Get the Lowdown on the Boom

Posted on Thursday December 22nd, 2011 by Gregg Stein

News of the iNuke Boom has gone radioactive, generating articles from Engadget, C|NET,  Gizmodo, Techcrunch, WIRED, Uncrate, Mashable, and many others. Even so, there have been skeptics doubting whether we intend to really produce and sell these units to customers. We’re here to say: absolutely!

Here’s the detailed specs:

  • Stereo 3-way system with total output of 10,000 Watts
  • Twin 18″ subwoofers for gut-wrenching, pulse-pounding bass
  • Dual 12″ neodymium woofers for articulate bass and midrange
  • Two 1.75″ titanium-diaphragm HF drivers can break glass
  • iNUKE mode power boost
  • Volume control goes to all the way to “11”
  • High-quality components and exceptionally rugged construction ensure long life
  • Conceived and designed by BEHRINGER Germany

The INUKE BOOM from BEHRINGER is the ideal gift for the man or woman that has everything. We can assure you, they don’t have this!

iNuke Boom at CES and NAMM

We’re introducing over 50 new products within our EUROSOUND brand at January’s International Consumer Electronics Show. The iNuke Boom is a specialty product, but will be available for consumers.

Check back for more information as we launch the iNuke Boom at CES booth #15348!

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  • Codyelliott01

    is this serious?

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  • Roman Lloyd~!~

    I am getting one IMMEDIATELY upon their release!

  • Alex

    lmao that can’t be real

  • Ben

    WOW! That’s going to be iNSANE!

  • Peter

    That’s 10k music power, probly only 5 – 6 hundred watts (if that) twin tone sine wave.

  • Blkduck00

    *sigh* Lame…..

  • http://www.truesoundhire.co.uk/ Sound Hire Surrey

    ummmm maybe of some use….

  • James

    In fact, it means 10KW of electricity going *into* it. Tells you nothing about the output!
    Will Behringer give an output SPL figure in dB?

  • charlie

    Clearly said 10,000 watts output power

  • James

    Misleading marketing. No loudspeaker or even soundsystem has a 10,000 watt output. Read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_power

    • elroyaudio

      We have a 21,000 W sound system, and that’s RMS. Behringer claiming 10,000 W when is isn’t is no surprise, ever a disappointment

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  • Joshua Motes

    Incredibly pointless……. but awesome! like the answer to a question nobody asked. I have no idea what it could be used for. My best guess would be as a center channel speaker/sub for you home theater system. Even then it would be awkward. Go figure i guess. I know it wouldn’t be useful in live sound or touring sound, so the only option would be home entertainment. Can you say over kill?

  • Motes Electronics

    Not so. Behringer has just started using the “peak power” to describe the “total music power” Thus you would be looking at around five thousand watts program music power(Max) with a RMS (sine-wave RMS) of around 4000 watts. That’s just an educated guess though. But I’d stake my life on it being better that 10% of claimed power. (I still think it’s totally useless though.)

  • Motes Electronics

    No speaker has a power output measured in watts. (Only S.P.L. in dB) But this thing is powered, meaning that the amplifier inside is pushing the speakers with a true 10,000 watts peak. I do it all the time.

  • Motes Electronics

    Class D power amplifiers output is as high as their input because they have a near 100% efficiency with no heat generated. It is very easy for a speaker with dual 18s and dual 12s with dual compression drives all individually powered to handle 10,000 watts. divided 6-ways of course, with the subs taking near 50%. All this is peak power (1 second without damage) not a continual music power. expect that to be around 5000 watts. Also all the specifications will be given as soon as they become available.

  • Motes Electronics

    I’m afraid so ……

    • BehringerUK

      It’s a marketing ploy! Go into your local Berry dealer and ask them, only the one is being made I’m afraid!

  • Motes Electronics

    me two

  • Motes Electronics

    come on, think real hard. ummmmm…….maybe, or not …… huh ……. nope still nothing!

