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Forget about walkmans, portable cd players and iPods, the automotive world just got itself a new miniature music player on four wheels. Naturally, it comes from smart but JBL added a unique vibe to it.
A lot of unique vibes, to be precise if we judge by the amount of musical hardware carried by the city car. The mobile mini-disco was built upon a 2015 smart fortwo and is now called the smart forgigs, also described by its makers as 'the world's smallest mobile concert hall'.
They say still waters run deep, and that's a perfect way of describing the disco-flavored smart fortwo, as it managed to swallow 100 metres of cable and ten square metres of insulating material.
JBL took care of providing the heavy artillery, and they didn't disappoint. I mean, numbers don't lie and the smart fortwo is now a home for 16 loudspeakers, five amplifiers pumping a sound pressure of up to 150 dB, and two subwoofers each measuring 30 cm in diameter. The aftermath? 5,720 watts ready to blast eardrums on a pretty wide radius, we think.
The music signals are provided by a digital signal processor (DSP) from the Italian specialist Mosconi, but it's also interesting how the fortwo was converted to become a movable jukebox.
For example, the ventilation openings in the dashboard served as the visual model for integrating of the loudspeakers. Three mid-range speakers were embedded in each door, and four tweeters have been planted in the dashboard.
The subwoofers went into the car's luggage compartment, so goodbye short shopping trips but hello vibrating windows and body panels. However, we have a question? What type of music are you supposed to play in this smart, without the car disintegrating?
They say still waters run deep, and that's a perfect way of describing the disco-flavored smart fortwo, as it managed to swallow 100 metres of cable and ten square metres of insulating material.
JBL took care of providing the heavy artillery, and they didn't disappoint. I mean, numbers don't lie and the smart fortwo is now a home for 16 loudspeakers, five amplifiers pumping a sound pressure of up to 150 dB, and two subwoofers each measuring 30 cm in diameter. The aftermath? 5,720 watts ready to blast eardrums on a pretty wide radius, we think.
The music signals are provided by a digital signal processor (DSP) from the Italian specialist Mosconi, but it's also interesting how the fortwo was converted to become a movable jukebox.
For example, the ventilation openings in the dashboard served as the visual model for integrating of the loudspeakers. Three mid-range speakers were embedded in each door, and four tweeters have been planted in the dashboard.
The subwoofers went into the car's luggage compartment, so goodbye short shopping trips but hello vibrating windows and body panels. However, we have a question? What type of music are you supposed to play in this smart, without the car disintegrating?
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