behringer EP2500’s and a Crown XLS602 totaling about 20,000+ watts.

Every year at Michigan Tech University there is a school wide Winter Carnival where the students create snow statues in a competition for bragging rights. Looking at the carnival pictures you can see medieval castle themes, trains, Viking boats, and all sorts of elaborate snow statues.

Year after year, there is one group of students who create their own version of what a snow statue should be. The student-AES chapter of MTU design and create a full-blown snow horn. It should be mentioned that these students are also automatically disqualified from the competition because they use real materials (wood, amps, subwoofers, etc.) in addition to snow in the making of their statue. (Don’t feel bad guys, they just know you would kick the crap out of the viking boats and castles if you were allowed to compete.)

A chapter member’s laptop with optical output is used as the source and feeds Dual Behringer DCX2496 crossovers. The amplification is provided by nine Behringer EP2500’s and a Crown XLS602. The highs come courtesy of eight Selenium 2″ dome compression drivers per side connected to 1″ throat horns. Midrange is from sixteen 5″ sealed back MCM cone drivers per side. There are six horn loaded Selenium 15″ drivers providing the midbass and six horn loaded Electrovoice 18″ drivers providing the sub-bass.

So for all you young Audio Junkies out there who have yet to select a college, take a serious look at MTU, you’ll be in good company.

*Selenium and Eminence were both kind enough to make donations/contributions for the creation of the snow horn.

- Michigan Tech Winter Carnival
- Thread on Hondaswap forum with more pictures
- MTU AES past projects (more snow horns)

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~ by junkies on February 10, 2007.