  • Chankongsan

    *meeeep* wrong. You can measure any speakers output in watts, ACOUSTIC watts that is. Easy to do: Electrical power input * efficiency = acoustic watts

    • Motes Electronics

      When a manufacture gives a wattage rating for a passive speaker, it is always “Power Handling” never “Speaker Wattage” No manufacture uses acoustic watts to determine power. Remember a speaker is only a vessel not a source. A speaker has no power. A higher wattage speaker can only take more electricity without over heating, and/or the cone can move more rapidly without clasping. A low frequency driver can also be limited by a combination of spider stiffness and moving mass. I see no purpose in converting a speakers efficiency times power input because of these two factors: Even if the speakers efficiency was 100%. A speaker is like a electric motor, it can never use more than what it’s coil draws. In order to draw more current the voltage must increase. As the voltage increases the coil will draw more current. if you give an eight ohm speaker 16 volts and a thousand amps, then triple the amps/current to 3000 amps thus increasing the wattage: but the speaker’s volume won’t get any louder. There is a formula but it isn’t the one you gave. It is much more complicated with a dozen or more variables.

    • Motes Electronics

      Wattage is a figure that can be twisted for bragging rights. It was very little to do with speakers. It is a figure for amplifiers only. Volts times Amps = Watts. If you coul mesure the current drawn by the voltage given by the efficiency at one exact frequency (because efficiency changes for every Hz) you would have the speakers ability to transfer electricity into acoustic sound. I think the term “acoustic watts” is Oxymoron.

  • Chankongsan

    NEVER! What kind of power plug do you expect on this thing??? I say it’ll come with a plug for a usual single phase wall outlet, RMS power will surely not exceed 2000W. Also, a thing like this won’t have speakers that could deal with much more power. Why should they put in that much better speakers and that much more power than they put in their top of the line PA products, where the power and speaker quality really matters?

  • DJ Peak

    It’s the size of a small car….Not sure you can fit that in front of your TV….

    • Motes Electronics

      No it’s actually only about forty inches wide and 25 inches deep and 25 inches tall (without the home decor like feet). I’d say it was designed only for home use (just look at the piano like high-gloss finish, one trip on the road and it would look like your four year old’s CDs. Scratched beyond recondition).

      • Motes Electronics

        Mount your TV on the wall, what century are you from anyways? Just kidding. LOL (Yeah maybe you should use the thing as a juke box and just let your party goers just place their iPods on top and rock out). That makes a little more sense.

        • Lee Graham

          If this costs less than a few hundred dollars I want one. This is the only thing that will stop me from using my PA as an iPod dock when I’m at home alone with the thing as I am right now.

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  • Lukas

    like a boss.

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  • Motes Electronics

    The 18″ subs will be down firing (with large tuned ports out the front), while the dual 12s and horn tweeters (front mounted) will serve as stereo speakers for a complete 2.1 system. It’s main use would be as a Juke Box. All of your visitors or party goers can place their iPhones on top and play the songs of their choice. Kind of like having a privet DJ playing request/Favorites for all of your home/party events.

  • Motes Electronics

    Wattage is a figure that can be twisted for bragging rights. It was very little to do with speakers. It is a figure for amplifiers only. Volts times Amps = Watts. If you coul mesure the current drawn by the voltage given by the efficiency at one exact frequency (because efficiency changes for every Hz) you would have the speakers ability to transfer electricity into acoustic sound. I think the term “acoustic watts” is Oxymoron.

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  • Yoda

    What’s the music lineup you used at CES 2012? Its awesome!

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  • Anonymous

    First of all, in the pro audio world, this is a fairly normal system configuration. They just don’t put it all in one stupidly heavy box with very limited stereo imaging. Systems with these components go back to the early 1970′s, so no big deal. It goes to 11? How stupid do they think their customers are?

    Second, the horn-loaded compression drivers for the HF are what we call small format, with only a 1.75″ diaphragm rather than the 3″ or 4″ diaphragm used in high-level professional systems. So these are small potatoes. Touring companies won’t even use floor monitors with small-format compression drivers.

    Third, there is nothing oxymoron-ish about acoustic watts, they are a very real and very useful assessment of acoustic output. Far more important than the “How many watts does it hold?” mentality are the concepts of efficiency (% of input power converted to acoustic power) and sensitivity (XX dB @ 1 watt/I M). A typical 18″ subwoofer is roughly 1 to 2% efficient. Horn-loading does not change efficiency, but it does affect the sensitivity of the device.

    Fourth, at 120 volts and 15 amps for you typical AC outlet, Ohm’s Law dictates that all you’re gonna get is 1800 watts out of the wall to start with. Anything beyond that is mental masturbation unless you’ve outfitted your house with 30-amp breakers and twist-lock receptacles.

