Where can I learn about Queen's 4 13,000 watt speakers?

[JonnyBoy12]

Some of the older ones on here can remember the greatest rock group ever called Queen. What is not so widely known about them is that they had 4 13,000 watt speakers, which was a record at the time.

Can anyone tell me where I can find out more about them and where I can see pictures of them? Does anyone know what the current record is for portable speakers?

Thanks in advance for any replies.

[AlBags]

You want to check out Pink Floyd's system if you think that's big : )

[JonnyBoy12]

Thanks Albags for that answer. Where do I find out about this other system, or shall I just google it like a normal person?

[Huderon]

Didn't Pink Floyd do a gig in the US where people several miles away were able to hear the whole thing clearly ?

[AlBags]

I think so ... Looking on web : )

It reminds me of an exert of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy' (which I saw live at the Rainbow years ago) where the 'loudest band in the universe' were so loud, that they had to play from a bunker on another planet.

[MarkRae]

^^ http://hitchhikers.wi...om/wiki/Disaster_Area

[AlBags]

I think there was a Floyd concert in '70's that killed all the fish in a nearby lake.

[AlBags]

The Who did 126Db 32M from the speakers in 1970's .. that must have been a few watts : )