That's easy, it would look like this of course:
If Nikola Tesla Were Alive Today, What Would His Stereo Look (and, Sound) Like?
Modern day genius' brought us the Sonic Holography Autocollation Preamplifier and the Assymetrical Charged Coupled Detector Tuner. Not to mention the electromechanically engineered record sequencer and retrieval system -- better known as the record changer. And, who can forget Charlie the Tuner?
Now, insert real genius into the equation and imagine what could happen. A guy who could generate a couple of million volts over a hundred years ago and X-ray his body from 50 feet away could certainly figure out how to move air around a room in strong collolation to the music source. A biography of Tesla states that women were highly attracted to Nikola and he found it to be detrimental to his work. So, he self-castrated himself to get rid of the distraction. Now, THAT's a commitment!
Here's some possible theories of what Tesla would have contributed:
Wireless power -- minimum 1.21 gigawatts
Anti-gravity. Who needs air bearings when your platter can just levitate?
Time travel - Having bragging rights to being at Woodstock, or experiencing the first public performance of Stairway to Heaven would pail to being there when Beethovan conducted the orchestra for the world premier of the 5th Symphony. Be sure and bring your language translator. Getting tickets might tough without it.
What say you?
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"I think he at some point made a resonant shaking table or something like that, which standing on it could be fun for a short time or an extreme laxative effect if you stood on it too long." Standing on a resonance shaking table would be quite entertaining as you pointed out -- especially on Karoke night. My first pick would be Crimson and Clover. |
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Maybe someone here can provided a link. There was a thread at audio asylum last year. Guy in California made a speaker about 4o years ago which attached sound to radio waves. Sort of like a microwave oven but sound not electromagnetic energy. Only a few people were invited to his home to hear it. But apparently the effects caused some neurological issues that took a few days to clear up. |
@dekay Thanks for video. Best demonstration I've seen is at the Boston Museum of Science. It plays thundering classical music pieces.
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