    If you really want to learn something about power amp ratings and loudspeakers, my friend Pat Brown has a very fine article on the subject here:

    http://www.prosoundweb.com/article/bringing_clarity_to_loudspeaker_power_ratings_their_relationship_to_sonic_p/

    This is a cute marketing trick, but I’d hate to see anyone spend a lot of money on something that is really fairly ho-hum compared to professional systems.

    • http://www.facebook.com/JoeDJones Selecta Konnex

      DUDE UR AWESOME FOR THIS COMMENT… I THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY FUNNY WHEN I WAS READING IT… I MEAN MAYBE IT COMES WITH A MANUAL TO DRAW CREATE A 240 VOLT AND INSTALL A 240 VOLT 40 AMP BREAKER FOR THIS DEVICE… LOL… ITS COMEDY. :) TAKING ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO CLUE.

    • Mmmkayok

      this will be more than 1800watts cause they are using the new class d amps. sorry old school transformer thinker. sure i dont believe that they are going to get all 10000 watts out of a standard house line. but idk what kind of house youre living in if you only have 15 amp breakers. most houses for the last idk 20 years ish have pretty much had 20 amp breakers when they are built. so you would still be able to squeeze a little more juice out of the power.

      • Anonymous

        Sorry new-school class-D thinker, your wall outlets with vertical receptacle openings (the + and minus, not the 3rd ground pin) will only handle 15 amps regardless of the breakers feeding them. 20-amp receptacles have one “T-on it’s side” receptacle opening and are not installed in private homes unless you install them yourself. And even at 20 amps, the power is 2400 watts. 10,000 just is not possible. Ohm’s law is just that, a law of nature.
        Now, this 1800 watts is long-term RMS power. Car audio power ratings use “instantaneous” power ratings that include a micro-second pulse as the amps larger capacitors drain. This is a voltage spike that is used to calculate a “bink-of-an-eye” power rating which has as much substance as a ghost.
        Class-D amps cannot maintain their maximum power rating beyond even a second. This matches audio peaks quite well, and they are a valid amp to use because of this, but does not match the long-term power output of an “old-school” transformer power supplied amplifier. And in most cases, you can tell the difference quite readily in the superior low-frequency performance of the “old-school” power amp when used with subwoofers.

        • Gruesst

          Dear elderly gentleman,

          This is a german product, and by design not limited to the ridiculous elecricity grid in the US. European houses all have 240V power output, with breakers of typically 24 or 30 amps. For 40 ampere you need to ensure proper wiring, but that is quite common (my kitchen has a 40amp breaker, for instance; all stages would have that or more). 40amps at 240V allows for 9600Watt.

          Bye now.

          • Anonymous

            Dear Gruesst??

            Nothing by Behringer has been made in Germany for decades. It is a Chinese product line. Sales should be dismal in the US then.

            • Anonymous

              Don’t really have a dog in the fight, but Gruesst said it was a German product, not that it was made in Germany. I would certainly say the iPhone is an American product even though it’s made in China.

            • Anonymous

              Though the company was started in Germany and Uli Behringer is still on the board, their entire operation is in China, design, engineering, production, everything. They have been copying everyone else’s designs for decades, even down to the exact same circuit board layout. See the Mackie suite
              Producing the cheapest copies of everyone else’s ideas is what they do to make money. Perhaps this is the first original product they have done in 20 years……

            • http://twitter.com/BEHRINGER Imagine Music

              1. Mr. Behringer is the owner and CEO of the company.
              2. We have offices in over 15 countries. Service, marketing/communications, product management for Live Sound, DJ, Installed Sound, and much of finance is based in the USA. Product development, engineering and European service and support is done in Germany for BEHRINGER and BUGERA, and in the UK for Midas and Klark Teknik.
              Many of the business processes and graphics / multimedia are based in Makati, Philippines.
              Manufacturing is done in our owned factory in China, as is quite a lot of the world’s best-selling electronics.
              We have hundreds of patents and have innovated many audio products. We think if you’ll scan through our over 400 products, you’ll find products in our catalog that no one else makes and offer far greater numbers of features than competitor products. “Double the value, half the price” is our defining design imperative.

        • Gene4now

          John_Murray I thought I was only one with the blinders off. I read these comments and the advertisements and people just don’t get it. It may be 10 kW peak -6db at best.

      • Iloopbari

        Wow. Ever heard of the theory of Conservation of Energy? If you have 1800 at the outlet it is absolutely impossible to have more output than that anywhere regardless of what class of amplifier or transformer is used! Watts are watts!
        15 X 120 = 1800 or 20 X 120=2400 for ever and ever! Go back to school!

