JBL Toon Truck

By Brian Murphy

I first saw this 1950's pick-up back in 1994 at Disney's Epcot Center in one of the Innovations Buildings. I was mesmerized - there were speakers everywhere! It was this truck that inspired me to become a professional installer.

Flash forward to 2008: I met a Harman rep by the name of Joe Walters. During our conversation he mentioned an old 1950's truck he helped build for JBL. Sure enough it was the same inspirational truck from my youth. The truck has been retired for a long time, but it has a great history.

The Toon Truck was built in 1993 for as a display for the Innovations Building at Disney's Epcot center. After It later left Disney and headed to Berlin, Germany for the IFA electronics show (similar to our CES show).

When its tour was complete in Germany, the truck was shipped back to the US but was not properly secured in its shipping crate, and the the "wheel" subwoofer enclosures were damaged....

Insane Plasma Tweeter Video

OK, this is one of the coolest things I've seen since the ferrofluid video we posted about a year ago. The video above is a plasma ray being used to produce sound. Crazy. The only downside is the poisonous gas the system releases otherwise I'd figure out some way to use this in my car!

Hop over to AudioJunkies for another video.

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