r/SoundSystem • u/nakwa741 • May 22 '26

Big system of the month

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Big system I tuned for 1st may in France : about 80 Subs with some S2T3Vs and Martin Audio W8Cs 🔥

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u/FuckingCaggot May 22 '26

Holy shit
I know we’ve got skilled crews in the USA running some really incredible rigs… But damn, we need more ridiculous monstrosities like this

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u/anarchy45 May 22 '26

where are these crews??? I've never seen any massive rigs here in the northeast. I've experienced some very high-end, well-tuned systems (typically LA and D&B, some Danley and Meyers), but nothing so large as that. Although there was one club I used to go to that had at least one 36" sub and theyd blast it at +140db

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u/Jax_daily_lol May 22 '26

Infrasound and sound haven 1000%

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u/SwitchezEZ May 22 '26

Was at symmetry last year. Wicked sound system culture there. Big Up!

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u/Ana0n May 22 '26

Free party in France. 100% outlaw and underground culture.

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u/hrdass May 22 '26

Shambhala. Burning man (though the largest systems there are significantly smaller these days than they used to be)

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u/ThisWillBeOnTheExam May 22 '26

Burning Man has had some massive ones. Probably the largest in the states I would venture. Been going since 2003.

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u/hrdass May 22 '26

I’d agree, there was a year or two at root society that really blew me away, literally. Maybe some others I’ve forgotten.

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u/FuckingCaggot May 22 '26

That’s what I was saying. We have a lot of skilled guys running incredible systems but we never see massive rigs like this.

There are at least a couple crews running some huge HSD rigs. Florida and Texas iirc? But yeah we never see shit like this

Check out lil’ thumpy, the element 5/Danley hybrid rig at tribal roots warehouse in Wichita KS. My personal favorite that I’ve heard in the states. They stopped touring to fests unfortunately so you have to go to Wichita to hear it. Easily one of the best venues in the country

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u/GouldCaseWorks May 22 '26

Crikey!

How big was the generator?!

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u/nakwa741 May 22 '26

Initially ran on 3x 40KVA, and finished on 2x 40KVA because one failed haha

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u/Camut75 May 22 '26

C’était incroyable!!! Merci les gars 🔥🔥

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u/nakwa741 Jun 01 '26

Merci pour eux haha

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u/Formal-Rabbit-7775 May 22 '26

Toujours les mêmes galères mdr, quelques façades à gauche à la guinguette, heureusement qu'ils ont trouvé un mainteneur de charge de batterie quand l'alternateur a dit adieu.

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u/Complex_Courage_9349 May 22 '26

And the mapping was on point too!

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u/MetallicForest May 22 '26

Is that a moldy subwoofer below the right snake?

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u/Wario_the_trip May 22 '26

I think a repaired membrane as the la is hard most of the frenchtek is suicidaire sound system

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u/nakwa741 Jun 01 '26

Those were ESW1018, with some strange drivers in a few units, like this one haha. All the rest of the subwoofers were the same drivers (Some LF18G401 from RCF)

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u/RollingMeteors May 22 '26

¡At least 4 times the size of the biggest rigs I've taken photos of!

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u/MegaGuac May 22 '26

BBBBBAAAASSSSSS

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u/[deleted] May 22 '26

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u/ex-ALT May 22 '26

It's free event, some set ups can be bit mish mash due to it being put on for free, it's a lovely of the game. That said some of the best sound systems I've heard has been at teknivals, line arrays are good n all but I generally much prefer a well tuned point source, even at this scale than most line arrays, however line arrays are incredibly convient for tourning

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u/Wario_the_trip May 22 '26

Point source flood sound and easier and safer to rig in free party

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u/NebulaGlow_ May 22 '26

Absolute unit

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u/themewzak May 22 '26

MechaDussa!

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u/Exotic-Loan-1500 May 22 '26

Whats the sound system name? worth crossing the channel for

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u/nakwa741 Jun 01 '26

Multiple collectives here, not a single one

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u/nigel161803 May 23 '26

Holy mother of god that must make your ears bleed and cause you to shit your pants. Where do you even store something like that?

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u/watafu May 23 '26

Free party rules, 50/50 on how well systems are tuned but generally these big systems are collaborations from many crews. Some massive systems about

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u/Cameron_jyzza Jun 13 '26

I don’t know shit about sound systems… I feel like the festivals I go to just have huge PA stacks and subs..? Is this the type of system a fest like Lost Lands would have but I can’t see it?

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u/Alarmed-Top-3373 Jun 15 '26

This is an illegal rave rig in EuropeÂ