        • Moteselectronicsinc

          There’s at least 200 amps available to any one outlet in your home sir. You may have to up-grade your beakers to allow it but that’s beside the point.

      • No-reply

        Let’s not mention that I don’t know what kind of world you’re living in if you can afford 30,000 ipod attachments. Anyone who buys this stuff for real could afford to have said specialized electrical system installed in their house, and even pay the power company for whatever extra cable runs may or may not be needed. That’s just the way it is. It’s a “look how big my #$%@^ is” statement for rich people.

      • Delibean

        this was never meant for home use. you obviously are misinformed

    • ~Roman Lloyd~

      Are you guys serious? It has nothing to do with pro audio, it’s not a substitute for a PA system or a home stereo or theatre system. . It’s 100% about hype and having fun. This isn’t meant to be used in a professional setting, it’s meant to be used as an oversized iPod speaker dock to show off at your house just for kicks. And the going up to “11″ thing… it was a joke, meant to be funny, it’s about being over the top. There’s nothing about the iNuke Boom that was meant to be practical… That’s kind of the point!

    • Phil Gorgonzola

      no humor? why should you care? everyone talks about. that’s what I call “brilliant marketing”. Congratulations, Mr. Behringer

    • chris661

      Sensitivity (in dB) is in fact related to efficiency (from the article you linked: “Horn loading and boundary placements are methods of increasing loudspeaker efficiency”- Page 3) .
      Double the efficiency, you add 3dB to the sensitivity. How you’ve managed to change one but not the other is beyond me.

      The tweeter specifications aren’t stated: a 1.75″ exit tweeter may well have a 3″ diaphram. This is hardly relevant, though: you could use a small tweeter if you cross it over high enough (and/or use steep filters). The higher you cross it over, the louder it’ll go before letting the magic smoke out.

      The article you linked has some good content. But its neglected to tell us of the other side of the coin: high efficiency comes at a price, often leading to a ragged upper frequency response due to the excessive break-up of a too-lightweight-for-its-own-good cone. Guitar speakers are a perfect example, with sensitivities peaking around 106dB@2.83v (8ohm nominal). Surely, this would be perfect: after all, even the really loud guitar amplifiers use 100w or so.
      Tried playing music through guitar speakers? It’s awful. No bass, peaky upper mid, no treble.
      This is down to the light cone used to get high sensitivity: by some simple physics, T=2pi*sqrt(m/k). Lower mass = smaller T = higher resonant frequency. Getting bass below the resonant frequency of a driver isn’t possible while maintaining reasonable sensitivity (for those interested in a way of doing this, Google Linkwitz Transform).

      • John_Murray

        Chris661,

        Nice background on mass vs. resonance. To change sensitivity, the 1 watt @ 1 meter dB SPL rating, without changing efficiency is quite easy. Just put the same compression driver on two horns of different dispersions, say a 90 x 40 and a 60 x 40. The 60 x 40 will exhibit a higher sensitivity, but the efficiency remains the same as the 90 x 40. It simply puts the same amount of energy within a smaller area of radiation.

    • Shmoonz Lee
  • Scoox

    Gotta be a joke. Maybe they will make one for show, for a laugh, and that’s it. I can’t see anyone in their right mind buying this monstrosity, it’s like two washing machines next to each other–totally impractical. Plus for such a big speaker you wouldn’t put the iPhone directly on top, you’d more likely hook it up by means of an extension cable.

    • Brian Crouch

      We’ve had several orders already!

  • Yehright

    Its Behringer so it will break! (if it works at all)

    • Moteselectronicsinc

      I have been selling and using behringer product for ages without a single return or failed product. Other brand i can say the same for? Not a one out of the 127 i carry.

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  • Hamster

    Awesome i want one so bad. And yes its a joke, Joyce. But a joke so excellent they might even sell some of em. If i had the bucks i would buy one just for a massive laugh, put it in my games room. Which i don’t have, in the house i don’t have. But I still want one!!!

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  • Anonymous

    Well, if nothing else, this is inspiring. I’m thinking I need to build a housing for my QSC K12/KSub system. Of course, it would only be 4,000 Watts.

  • Ian Dennill

    I’ve just purchased an iNuke 3000DSP amp and i can tell you that it is a very nice amp however, yes, Behringer have this nasty habit of “overating” their amps. My 3000w iNuke may be 3000w but only “peak” into only 2ohms! (1500w/ch) which is actually only 880w into 4ohms and around 465w into 8ohms & the true (sinewave) rating around 312w RMS/ch = maybe 650w bridged!? So if we use the same calculations for this new iNuke Boom, chances are it may have a total of 1800w RMS inside!?

    Personally, i wouldn’t mind one! …altho i’d rather have it in 2x cube format! Better stereo imaging & maybe you could use them as cool coffee tables!? Heehee! (Maybe with a 15″ or even 12″ sub!?:-) …

    “iNuke Cubes” Behringer!? (With seperate wireless docking control station!?)

    • http://twitter.com/BEHRINGER Imagine Music

      Thanks Ian!!
      There are many different power ratings depending on whether we are looking at RMS or PEAK, the mode that the amp is running in and ohm level. All the specs for all those modes and ohm levels are provided in the manual and the model number of amp doesn’t necessarily specify the wattage on the power amp.

      The NU3000DSP is 3000 watts bridged at 4 ohms peak, 620 watts at 4 ohms RMS and 820 peak.

      http://www.behringer.com/assets/NU1000DSP_NU3000DSP_NU6000DSP_QSG_WW.pdf

  • Eddiejdavies

    crazy shit

  • me

    i have 1 its great and loud im actually deaf it has smashed 3 patio doors cause its so loud nouw its in my garage so fuck off

  • Steffen B.

    I am really impressed by this. You can use it as atable in the living room! I am looking forward to the price.

  • MastaHanksta

    I’m looking to buy one of these bad boys where is the shopping cart button?

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Filipe-Ferro/875595290 Filipe Ferro

    Any info on the frequency response? I would assume it at least goes down to 40 hz?

  • Delibean

    guess what?? this was not designed for home use. more than one was produced and the developer…. that was my dad… in bothell, WA…. not china. so you can take your misinformation and maybe read a little bit… before spouting off about something you know nothing about.

  • Behringer Fan Again

    Their not saying its 10,000 watts continuous, two eighteens and two twelves would never handle
    that sort of power continuous Behringer aint stupid, just transient peaks.The most that you can get from 240 Volt is 3kW using a standard 13 Amp plug and max 13 Amp fuse. (240×13=3120)
    But with a transformer/caps/electronics 10kW peaks are possible.This is Behringer just being cool and not boring, long as it sounds good I can handle that.
    Its good to see Behringer being inovative. When they started I loved their products then I went off them, now Iv’e started to like them again. Quality getting better like when they first started.

  • Lee Graham

    The 18 inch subs with my PA (not made by Behringer btw) literally make things jump around in my house. My cellphone wouldn’t stand a chance of hanging on unless in was locked in hard somehow (and it still might break from being shaken and rattled for a long time). I can’t imagine a regular ipod attachment being capable of keeping a device seated in the dock under repeated thumps of bass. I have read about a much smaller powered speaker system (with an attached iPod dock – Pyle Audio – http://www.amazon.com/PYLE-PRO-PPHP1299AI-Powered-Speaker-System/dp/B000E158DE/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1331597159&sr=1-2 – that literally kicks the thing right out of the dock during normal use.

    • http://www.youtube.com/Behringer Behringer

      Our iPod didn’t jump out at CES. :) So far so good!

  • http://twitter.com/Ryoga Ryoga Hibiki

    Obviously kind of a joke.. and kind of a marketing ploy, this thing will not reach 10000 even if it is a D class amp, I don’t deny this may actually sound very good, but specs are overrated, maybe they are 10000 watts PMPO (for anybody who remembers that rating) the only real amplifier I’ve seen to be rated 10000 watts and even then I guess that was when you put it in bridge mode was the Crown Macro Tech 10000 and that thing powered the full indianapolis raceway sound system back in the day, maybe it has several amplifiers that total 10000 watts if you put them at mono/bridge mode, but I’m sure the real output will not be like that, if it was so people would be buying this instead of pro equipment, a High Power Crown or QSC amp costs well above $1000 dlls and I’m not talking about nothing above 4000w (again @ bridge mono @ 4 ohms)

  • moyphee

    I think too many are taking this fun project too seriously. It’s a novelty attention getter built for the fun of it. Lighten up already. :0)

  • fourthlayer

    I threw out my bed and that silly bose cube system and put this in place. The mattress and box spring fit quite nicely on top.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000850222926 DeeJay Whudditdew

    This is going to be one sick SOB!!! I want one… I love Behringer products more bang for the buck all day!!!